An educator
About me
I am deeply passionate about enabling people with a critical understanding of technology. In education, this means that I deliver units that enable students with both ethical and computational thinking.
Capabilities
What I do
I bring together deep classroom experience, curriculum design expertise, and a strong foundation in digital technologies to create meaningful learning environments. Whether it’s developing instructional content, integrating tech tools, or shaping whole-school strategy, my focus is always on clarity, engagement, and growth.
Curriculum Development
I design responsive, standards-aligned curriculum that supports diverse learners while remaining flexible and purposeful.
Digital Learning Strategy
I implement technology with intention; enhancing engagement, streamlining assessment, and future-proofing classrooms.
Real Formative Assessment
I build assessment into the learning process, using authentic data to adapt instruction and deepen understanding.
Cross-Curricular Integration
I connect learning across subjects to build relevance, boost retention, and reflect how knowledge works in the real world.
My ever-evolving
Picture of Practice
Beyond one simple idea, I have maintain a consistently emerging Picture of Practice. Born of the concept of reflexive practice, I build a more unified idea of me as a teacher.
While I work to deliver my Picture of Practice, please read my Resume or more about how I work in the classroom.
My rationale
Why I do it?
It's easy to say that you love teaching and learning, but it's taken me a career to distill the elements that define my passion.
Passion for Technology
I love exploring how tech can remove friction and empower creativity—for students, staff, and systems alike.
Purpose in Learning
Learning should feel real, relevant, and rooted in what matters to the learner—and I build toward that every day.
Authenticity in Metrics
Numbers should tell a human story. I believe in using data to reflect growth, not just measure it.
Examples of My Work
Teaching & Learning Folio
I am currently working to bring together a complete presentation and collection of works including curriculum design, research and unit plans.
Responses to the Key Selection Criteria for Victorian Government Schools
Key Selection Criteria
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Curriculum Knowledge & Student Needs
I design engaging, curriculum-aligned learning that embeds literacy and numeracy across all subjects, especially Digital Technologies and the VCE Vocational Major. My planning is guided by UDL and real-world application, ensuring students connect meaningfully with outcomes and build their skills in authentic contexts.
High Impact Teaching Strategies & Learning Growth
I apply High Impact Teaching Strategies and cognitive science (e.g. spacing, feedback, metacognition) to maximise learning. My lessons combine explicit instruction, collaborative learning, and creative synthesis — particularly in tech and applied learning — while tracking growth through goal setting and student conferencing.
Assessment, Data Use & Feedback
I design transparent, authentic assessment systems and use data to guide instruction, reporting, and goal setting. Assessment is integrated into learning — not bolted on — and used to empower students and improve accuracy through collaborative moderation and feedback cycles.
Communication & Collaboration
I build inclusive learning cultures by modelling respect, promoting student voice, and sustaining strong relationships with colleagues, families, and community. My communication is timely, transparent, and grounded in real learning partnerships.
Reflection, Values & Personal Growth
I reflect deeply and often, guided by the Department’s values and a future-focused mindset. I embrace learning — from pedagogy to AI — and contribute by mentoring others, leading innovation, and continuously refining my own practice.
Current Projects
What I'm Doing Right Now
I’m actively refining my digital presence and teaching portfolio to reflect a renewed focus on education, curriculum development, and digital learning strategy. While continuing to build skills in Python and web development, my current work centres on practical, purposeful projects that support authentic learning and professional growth.
Google CoLab Project
Monte Carlo Investment Probability Calculator
Google Sheets Project
Victorian Education Staff Salary Calculator
Research Project
Researching AI in relation to my Picture or Practice
Moodle Project
Collating Unit and Lesson Plans for SCORM delivery.
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Resume
I have a rich background of experience and I value everything that has brought me to where I am today.
Key Selection Criteria
The classroom is a dynamic environment. Learners of any age arrive with different ideas and influences. Through my KSC responses, I've tried to encapsulate how I bring real value to learning and teaching.
A Picture of Practice is not a snapshot — it’s a living document.
What is a
Picture of Practice
My Picture of Practice is an evolving, reflective tool that helps me understand how I teach, lead, and respond to change. Inspired by a trusted mentor and shaped through my own experience, it captures the real work behind the work.
The Process
Each day, I jot rough, honest reflections in a messy notebook; ideas, tensions, small wins.Later, I revisit these notes to find patterns, challenges, and prompts for growth. Over time, these fragments build into something cohesive: a dynamic representation of my practice in context.
Capture
The first part of the process is to capture a raw reflection in time. This allows me to immediately cement all the variables of the day.
Clarify
The next step in the process is clarrify and synthesise patterns and purpose, and cull extraneous noise. This allows me to more objectively see what's truly important in a situation.
Construct
The final elements to the continual cycle is to construct by adding, building and modifying as evolving picture of practice. For me, this is a literal diagram. But everyone's is different.
Why It Matters
This habit helps me make intentional decisions, track professional learning, and see the classroom with new eyes.
It’s not just about improvement, it’s about aligning my actions with my values in and beyond teaching, learning and the classroom.
The importance of
Reflexive Practice
I have been lucky enough to work with some amazing people in my journey. Peers, mentors and juniors alike each offer valuable perspective.Taking that it's easier to build ahouse one brick at a time, I use my picture of practice as a method of consistent adjustment and refinement.
What's Coming Soon
I’m currently shaping this evolving archive into something shareable.
Soon, you’ll be able to explore excerpts, diagrams, and thought-pieces that reflect my approach to curriculum, teaching, and leadership.
Coming soon
My annotated picture of practice
Currently, along with my portfolio and a range of consolidated unit plans, I am working on a public representation of my personal picture of practice. This will be linked here soon.
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Thanks
Thank you for getting in touch. I check my messages regularly, and will get back to you promptly.