Michelle Hsiao

Experienced education professional with strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results. Adept at curriculum development, classroom management, and fostering positive learning environment. Reliable and adaptable, ready to meet evolving needs. Valued for leadership skills, problem-solving abilities, and passion for nurturing student growth.

• As a music teacher I have: Achieved outstanding HSC results through coordinating extra rehearsals during lunch times, after school and holiday rehearsals to improve the quality of student performance. Assisted students in achieving music as their highest scoring subject in their HSC results. Students nominated for ENCORE for outstanding performance at the HSC examination.
• Experienced HSC Marker for both Aural and practical exam
• Detailed understanding of the assessment, reporting and feedback
• Modified curriculum to integrate the Quality Teaching Framework explicitly teach the course content to promote deep understanding and use of metalanguage and improve student answers
• Professionally developed the staff members
• Resulting in improved teaching practices within the faculty and learning of student
• Coordinator for South Western Sydney Region Music Study Day
• Lead the team in re-writing the Study Day booklet for students
• Organise the Study Day
• Team teaching with faculty members in a positive learning environment to encourage professional development between staff members. Provide opportunities for staff to observe, develop and improve their own teaching practice to improve confidence and delivery of curriculum
• Lead the faculty utilising technology in the classroom including the use of devices such as laptops, iPads, online learning, websites, e-learning, websites as a tool for learning and administration purposes. This has transformed the teaching and learning amongst Performing Arts and Languages staff
• Use of scaffold
• Reading to Learn