Sandra Anau
Cairns,QLD
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively, unsupervised. Hardworking employee with customer service, multitasking, and time management abilities. Devoted to giving every customer a positive and memorable experience.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Teacher
Department of Education
Cairns, QLD
01.2005 - Current
- Provided individualized instruction to meet the needs of all students.
- Organized parent conferences throughout the year to discuss student progress.
- Created meaningful projects that allowed students to apply their knowledge in real world situations.
- Collaborated with colleagues to plan lessons that integrate various subject areas into a cohesive unit of study.
- Participated in professional development workshops related to teaching methods or curriculum changes.
- Developed and implemented lesson plans based on curriculum objectives.
- Maintained a safe and orderly learning environment for all students.
- Monitored student behavior in classrooms, hallways, cafeteria, playgrounds.
- Enforced school rules and regulations in order to maintain an appropriate learning environment for all students.
- Planned field trips to enrich students' educational experiences outside of the traditional classroom setting.
- Instructed students in academic subjects such as math, science, language arts, social studies, and history.
- Encouraged critical thinking skills and problem solving strategies among students.
- Assessed student performance through tests, quizzes and other assessments.
- Established positive relationships with parents to ensure effective communication regarding student progress and well-being.
- Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents, and teaching staff.
- Supervised students throughout day, both in classroom and outside during breaks.
- Created and enforced child-based, hands-on curriculum to promote student interest and receptive learning.
- Scheduled and held parent-teacher conferences to keep parents up-to-date on children's academic performance.
- Managed student behavior in classroom by establishing and enforcing rules and procedures.
- Implemented behavior management strategies to maintain classroom discipline.
- Prepared and maintained classroom environments appropriate for student learning and physical, social and emotional development.
- Created lesson plans and chose supporting materials to promote positive learning experiences.
- Met with administrators and department team members to work on curriculum planning and assessment methods.
- Met with parents to discuss students' progress and review areas requiring improvement.
- Remained calm and patient in student interactions to support individual growth and development.
- Led students through safety procedures for active shooter and fire drills.
- Identified and documented learning achievements by reporting outcomes, performance information and program adjustments used to boost comprehension.
- Performed student background reviews to ascertain learning deficiencies and strengths to develop tailored lessons based on student needs.
Education
Bachelor of Education - Education
James Cook University
Cairns, QLD01-2005
Skills
- Classroom management
- Student assessment
- Lesson planning
- Behaviour management
- Curriculum development
- Parent communication
- Collaborative teaching
- Critical thinking
- Conflict resolution
- Time management
- Data analysis
- Relationship building
- Team building
- Calm under pressure
- Flexible and adaptable
- Leadership
- Dependable and responsible
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solving
Affiliations
- I am able to balance different roles and responsibilities that I have been involved in over the many years that I have been working at Parramatta State School as an educator and as a representative of the community
- As P&C president for 13 years, I have had to be fair and equitable with both community members and staff within the role that I performed in
- I am able to build a good relationship with others within the school community and staff, and I am able to be fair and respectful toward others
- I am trustworthy, reliable, and can be relied on to do a job
- I am honest and when required I can be up front when the need arises.
Languages
English
Professional
Yumpla Tok
Professional
Accomplishments
- Developed the P&C over the past 13 years with the assistance of various executive members over the years
- Developed and implemented a new school uniform design with a new supplier for both the school uniforms and the sports uniforms
- Work alongside the attendance team, OHSC, and the P&C to attain a school bus to increase school attendance
- Lead school fundraising programs to assist with raising funds for the students
- Involved with the decision-making, planning, and development of the new Outside Hours School Care building that was built and finalized this year
- Oversee the upgrade of tuckshop facilities
- Work in the Attendance committee, PBL committee, First Nations committee, Sports committee, P&C Committee
Timeline
Teacher
Department of Education
01.2005 - Current
Bachelor of Education - Education
James Cook University
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