Poia Saipaia
Rouse Hill,NSW
Summary
Dedicated education professional with a proven track record in managing complex student needs and leading literacy initiatives. Promote positive relationships with students and staff, ensuring culturally competent and effective teaching strategies.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Relieving Assistant Principal (Y7-Y12)
Lawrence Hargrave School
Warwick Farm, NSW 2170
06.2024 - Current
- Manage and provide support for staff performance, improvement and conduct, effectively and respectfully, in consultation with the Principal and the Executive team.
- Case manage students with complex needs to provide specialised support.
- Lead and support the implementation of literacy and numeracy assessment and strategies.
Teacher (Y7-Y12)
Lawrence Hargrave School
Warwick Farm, NSW 2170
01.2017 - Current
- Collaborate with colleagues to enhance the curriculum and teaching methods for all students, to ensure fair outcomes.
- Build and strengthen positive relationships with students, parents, and teaching staff.
- Successful applications for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in achieving Literacy awards, at the ACEG Aboriginal Student Achievement Awards, Liverpool Network.
Teacher (Casual Primary & Secondary)
Randstadt Education
Sydney, NSW 2000
02.2016 - 12.2016
- Classroom management - Maintain a safe and orderly classroom environment by upholding the school's behaviour mangement policies.
- Classroom teaching and learning - Follow lesson plans and deliver set work and activities to students.
- Professional expectations - Respect confidentiality regarding student and school matters.
Teacher (Y3/4 Samoan Bilingual Unit)
Mangere East Primary School
Auckland New Zealand
02.2012 - 12.2015
- Deliver teacher instruction in the Samoan and English languages.
- Implement strategies for students to be able to express themselves accurately in both languages through speech, reading and writing.
- Deliver co-operative learning activities.
Teacher (Y3/4)
St. Mary's Catholic School
Auckland New Zealand
02.2009 - 12.2011
- Respect for Catholic character.
- Align lessons with Gospel values.
- Service learning projects - small acts of service e.g. making cards for the sick.
Education
Master of Education - Special And Inclusive Education
The University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW05-2024
Bachelor of Education - Primary Teaching
The University of Auckland
Auckland New Zealand05-2009
Skills
- Staff management
- Curriculum development
- Student case management
- Behaviour intervention
- Educational leadership
- Team collaboration
- Training and mentoring
- Student and family relationships
Accomplishments
- August 2023, Significant Achievemnt in Teaching - Principal Network Awards, Liverpool
Certification
NSW DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
- February 2025, Verbal Intervention, Safety Intervention (VISY).
- March 2025, Regulation - More than taking a breath and speaking calmly, Behaviour Specialist Team.
- April 2025, HPGE Finding High Potential in the Social-Emotional domain.
- October 2024, School Leadership Identification Framework (SLIF) (Professional Development Goal).
- June 2023, Merit Selection Panel Training for Teaching Service Positions.
- October/November 2022, CESE What works best: Assessment, Explicit teaching, Explicit Feedback, Use of data to inform practice, High expectations.
- June 2018, S.T.A.R.S. in schools - Supporting students from refugee backgrounds.
- September 2018, Teaching students from a refguee background.
- September 2017, Addressing challenging behaviour in the classroom.
Middle Leadership Introduction program (SLIF), NSW Department of Education
- I am in the process of completing this leadership course as one of my Professional Development goals for 2025. I aim to complete this by the end of Term 3, September 2025.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Relieving Assistant Principal (Y7-Y12)
Lawrence Hargrave School
06.2024 - Current
Teacher (Y7-Y12)
Lawrence Hargrave School
01.2017 - Current
Teacher (Casual Primary & Secondary)
Randstadt Education
02.2016 - 12.2016
Teacher (Y3/4 Samoan Bilingual Unit)
Mangere East Primary School
02.2012 - 12.2015
Teacher (Y3/4)
St. Mary's Catholic School
02.2009 - 12.2011
Master of Education - Special And Inclusive Education
The University of Sydney
Bachelor of Education - Primary Teaching
The University of Auckland
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