Leigh SOLLARS

I have worked as a Queensland Education Department employee since my beginning year of teaching in 1995.

I began my permanent status at Burpengary State Primary School in this year, however, I undertook an end-of-year contract at the close of 1994 at Deception Bay North SPS.

My time at Deception Bay North was a baptism of fire for a fledgling young teacher and set in motion a commitment towards shaping young lives and minds for what has now spanned a career of 28 years ongoing.

My teaching career to date:-

Burpengary SPS: 1995 -1996, Year 3

Requested transfer, western service - 1997-1999, 3 years at Mitchell P-10 SS, Lower Primary

Stafford Heights SPS: 2000-2007, Lower and Middle School

Maryborough West SPS: 2008 to present, Prep and Lower School.

I became an Experienced Senior Teacher during my MWSS years of service and in recent years extended this to Experienced Senior Teacher 2.

.* My years of service to the Department have included experience in mentoring pre-service teachers, a brief Acting Deputy Principal Role, QTU membership longevity and Representative roles, multiple professional development opportunities, co-hort collaborative planning, designing/creating report card comments, an array of extra-curricular activities and continuously working in partnership with parents/community groups.