Prison educator and former journalist seeking further responsibility within the justice system and a greater opportunity to improve the conditions and opportunities of incarcerated people.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Acting Campus Manager
Responsible for site operations and record-keeping, budget expenditure, managing staff and student timetable and resources, assessments and delivery of Adult Basic Education.
Prisoner Education Coordinator
01.2021
Boronia Pre-release Centre, Responsible for scheduling and administration for all tutors and TAFE lecturers
Delivering ABE, OSH, university studies, assessments, new intake interviews and student enquiries.
Prisoner Education Assessor
01.2021
Interviewing prisoners, Compass (literacy) testing, writing educational reports and conducting educational assessments at Perth metropolitan prisons., Coordinating education requirements at the prison, developing literacy programs, scheduling students and documenting results
Teaching literacy and other classes
Interviewing new prisoners at orientation and arranging classes.
Campus Manager
Roebourne Regional Prison
01.2020
Secondary English Teacher
Bay High School
01.2016
Teaching English to Year 8 and Year 9 students of low academic ability.
Lecturer
01.2014
Worked with the Wirrapanda Foundation and Centacare on a pilot program to teach young unemployed Indigenous students from the Armadale area
The course focused on work readiness skills and General Education.
Lecturer
Central Institute of Technology
01.2013
Lecturer for Literacy Component of the General Education Course
Literacy Support Lecturer for Laboratory Skills and Aged Care courses.
Literacy Specialist Teacher, Balcatta
Senior High School
01.2012
Responsible for the development whole school literacy programs
NAPLAN coordinator: responsible for creating resources and improving teaching methods to improve NAPLAN results (demonstrated success in raising NAPLAN scores).
Education Writer
WestOne Services
01.2009
Employed as the author of digital resources for the School of Isolated and Distance Education.p
Education Writer
Department of Education
01.2009
Employed by the Department of Education to write the secondary section of the First Steps Resource Book and Viewing Map of Development
Winner teacher reference award 2009
Journalism & Marketing Experience
10 years working in newspapers and magazines, journalist and editor
Marketing experience for corporate organisations and not for profit groups.
Prisoner Education Co-ordinator
Hakea Prison
01.2019 - Current
Of the General Education classes at Hakea prison
Delivering literacy instruction and other courses to adult male remand prisoners
Supervising and administration for literacy and numeracy teachers.
Education
Certificate IV Teaching and Assessment -
TAFE
Master’s of Education - undefined
Edith Cowan University
Skills
Experience teaching and interviewing prisoners in a high security settingundefined