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Michelle Quayle

Lindisfarne,TAS

Summary

Highly organised and detail oriented employee with expertise in working with colleagues from diverse socio-cultural backgrounds. Proficient in maintaining accurate and complete record systems. Motivated to experience a new work challenge.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Secondary Teacher

Guilford Young College
Hobart , TAS
01.2009 - Current

Administrative responsibilities

  • maintaining student records through a centralised Learning Management System (LMS)
  • online reporting of student achievement (LMS)
  • maintaining evidence of reasonable adjustments for students with learning needs (LMS)
  • publishing a wide range of documents such as study guides, readers, units of work, articles, promotional material
  • leading and participating in staff meetings both face to face and online through platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
  • mentoring new staff as a moderator of subjects such as Legal Studies
  • Managed a range of after school sports such as netball and tennis
  • Coordinated a range of law/politics related activities for students such as the National Schools Constitutional Convention

Teaching responsibilities

  • planning, teaching and assessing a diverse range of subjects such as Legal Studies, Business Studies and Australia in the Asia Pacific
  • Monitored student growth and academic process.
  • Cultivated collaborative and innovative learning environment to meet each student's unique educational needs.
  • Integrated technology into classroom settings to engage students and diversify instruction.
  • Engagement with various stakeholders such as parents, guardians, learning support staff, pastoral staff, academic staff, and community groups
  • Establishing and maintaining a safe classroom environment

Secondary School Teacher

St Patrick's College
Launceston, TAS
01.2006 - 12.2008

Administrative responsibilities

  • maintaining student records through a centralised Learning Management System (LMS)
  • online reporting of student achievement (LMS)
  • publishing a wide range of documents such as study guides, readers and units of work
  • participating in staff meetings
  • Managed a school softball team

Teaching responsibilities

  • planning, teaching and assessing a diverse range of subjects such as English, Legal Studies, Business Studies, Sociology, and Australia in the Asia Pacific
  • planned and supervised a wide range of activities outside of the classroom
  • Monitored student growth and academic process.
  • Cultivated collaborative and innovative learning environment to meet each student's unique educational needs.
  • Integrated technology into classroom settings to engage students and diversify instruction.
  • Engagement with various stakeholders such as parents, guardians, learning support staff, pastoral staff, academic staff, and community groups
  • Establishing and maintaining a safe classroom environment

Managed a softball team

Head of the Department and Secondary Teacher

Taminmin College
Humpty DOO, NT
07.2004 - 12.2005

Administrative responsibilities

  • Head of Studies of Society and Environment
  • Mentor staff within the department
  • Facilitate meetings of department staff and other key stakeholders
  • Oversee and manage the department budget
  • maintain staff and student records ensuring compliance of curriculum guidelines

Teaching responsibilities

  • plan, teach and assess a range of SOSE subjects to students from Years 8 - 12
  • report on student progress and maintain student records
  • Responding to the needs of students with diverse learning capabilities
  • respond to the needs of students from English as an additional language backgrounds

English Instructor

Taizhou Normal College
Jiangsu Province , China
01.2004 - 06.2004

Key responsibilities

  • Coordinate curriculum with Chinese staff at the university
  • Plan, teach and assess engaging English language lessons to improve spoken English of Chinese students in first year and second year university.
  • Engage with feeder school staff and students at a regional High School as part of a bridging program
  • Engage with members of the Taizhou community, such as participating in English Corner activities. This involved regular meetings with local business leaders to practice their English.

English Instructor

ECY Language School
Kyunggi-Do, South Korea
01.2003 - 01.2004

Key responsibilities

  • Coordinate curriculum with Korean staff
  • Plan, teach and assess engaging English language lessons to improve spoken English of Korean students. Age range of students from 8 years to 16 years.

Secondary School Teacher

St Joseph's College
Katherine, NT
01.2000 - 12.2002

Key responsibilities

  • Year 7 Co-ordinates - assisted with the establishment of a High School that extended from the existing St Joseph’s Primary School. This was the first year of Year 7 and Year 8, then in 2001 assisted with the establishment of Year 9 and in 2002 assisted with the establishment of Year 10.
  • Facilitating meetings of the SRC
  • maintaining student records
  • Planning, teaching, and assessing English and SOSE curriculum from grades 7 to 10
  • Establishing and maintaining a safe classroom environment
  • Responding to the needs of students with diverse learning capabilities and students from English as an additional language backgrounds
  • Engagement with various stakeholders such as parents, guardians, Aboriginal Resource Officers, staff, various community members both indigenous and non-indigenous

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Honours in Political Science And Sociology

University of Tasmania
Sandy Bay, TAS

Bachelor of Teaching -

University of Tasmania
Sandy Bay, TAS

Graduate Certificate in Arts - Archaeology And Paleoanthropology

University of New England
New England, NSW

Skills

  • Strong organisational skills
  • Multitasking and time management
  • Research and analytical skills
  • Judgement and decision making skills
  • Computers and technology skills
  • records management skills
  • conflict resolution skills
  • flexible and adaptive
  • relationship building
  • collaborative
  • creative thinking
  • teaching and tutoring skills

Accomplishments

  • promoted to a range of positions of responsibility, such as Moderator, Student Coordinator, Head of House, Head of Department

References

Lisa Herd

Director of Curriculum

Guilford Young College

lherd@gyc.tas.edu.au

0407802702

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Alison Savage

TASC/Senior Secondary Specialist - Project 23

Catholic Education Tasmania

alison.savage@catholic.tas.edu.au

0437344314

Timeline

Senior Secondary Teacher

Guilford Young College
01.2009 - Current

Secondary School Teacher

St Patrick's College
01.2006 - 12.2008

Head of the Department and Secondary Teacher

Taminmin College
07.2004 - 12.2005

English Instructor

Taizhou Normal College
01.2004 - 06.2004

English Instructor

ECY Language School
01.2003 - 01.2004

Secondary School Teacher

St Joseph's College
01.2000 - 12.2002

Bachelor of Arts - Honours in Political Science And Sociology

University of Tasmania

Bachelor of Teaching -

University of Tasmania

Graduate Certificate in Arts - Archaeology And Paleoanthropology

University of New England
Michelle Quayle