LACHLAN LEONG

Passionate coach with extensive experience guiding and mentoring athletes to unlock their potential. I enjoy developing and driving high performing teams, through an established lead, identified purpose, clear processes and building trust with both staff and players. Driven and high-achieving with winning-team seasons throughout career history.

• Led a high performing Case Management team (including Deputy Principal, Year Level Coordinator, Youth Support Coordinator, Transitions and Pathways Officer) to ensure that every student was supported and preparing to be “Ready for the Future”.
• Led a team of over 40 teachers to complete Academic Coaching with students, parents and/or guardians.
• Led and upskilled year level coordinator with a focus on positive outcomes for students.
• Line management of colleagues’ APR and collegial observation process.
• Track students’ academic performance, targeted at QCE attainment and successful pathways.
• Liaised with University scholars and the Teaching and Learning Team to create a “Marsden Art of Learning” Framework.
• Led a team of Year Level HOD’s to implement Academic Coaching across Years 7 – 12 at Marsden.
• Coordinate intervention for students ‘at risk’ of not attaining a QCE, reflective of data collection and tracking.
• Built productive relationships with key stakeholders and the community to influence positive learning outcomes.
• Led behaviour management processes for cohort including suspension, DIP’s and tier 1, 2 and 3 interventions.
• Communicate with community matters relevant to the year level through Facebook, newsletter and other relevant means.
• Lead and manage the Year 11 curriculum for Marsden Makos Program lessons to ensure that every student is known and supported throughout the Makos journey.
• Coordinate student reflection and academic coaching sessions using TrackEd profiles.
• Work collaboratively with support staff to manage student engagement and wellbeing through structured case management.

• Led a team of staff, including assistant coaches, high performance, sports psychology and medical staff throughout the year, including the creation and execution of Action Plans.
• Created an annual plan for the season.
• Lead a team of coaches to implement and design high quality sessions aimed at developing players to achieve their goals.
• Created Weekly overviews that were shared with staff, parents and players to ensure a high level of organisation.
• Lead Individual Player Progress meetings with both players and parents to set goals, and areas of improvement to ensure timely feedback on individuals journeys.
• Used HUDL and Sportscode to cut clips and create playlists for reviews and Match Day -1 sessions.
• Created a player lead reflection process using HUDL so that players can reflect, prepare and perform at their highest level possible.
• Worked with High Performance staff to reduce injury and maintain and increase player loading throughout the season.
• Worked with a sports psychologist to create a program to support players through their footballing journey.

• Mr Marcus Jones, Executive Principal, Marsden State High School, (07) 3299 0555
• Mr Jesse Maclean, Deputy Principal, Marsden State High School, (07) 3299 0555