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Graeme Hall

Christchurch

Summary

Dynamic Secondary School Teacher and NCEA Coordinator at Papanui High School,

recognized for enhancing student success through innovative teaching strategies

strong parent-teacher communication whether teacher student, parent teacher, staff/senior leadership and myself or dealing with outside agencies.

Proven leader in educational workshops,

fostering collaboration among staff

ensuring compliance with NCEA requirements and standards for writing school reports fro students. Committed to motivating students and enriching their learning experiences through extracurricular activities.

Overview

45
45
years of professional experience

Work History

Secondary School Teacher and NCEA Coordinator

Papanui High School
01.1980 - 04.2025
  • As a classroom teacher
  • Promoted a positive classroom environment by establishing clear expectations and fostering mutual respect among students.
  • Actively participated in school-wide initiatives aimed at improving overall student success rates and fostering a sense of community among staff members.
  • Established strong relationships with parents through regular communication, promoting family involvement in students'' education.
  • Organised extracurricular activities such as sports teams (20 years with cricket teams, rugby and a range of other activities: the last being clay pigeon shooting). These enriched students' educational experiences outside of the classroom setting.
  • Enhanced student comprehension by incorporating visual aids and hands-on activities into lesson plans.
  • Developed and implemented creative teaching strategies to accommodate various learning styles.
  • Led professional development workshops for fellow teachers to share best practices in curriculum design and instructional techniques.
  • As Principal's Nominee (liaison person with NZQA) my role was to form positive relationships with Senior leadership and all the Heads of Departments to ensure a match between the curriculum and its assessment, quality assure the results gathered by internal assessment, ensure enrolments for external exams were complete and accurate, introduce new initiatives from NZQA and ensure they were implemented as intended, handle enquires from parents and organise and cooperate with NZQA external audits (Papanui High School last audit gained the best recommendation possible).
  • As Reports Manager - ensure reports for students were available for teachers to complete in a timely manner, ensure completion by teachers by deadlines, lead a quality assurance team and meet deadline for reports to be sent to parents
  • Review reports structure to ensure information was easily understandable and useful to parents
  • As data manager prepare reports as required generally on student progress to allow data review of the progress of the school

Secondment - Advisor Technology Curriculum 1999

Christchurch College of Education
01.1999 - 01.2000
  • develop and conduct workshops to develop teacher and senior leadership team members understanding of the Technology developed in the 1990s.
  • visit schools (both primary and secondary) to help develop unit plans for their departments to meet the intentions of the curriculum.
  • developed long-lasting relationships with teachers across the region to ensure they continued to work to meet the goals set at the workshops.

Education

Diploma of Teaching (Distinction) - Education (Secondary)

Christchurch College of Education , Christchurch, NZ
12-1979

Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Chemistry

University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, NZ
05-1979

Skills

  • Peer collaboration
  • Collaborative teaching
  • Student motivation
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Parent-teacher communication
  • Teaching strategies
  • Subject expertise
  • Feedback provision
  • Literacy skills
  • Classroom management
  • Positive role model and mentor
  • Team collaboration
  • Recordkeeping
  • Departmental collaboration across the school
  • Lesson planning
  • Educational leadership
  • Compliance

Timeline

Secondment - Advisor Technology Curriculum 1999 - Christchurch College of Education
01.1999 - 01.2000
Secondary School Teacher and NCEA Coordinator - Papanui High School
01.1980 - 04.2025
Christchurch College of Education - Diploma of Teaching (Distinction), Education (Secondary)
University of Canterbury - Bachelor of Science (Honours), Chemistry

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