Kristie Mack
Canberra,Australia
Summary
Enthusiastic Visual Art and Photography Teacher with over 20 years of experience. Superb leadership and communication skills. Easily cultivates trusting and productive relationships with students, parents, teachers and administration. Creates, monitors, and sustains a disciplined school culture of high academic and behavioral standards.
Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Forward-thinking management skills, with comprehensive art and photography teaching experience, implementing new processes, and managing and planning innovations. Bringing outstanding problem-solving and abilities paired with in-depth knowledge of policies and procedures. Polished in evaluating employee performance and overseeing key projects.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Membership Coordinator APS6
National Portrait Gallery
11.2009 - 12.2010
- Organised community events to promote organisation's membership program
- Assisted in the preparation of annual budget projections related to membership operations.
- Provided support to new members in setting up accounts and understanding program features.
- Organized monthly events for members and facilitated communication between members and staff.
- Analyzed trends in member engagement data to identify areas of improvement.
Registration Officer
National Portrait Gallery
04.2009 - 11.2009
- Coordinated shipping arrangements for loaned artwork to other institutions.
- Conducted regular tours of the art collection at the gallery.
- Provided customer service support by responding promptly to visitor inquiries.
- Maintained records of artwork acquisitions, sales, donations, and loans to other galleries or museums.
- Supervised installation of artwork within the space, according to curatorial specifications.
Senior Gallery Educator /Visitor Services
National Portrait Gallery
11.2007 - 12.2008
- Designed new educational programs for the new gallery when it was built
- Provided educational programming to visitors of all ages and backgrounds, including gallery talks, lectures, workshops, and family activities.
- Maintained knowledge of current trends in museum education and best practices for teaching art history.
- Conducted research on relevant topics related to exhibitions or collections to inform program development.
- Collaborated with curators to create content that was engaging and informative for visitors.
- Participated in professional development opportunities to stay abreast of new trends in museum education.
Registration Project Assistant/Coordinator
National Portrait Gallery
06.2007 - 11.2007
- Project managed the first National Photographic Portrait Prize / National Youth Self-Portrait Prize.
- Organized and maintained project documents and records.
- Developed processes and procedures to ensure efficient workflow of projects.
- Participated in weekly status meetings with the Project Manager to discuss ongoing tasks and issues requiring resolution.
- Met schedule and deadlines by ensuring that work was completed efficiently.
- Coordinated meetings and check-ins for team members and supervisors.
- Managed project calendars, adjusting timelines and ensuring adherence to deadlines.
Gallery Educator/Visitor Services
National Portrait Gallery
06.2006 - 06.2007
- Oversaw volunteers providing support during special events or programs.
- Participated in professional development opportunities to stay abreast of new trends in museum education.
- Tracked attendance data at all events related to educational programming.
- Conducted research on relevant topics related to exhibitions or collections to inform program development.
- Provided educational programming to visitors of all ages and backgrounds, including gallery talks, lectures, workshops, and family activities.
Education
Certificate IV - Photography and Digital Imaging
CIT
Reid ACT 12-2024
Graduate Diploma - Teaching
University of Canberra
12.2005
Bachelor's Degree - Visual Arts with Honours
Australian National University
01.2004
Skills
- Lesson plan development
- Management
- Events
- Project management
- Teaching
- Proofreading and editing
- Excellent classroom management
- Student assessment and achievement
- Flexible and adaptive
- Parent-teacher conferences
- Gallery experience
- Grading protocols
- Interdisciplinary teaching
- Emergent curriculum
- Differentiated instruction
- Cognitive skills development
- Testing techniques
- Differentiated learning techniques
- Performance assessments
- Skilled at teaching visual arts and photography
- Parent and student communication
- School improvement and upgrades
- Calm under pressure
- Motivating students
- Essay writing technique development
- Reporting and documentation
- Student rapport
- Creative lesson plan development
- Course material development
- Multimedia integration
- Planning and running excursions
- ICT skills
- Record and data collection
Certification
- WHS Teacher Representative (2025)
- First Aid Officer (2025)
- Teacher Quality Institute (2025), 20 hrs PL per year
- Working with vulnerable people (2025)
- First Aid Certificate (2024)
- Engoori training (2024)
- 5 C’s 21st-century skills (educational workshops around the topics of universal design for learning, 21st-century skills, and cultural integrity) (2004)
- Disability awareness online training (2023)
- Occupational health and safety online training (2023)
- Shyam Barr, Empowered Learners: Strategies for Self-Regulated Learning (2023)
- Art therapy course (2021)
- CIT Photoshop course (2021)
- Student Wellbeing Course (2021)
References
- Victoria, Margrain, Vice Principle, Victoria.margrain@ed.act.edu.au, Dickson College, 2025
- Rod, Harding, Head of the Arts, Rod.Harding@ed.act.edu.au, Dickson College, 2025
- Shannon, Kowalick, Head of the Arts, Shannon.Kowalick@ed.act.edu.au, Lake G, Present, 2025
Hobbies and Interests
Photography, Visual Art, Gardening, Cooking, Travelling, Galleries, Comedy, Music, Beach, Camping and Walking.
