Renee Mitchell
Kellyville,NSW
Summary
To promote a culture within the school that supports the idea that all students, including those with disabilities and additional learning needs, are entitled to an excellent education that provides them with a genuine opportunity to succeed.
To coordinate a strong Diversity Team that builds capacity amongst the staff.
To support the Year 7 coordinator in creating a smooth transition for all students and conduct literacy screening tests on all students.
To support leaders and coordinators with behaviour management strategies.
To promote learning support collaboration in program development with a focus on effective questioning, differentiation and personalised learning.
To work closely with Yr Coordinators, promote inclusion in both academic and extra curricular domains and highlight the importance of wellbeing.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Diversity Leader : Yrs 9 -12
Santa Sophia Catholic College
01.2023 - Current
- Leading team of Diversity Teachers and Support Staff
- Working with teams to identify and use relevant data to implement appropriate supports
- Working with Diversity Teachers in their team to map and monitor progress of vulnerable students
- Building capacity of Diversity Teachers in areas such as personalised planning, case management and imputing disability
- Managing referrals to Diversity Team
- Working alongside Wellbeing Teams to ensure social and emotional supports for each student are met
- Developing and leading professional learning opportunities for staff on items relevant to supporting students with disability
- Managing NCCD process
- Liaising with CSPD system staff including Post School Options Team
- Co-ordination, designing and evaluating school based interventions programs and initiatives. R3, Tri3, EMU
- Coordinating NESA HSC Disability provisions
- Planning and implementing transition programs for vulnerable students
- Meeting regularly with K-12 Diversity Leaders to ensure diverse learning needs of all students are being met across College
- Working with Heads of School to ensure inclusive practices for their respective schools
- Liaising with K-12 Diversity Leader for more complex cases
- Running Breakfast Club held weekly before school- aim to provide a positive start for variety of students
- Managing Life Skills programs and reporting
- Managing online Diversity Handbook that includes student learning profiles with necessary adjustments and assessment provisions
- Attending fortnightly Instructional Coaches meetings with curriculum focus
- Attending fortnightly Wellbeing meetings with a pastoral care focus
- Managing recently established Saint Sophia Centre - space for Diversity and Wellbeing.
Head of Learning Enrichment Prep - Yr 12
The Hills Grammar School
06.2021 - 12.2022
- Head of Learning Enrichment from ECEC – Year 12
- Line manager for Coordinators, Teachers and Educators
- Close collaboration with school enrolment management team
- Undertook observations for impending enrolments
- Liaised closely with Head of Senior School, Head of Junior School and Head of Wellbeing
- Liaised with school Psychologist Team
- Liaised with AIS
- Liaised with parents of students with existing Learning Plans to revise and implement these plans – pass plans to teachers – update and save to files
- Managed and supported Educators
- Helped to facilitate modified programs and consults with staff and parents
- Implementation of Life Skills program
- Collaborated with parents, teachers and external specialists to implement modifications and adjustments to class work and assessment tasks.
- Coordinated and implement special provisions for relevant students with learning plans
- Liaised with Heads of Houses (re – students with learning plans in their house)
- Liaised with school psychologists – attend meetings, keep them abreast of student plans and needs
- Supported students in class
- Completed classroom observations as required
- Implemented YARC testing as required
- Supported families with post school options as required
Diversity Coordinator Yrs 7 - 12
Parramatta Marist High
01.2017 - 06.2021
- 2020 : Leadership Team
- 2016 to 2021 - Diversity Coordinator. Managing 15 staff members within a Wellbeing Centre and coordinating literacy support, numeracy support, Non ATAR VET, Post School Options, R3 reading and mentoring programs
- Implementation of Breakfast Club held weekly before school that provides positive start for a variety of students
- Provided Professional Development to staff through whole staff meetings and Case Conferences with focus on personalised learning and ways to improve access to curriculum within PBL culture
- Collaborated with Catholic Education Department of Parramatta (CEDP) specialist teachers, school administrators, parents, and teachers in designing and implementing Personalised Plans for students
- Responsible for tracking and reporting on progress of students who receive Third Wave and Second Wave Intervention
- Implementation of online personalised and modified learning programs
- Managed Life Skills programs with modified comments based reports
- Managed online Diversity Handbook that includes student learning profiles with necessary adjustments and assessment provisions
- Part of Pastoral Care Collaborative Team (weekly meetings with Assistant Principal Pastoral Care and School Counsellor)
- Chaired weekly Diversity Team meetings
- Conducted staff performance reviews
- Updated and managed NCCD data with ongoing collaboration with students, staff and parents
- Liaised with psychologists, speech therapists and other external professionals to support student outcomes
- Ongoing collaboration with CEDP to access support with Hearing Services, Post School Options, Effective Questioning Collaboration, Reading, Wellbeing and Psychology assistance
- Trained and collaborated in a TLP (Targeted Learning Partnership) with CEDP focusing on a Third Wave Reading Intervention
- Coordination of Year 7 Transition Program - positive relationships with primary school teachers maintained to ensure that transition experience is positive and responds to diverse needs of all students attending PMH. Includes school visits to Primary Schools to meet teachers and students
- Implemented annual Additional Transition Orientation Day held for targeted students that require support with transitioning into high School
- Head of HSC exam provisions application process with NESA
Diversity Teacher
Parramatta Marist High
02.2013 - 12.2016
Primary School Teacher
St Therese's Primary School
06.2001 - 11.2011
Education
Currently Studying Masters of Inclusive Education -
Charles Sturt University
Bathurst, NSW12.2024
Bachelor of Education - Primary -
Australian Catholic University
Sydney, NSW11.2021
Skills
- Ability to generate teaching strategies for students with learning disabilities
- Trained in formal assessments systems (Neale Reading Analysis , YARC, Celf4, KBIT2, Running Records) to support student learning
- R3 and Tri3 training 2023
- Competent interpersonal communicator
- Demonstrate respect for cultural diversity
- Trustworthy
- Confident in conducting interviews
- Strong problem solving skills
- Efficient
- Reliable and flexible
- Strong interest and passion for promoting diversity and inclusion for all students
- Swimming coaching background
- Netball coaching experience
Referees
Sarah Black
Head of Jnr School
Hills Grammar
0433799422
sarah.black@hillsgrammar.nsw.edu.au
Mark Pauschmann
Principal
Parramatta Marist High
P 9848 7100
mpauschmann@parra.catholic.edu.au
Peter Stephens
Assistant Principal
Parramatta Marist High
M 0417 260 233
E pstephens@parra.catholic.edu.au
Timeline
Diversity Leader : Yrs 9 -12
Santa Sophia Catholic College
01.2023 - Current
Head of Learning Enrichment Prep - Yr 12
The Hills Grammar School
06.2021 - 12.2022
Diversity Coordinator Yrs 7 - 12
Parramatta Marist High
01.2017 - 06.2021
Diversity Teacher
Parramatta Marist High
02.2013 - 12.2016
Primary School Teacher
St Therese's Primary School
06.2001 - 11.2011
Currently Studying Masters of Inclusive Education -
Charles Sturt University
Bachelor of Education - Primary -
Australian Catholic University
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