Lynnelle Rankine

Key Achievements/ Responsibilities:

Educational Leadership

• Provided strong and positive leadership as Acting Principal, cultivating a cohesive school culture built on trust, belonging, and collaboration.
• Established inclusive, well-resourced learning environments that reflect teacher investment and support student engagement.
• Fostered a culture of professional growth by encouraging teacher participation in observations, feedback, mentoring, and coaching.
• Allocated targeted resources to deliver specialised learning opportunities for identified students in the Transition Readiness Class and PEARL program.

Staff Management

• Led strategic recruitment to ensure staff expertise aligned with school priorities and improvement goals.
• Promoted a collaborative staff culture where peer support and shared learning were highly valued.

Operational Management

• Managed school budget and resources effectively, ensuring well-maintained grounds and facilities.
• Maintained a welcoming, inclusive, and culturally responsive learning environment that supported wellbeing, attendance, and personalised learning.
• Implemented the Centrepay process to support families in making accessible contributions toward their child’s education.

Community Engagement

• Built strong relationships with families, community members, and external organisations to support student wellbeing and learning.
• Re-established and maintained the School Representative Body to meet governance requirements and foster community involvement.
• Sustained a trusted partnership with EON, enhancing student health and wellbeing through ongoing collaboration.
• Engaged with the Banatjarl Women’s Group to deepen cultural awareness and kinship understanding, strengthening student connection.
• Established purposeful partnerships, such as the Mini Movers program, to promote student wellbeing and early family engagement.
• Maintained family engagement through a visually engaging newsletter that connected households with school learning.

Student Welfare

• Prioritised student welfare by supporting positive behaviour and monitoring academic progress.
• Delivered a consistent breakfast program to meet students’ nutritional needs, aiding behaviour regulation and engagement.
• Achieved improved student attendance and engagement through targeted strategies and personalised visual displays that strengthened family connection.

Compliance & School Improvement

• Ensured school operations complied with state and federal laws, while actively driving continuous improvement.
• Served as Delegated Nominated Supervisor, overseeing day-to-day management of preschool operations in alignment with National Law and Regulations.
• Delivered inclusive education through compliant SET planning and implementation of the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on Students with Disability, using EAPs and Class Profiles to support individual student needs.

Key Achievements/ Responsibilities:

• Plan, Teach, Assess & Report to grade Transition, 1 & 2 class.
• Cultural Awareness Advisor to staff.
• Coordinate Perceptual Motor Program to Early Years.
• Created & Designed a new 2024 school uniform 2023.
• Mentor to Practicum student 2023.
• Completed ‘Making a Strong Start in Foundation’ Read Write Inc Professional Development 2023.
• Completed half day Professional Development ‘Literacy Impact’ 2023.
• Invited & Attended First Nations Employment & Leadership Forum Brisbane 2022.
• Completed professional Development EAL/D Hub Course 2021.
• Appointed Senior Teacher Early Years 2021.
• Mentor Early Years Teachers and lead Unit meetings 2021
• Completed Read Write Inc Professional Development 2021

Key Achievements/ Responsibilities:

• Plan, Teach, Assess & Report to grade 1 & 2 class.
• Cultural Awareness Advisor to staff.
• Coordinate Perceptual Motor Program to Early Years.
• Visible Learning Impact Coach.
• Mentor to Practicum student 2016.
• Completed Education Change Makers professional learning workshops 2016.
• Nominated and Runner Up Teaching in the Territory Excellence Awards- Aboriginal Educator of the Year for the Katherine Region 2016.
• Nominated and Awarded Teaching in the Territory Excellence Awards- Aboriginal Educator of the Year for the Katherine Region 2017.

Key Achievements/ Responsibilities:

• Plan, Teach, Assess & Report Science, Design Technology & English Units to Early Years classes.
• Cultural Awareness Advisor to staff
• Coordinate Perceptual Motor Program to Early Years.

Key Achievements/ Responsibilities:

• Plan, Teach, Assess & Report to Indigenous Students.
• Cultural Awareness Advisor to Staff.
• Coordinate Perceptual Motor Program to Early Years.
• Developed and Implemented Barrier Games.
• Completed Transcripts for all ESL learners to assist Teachers with Reporting and Assessments
• Engaged & Implemented Principals as Literacy Leaders with Indigenous Communities (PALLIC) project.

• 12 months Long Service Leave/ Maternity Leave.

Key Achievements/ Responsibilities:

• Plan, Teach, Assess & Report to Preschool Years.
• Cultural Awareness Advisor to Staff.
• Awarded Certificate of Recognition in Appreciation of 10 Years of Service to the Northern Territory Public Sector 2009.

Key Achievements/ Responsibilities:

• Plan, Teach, Assess & Report to Preschool Years.
• Cultural Awareness Advisor to staff.
• Created & Designed Mobile Preschool uniform.

Key Achievements/ Responsibilities:

• Plan, Teach, Assess & Report to Transition Years.
• Deliver Cultural Awareness PD to colleagues.

Key Achievements/ Responsibilities:

• Plan, Teach, Assess & Report to Transition Years.