Accomplishments
- ANCA exhibition curation
- DC Foyer display curation
- Drawing, photo and mural clubs
- ANNUAL Dickson College Art exhibition curation
- NAIDOC week art competition
- Reflective student evaluations
- Photography and Visual Arts BSSS course writing
- BSSS assignments exemplars
- Growth Coaching
- Implementing 21st Century Skills in the classroom
- Financial equipment upgrades of photography equipment.
- Botanical Gardens excursions
- National Zoo and Aquarium excursions
- Regular newsletter input
- National Photographic Portrait Prize excursions
- Mt. Majura excursions
- Upgrade teaching spaces
- Barnardo's kids' workshop and excursion
- School exhibitions and beautification
- School mural
- Melbourne excursions
- Well-being framework
- Study skills
- Sydney excursions
- Classroom observations: 5 C's
- Pastoral care and mentoring
- Students entering competitions and exhibitions
- Students going on to further study in the arts
- TQI registration portfolio (exemplar)
- BSSS moderation exemplars
Professional Development
- ACT Australian National University - Short Film Course
- ACT, NGA | ACT MOVE, Video Art in Schools launch
- ACT CIT Solutions - Photoshop workshops
- ACT CIT Solutions - Photography and art workshops
- 2015 - 2020
- ACT CIT - course | Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign
- Australian Federation - Canberra | of Friends of Museums Forum and annual Meeting NMA
- HTAA History Conference, Melbourne, (presenter)
- Maura Fay, public speaking course
- Melbourne | Learning Opportunities Seminar bursary recipient Image Event (presented)
- Bursary Applicant National Museum of Australia
- Exhibition Installation Experience
- Australian of the Year, NPG
- Husbands and Wives, NPG
- National Youth Self-Portrait prize
- John Brack, National Portrait Gallery
- Photographic Portrait Prize
- Headspace 8 The Journey
- Lloyd National Portrait Gallery - Canberra Studio: Australian Painters Photographed by R Ian, 2006 September Headspace 7 Me and My Place
- Australian National Capital Gallery, Canberra Blue, Graduate group exhibition (exhibited)
- Australian National University Art Gallery Graduation group exhibition (exhibited)
- Exhibition, Australian National University Technical Assistant Show, Group, School of Art gallery (exhibited)
- Helen Maxwell Gallery Internship - Canberra
- Expressions, exhibition to celebrate National Youth Week, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW. group exhibition (exhibited)
Training
- Dewha security clearance online training
- Fire warden training, Leon Cornish
- Online disability awareness
- Training, Jane Pollard
- Interpretive training, John Pastorelli
Timeline
Membership Coordinator APS6
National Portrait Gallery
11.2009 - 12.2010
Registration Officer
National Portrait Gallery
04.2009 - 11.2009
Senior Gallery Educator /Visitor Services
National Portrait Gallery
11.2007 - 12.2008
Registration Project Assistant/Coordinator
National Portrait Gallery
06.2007 - 11.2007
Gallery Educator/Visitor Services
National Portrait Gallery
06.2006 - 06.2007
Certificate IV - Photography and Digital Imaging
CIT
Graduate Diploma - Teaching
University of Canberra
Bachelor's Degree - Visual Arts with Honours
Australian National University
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