Leading Teaching and Learning

As a deputy principal in a large primary school I was required to have a intimate understanding of the school plan and priotites for teaching and learning.  I performance managed a third of the teaching and education support staff in their implementation of the curriculum and school plan.

In my formal and informal meetins with the teachers I managed I encouraged them to reflect on their teaching practice particularly with regard to meeting the needs of gifted and talented students and students with difficulties with learning. I collaborated with them in finding innovative appoaches to effectively teach and assess a broard range of abilities.

• Defore During and After Activities
• Tic Tac Toe classroom activites and assigments
• Tiered lessons and assessments

In the role of Learning Support Coordinatior at the same primary school I used obersavitions and data collected from the teacher, the school psychologist and NAPLAN to inform an intervention strategy to address the student's learning needs.

• Attendance plans maintaining close contact with the parents
• Detailed behaviour plans with postive rewards and negative consequence
• Letters and Sounds Program
• Alpha to Omega
• Toe by Toe
• Florida Just Read

Working with school leaders as a support teacher in learning difficulties I supported leaders in devloping a whole school approach to literacy and numeracy. This process to 1-2 years as teachers required time to assess the alternatives and committ to a program that would suit the school context.