Louise Popovich
Broadview,SA
Summary
With eight years of teaching experience across the middle primary school year levels, my professional background is deeply rooted in low socio-economic status school communities. I specialise in supporting students with complex learning and behavioural needs through trauma-informed practice, highly structured classroom management, and evidence-based literacy and numeracy instruction.
I am deeply passionate about building strong, trusting relationships with students and delivering differentiated, hands-on learning experiences that foster a lifelong love of learning for every child. Specifically, I am driven to enlighten curiosity within the numeracy curriculum by transforming mathematical concepts into hands on, practical lessons that engage and empower diverse learners.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Primary School Teacher, Grade 2/3/4
Waverley Primary School
Launceston, TAS
02.2023 - Current
- Build trust and relationships through safe, orderly, calm and predictable routines and high academic expectations paired with strong visual and emotional scaffolding.
- Provide Proactive Relationship Building by using morning circles, check-ins, and explicit social-emotional skill building.
- Break lessons down into modelled steps, using mini-whiteboards or hand signals to ensure every student participates and receives instant feedback.
- Connect lessons to everyday life, embed physical movement breaks, and provide all necessary learning resources directly within the classroom.
- Facilitate collaborative classroom activities that increased student participation and engagement.
- Assess student progress through evaluations (discussions during PLTs to moderate student work effectively, creation of common assessment tasks and rubrics aligning to curriculum achievement standards) and provided personalized feedback.
- Create and adapt lessons to meet individual learning styles while effectively planning for student support officer in small group settings.
- Collaborate with colleagues to integrate cross-curricular themes into curriculum.
- Communicate regularly with parents regarding student performance and school events.
- Participate in professional development opportunities to stay current on best practices in education.
- Enforce clear behavioural boundaries and explicit classroom procedures to support students with complex needs, assisting in development of these protocols at current school.
- Mentored new teachers, sharing best practices and strategies for effective classroom management and instruction. (had a student for the year of 2024 on an internship, several student teachers from 2023-2026)
Primary School Teacher Grade 3/4
Scottsdale Primary School
Scottsdale, TAS
02.2019 - 01.2023
- Implemented assessment tools to evaluate student progress and understanding.
- Collaborated with parents and staff to support student development and well-being.
- Integrated technology into lessons to promote interactive learning experiences.
- Collaborated with other teachers, staff members and parents to promote a positive learning atmosphere.
- Maintained accurate records of student performance including attendance, grades and behavior reports.
- Built relationships with students and guardians through active communication and positive feedback.
Education
Bachelor of Education (Primary) - Education
University of Tasmania
Launceston12-2018
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Skills
- Lesson planning and curriculum development - Utilising the gradual release of responsibility frame work for structured content delivery and implementing differentiated instruction
- Student assessment - Using real-time tracking (like mini-whiteboards) and formal tests to monitor growth, whilst Analyzing student performance data to target high-impact interventions
- Classroom management and student well being - Creating predictable, safe learning environments for vulnerable students Implementing school-wide and behavioural frameworks
- Collaboration - Proactively collaborate with colleagues to analyze student data, design differentiated units, and align our classroom practices with whole-school initiatives and school improvement plans to drive consistent academic growth and student well-being
References
Katie Wightman - Principal: Waverley Primary School - 0438 625 118
Sam Millwood - Instructional Specialist: Waverley Primary - 0427 186 534
Belinda Towns - Classroom teacher/ Former learning support teacher: Youngtown Primary School - 0407 071 716
Timeline
Primary School Teacher, Grade 2/3/4
Waverley Primary School
02.2023 - Current
Primary School Teacher Grade 3/4
Scottsdale Primary School
02.2019 - 01.2023
Bachelor of Education (Primary) - Education
University of Tasmania
.