Jenny Volzke
Mudgeeraba,QLD
Summary
Educational leadership is effectively working with and for teachers to improve outcomes for students. It comes with a strong knowledge of curriculum and pedagogy and an ability to lead and collaborate productively. In my leadership roles I have contributed to school improvement by effectively managing change, forming supportive working relationships, building teacher capacity and positively influencing others. I stay up to date with the latest educational research including the work of Dylan William, John Hattie and Beverly Derewianka.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Department: Curriculum
Robina State High School
01.2024 - Current
- Auditing school curriculum documentation to check alignment to CARF
- Providing principal with feedback in relation to the school's three levels of planning
- Quality assuring assessment tasks and providing feedback to faculty HODs on their assessments and marking guides
- Providing advice regarding middle years learning and transition between primary to high school
Head of Department: Curriculum
Mudgeeraba Creek State School
10.2022 - Current
- Developed and facilitated professional learning to build teacher capability in using v9.0 of the Australian Curriculum and effective teaching of reading
- Facilitated meetings to unpack CARF requirements resulting in the development and refinement of our three levels of planning documentation
- Updated all aspects of the English, Math and Science curriculum planning to align to v9.0 of the Australian Curriculum, and improved the storage of curriculum documents from paper to online
- Developed assessment literacy of staff by leading the work to collaboratively update assessments and marking guides, resulting in a shared understanding of the achievement standards and assessment conditions
- Improved student outcomes through the implementation of an updated approach to the school reading program
- This included the change of pedagogy to a systematic synthetic phonics program, use of diagnostic assessments to facilitate data discissions and plan for differentiation in the classroom, running professional development sessions and resourcing the program
- Developed and managed the "Response to Intervention" program, including upline management and training of STLaNs and Teacher Aides, facilitating data response sessions, managing budgets and using resources strategically to meet students at their point of need
- Upskilled teachers on using OneSchool to store data resulting in the ability to track student progress across year levels more efficiently
- Organised moderation sessions across all four junctures, including collaboratively calibrating assessments and marking guides, obtaining moderated samples to use for planning and facilitating professional conversations about evidence of student work
Principal Project Officer: Primary
Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA)
01.2022 - 10.2022
- Developed resources and advice to support Queensland teachers with the transition to Version 9.0 of the Australian Curriculum
- Managed and participated in a variety of projects teams to develop policy advice, resources and professional development including: - developing a 'Leaders Toolkit' which includes a suite of resources designed to support principals and school leaders to lead professional conversations that explore the Australian Curriculum Version 9.0 -updating of the 'Techniques and Conditions' advice document with a primary focus -updating the 'Standard Elaborations' to reflect v9.0 of the curriculum -developing professional learning webinars to highlight the most significant changes with v9.0 of the curriculum -developing and presenting professional development focusing on using physical manipulatives to improving learning in mathematics -developing advice and resources to support integrating learning areas -developing scope and sequence documents aligned to the curriculum
- Provided expert advice to QCAA managers and directors on issues related to primary education
- Led panel meetings with Queensland teachers.
Head of Department (Curriculum 4-6 and Specialists)
Varsity College
07.2020 - 12.2021
- Developed and facilitated professional learning to build teacher capacity in using the Australian Curriculum
- Facilitated the implementation of a formative assessment tool for math, leading to an increase in using data to provide differentiated instruction
- It also tracked and celebrated student growth
- Developed and led a writing improvement agenda across years 4-6 designed to improve student outcomes and build teacher capacity with the explicit teaching of writing skills
- This involved: -using research from "The Writing Revolution", Education Queensland's "Getting Kids Writing: One sentence at a time" and Doug Fisher to make evidenced based decisions when designing the model -embedding the gradual release of responsibility into the model, developing teacher instruction and pedagogy -working with teachers to analyse data and provide differentiated writing instruction within their classroom -providing professional development and resources on teaching writing, resulting in improved confidence and culture -using the sentence structure aspect of the English achievement standard to track and celebrate student growth -providing feedback on the outcomes to the leadership team and principal.
- Developed a whole school assessment plan and built teacher capacity in assessment literacy by facilitating calibration and moderation sessions with staff
- Refinement of the three levels of planning documentation and an audit of our curriculum to ensure effective coverage of the achievement standards
- Innovated on school practises, positively influencing teachers to use Microsoft Forms to collect instant formative feedback while teaching
- Quality assured all curriculum, assessment and reporting documents
- Managed curriculum budgets
- Implementation and management of the 'Rocket Math' program across the school to improve fluency with number facts
- This also involved tracking whole school data and providing intervention
- Upline management of teacher aide and STLaNs, including timetabling and professional learning
- Supported staff with ongoing requirements of annual performance reviews
- Worked with region representatives to organise cluster moderation and with QCAA as part of the review of the Australian curriculum
- Taught the Math Aspire program for high achieving mathematics students in years 5 and 6.
Classroom Teacher
Varsity College
01.2016 - 07.2020
Classroom Teacher
Coomera Rivers State School
01.2011 - 12.2015
Music Teacher
Pacific Pines Primary School
05.2010 - 12.2010
Music Teacher /Classroom Teacher
Woodcroft Primary School
01.2008 - 09.2009
Music Teacher
Mt. Gravatt East, Loganholme and Woodridge Primary School
03.2007 - 12.2007
Music Teacher
Stretton Primary School
03.2006 - 12.2006
Education
Bachelor of Education (Primary/Music) -
Griffith University
12-2005
Master of Education Specialising in Educational Leadership (Currently Studying) -
Southern Cross University
Skills
- Highly creative and resourceful
- Organised and dedicated, with a positive attitude
- Excellent written, oral and communication skills
- Leadership and teamwork skills
- Thrive on working in a challenging environment
- High level of analytical and data literacy skills
References
- Diedre Von Guilleaume, Principal - Mudgeeraba Creek State School, 0433 278 149, vonguill@hotmail.com
- Ben Weeks, Principal - Robina State High School, (07) 5562 3444, bweek12@eq.edu.au
- Daphne Gillies, Manager - QCAA, (07) 3120 6102, daphne.gillies@qcaa.qld.edu.au
- Damien Neilson, Principal - Victoria Point State School, 0406 280 425, dniel8@eq.edu.au
- Nerolie O'Neill, Deputy Head of School - Varsity College, (07) 5576 9333, nonei15@eq.edu.au
Timeline
Head of Department: Curriculum
Robina State High School
01.2024 - Current
Head of Department: Curriculum
Mudgeeraba Creek State School
10.2022 - Current
Principal Project Officer: Primary
Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA)
01.2022 - 10.2022
Head of Department (Curriculum 4-6 and Specialists)
Varsity College
07.2020 - 12.2021
Classroom Teacher
Varsity College
01.2016 - 07.2020
Classroom Teacher
Coomera Rivers State School
01.2011 - 12.2015
Music Teacher
Pacific Pines Primary School
05.2010 - 12.2010
Music Teacher /Classroom Teacher
Woodcroft Primary School
01.2008 - 09.2009
Music Teacher
Mt. Gravatt East, Loganholme and Woodridge Primary School
03.2007 - 12.2007
Music Teacher
Stretton Primary School
03.2006 - 12.2006
Bachelor of Education (Primary/Music) -
Griffith University
Master of Education Specialising in Educational Leadership (Currently Studying) -
Southern Cross University
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