Sandra (Sandy) Nyman Herford

Managing varied aspects of viticulture including planting, irrigation, fertilisation, pruning, desease control, planning and coordinating harvest with team of grape pickers, cooperative decision making with winemakers to achieve desired wine style, organising all aspects of final product including bottling, label design, wine tasting, wine sales, olive growing, olive oil production and sales as well as all aspects of Guneemooroo Estate short term rental property. management.

• Partnered with principal to administer school program in alignment with vision and goals, curriculum within Diocesan standards and framework.
• providing positive, inclusive, nurturing and stimulating learning environment.
• Supported a positive school culture by addressing student needs and behavior issues promptly and effectively.
• Spearheaded professional development initiatives, fostering an environment of continuous innovation and growth for staff members.
• Implemented daily effective staffing including sourcing of casual staff
• Led meetings to convey policy changes, gather information, and assess employee thoughts.
• Designed and coordinated teacher instruction and support for report writing including consultation and proof reading
• Managed staff recruitment and hiring processes, ensuring selection of highly qualified educational professionals.
• Coordinated staff and student activities to promote a safe and productive learning environment.

• Collaborated in planning sessions with classroom teachers to create engaging interdisciplinary lesson plans embracing multi key learning areas into one 'big question' for their term's integrated unit, enriching student learning experiences and understandings while documenting a joint teaching plan for the term
• Facilitated teacher planning to embed key critical and creative student thinking into the integrated unit learning plans
• Improved team productivity with regular communication and progress updates, fostering a collaborative work environment.
• Gathered and organized materials and planned excursions to support integrated unit
• Managed project timelines for successful completion, ensuring milestones were met and deadlines were adhered to.

• Differentiated curriculum and lesson plans to ensure content and teaching methods were meeting the academic, psychological and emotional needs, interests and talents of gifted students.
• Close collaboration with special needs team for gifted students regarding classroom support ideas as well as gifted cluster classroom withdrawal learning content
• Developed strong relationships with students, parents, and colleagues by maintaining open lines of communication and fostering a supportive learning environment.
• Enhanced classroom engagement through the use of interactive teaching methods, such as group projects, outdoor learning and varied learning tools.
• Maintained accurate records of student progress, attendance, and behavior to facilitate ongoing communication with parents about their child's educational journey.
• Designed differentiated instruction to accommodate diverse learning needs, ensuring each student had an equal opportunity for success.
• Identified struggling students early on and provided additional support in the classroom and referrals for investigation into student learning challenges
• Fostered positive learning environment that enhances student curiosity, creative, analytical and critical thinking.
• Established creative problem solving opportunities through the presentation of futuristic scenarios, imaginative issue identification and problem solving
• Promoted cutting edge digital literacy
• Met with students, parents and administrators to address and resolve students' psycho-emotional, behavioral and academic issues.

• Gathered, organized and analysed National Parks visitor use information for research purposes.
• Synthesized large volumes of information identifying correlations in data to identify key trends and patterns in visitor use
• Conducted thorough literature reviews to identify gaps in knowledge and inform future research directions.
• Maintained detailed records of experimental procedures, observations, and results for accurate reporting and replication purposes publishing a Visitor Use Research Handbook for NSW NPWS.
• Improved data collection techniques
• Increased research visibility, presenting findings at undustry conferences.
• Enhanced research methodology robustness by integrating advanced statistical analysis techniques.
• Conducted comprehensive literature reviews for foundational understanding.
• Designed step by step procedures for incorporating visitor use research findings and data into future planning and decision making across local and state governments