Sarah Hillyer

Dedicated and experienced School Principal within Sydney urban area. Keenly aware of cultural issues surrounding impoverished students and families. Enthusiastic about providing students with opportunities to realize potential, achieve academic goals and matriculate to higher education. Motivational Principal who excels in team building, culture-improving and performance-increasing initiatives. Demonstrating versatility in leadership approaches to acquire active participation in collaborative activities.

• Delivered curriculum training opportunities to academic staff resulting in significant growth evident for the entire school.
• Won a NSW Premiers Award for the Annika Foundation for work done in supporting young people with depression.
• Overhauled ineffective processes and designed behavior modification plan, which successfully reduced suspension and detentions by [Number]% and [Number]% respectively.
• Created and supervised student mentorship volunteer program, resulting in increased confidence levels as well as improved communication skills for all involved parties.
• Instituted peer review program for teaching professionals, which promoted collaborative teamwork, respect and appreciation among staff members.
• Developed and implemented a marketing campaign that raised new student enrollment by [number]%.
• Enlisted parents and community support in fundraising initiative to [Focus of fundraiser], which led to $[Number] profits in [Timeframe].
• Established cultural days in which students and staffers provided insight into personal ethnic backgrounds, resulting in better understanding and more inclusive environment.