Leah Fisher-Pigou

• Administrator responsibilities including reviewing and reconciling accounts, processing payments to external partners and maintaining updated records of invoices and receipts.
• Contact clients and send reminders to ensure timely payments
• GST returns
• Identifying and addressing discrepancies
• Report on the status of accounts payable and receivable
• Updating of internal accounting databases and spreadsheets
• Xero accounting software
• Streamlined operational processes by identifying inefficiencies and introducing new systems to increase productivity.
• Sustainable wine NZ administration ( spray programmes and sustainability)
• Property management and maintenance
• Coordination of contractors
• 2023/24 Harvest

• Part time English teacher for terms 1 and 2
• Implementation of the new NCEA level 1 curriculum.

A very unique opportunity to Implement a new middle and senior school. This position covered a variety of roles and responsibilities often of a complex nature. Introducing a change to mainstream education with personalised learning plans from years 9 to 13. A change leadership model was equally shared across the team, where strengths were utilised, innovation and creativity were encouraged. This created a solid environment that included;

• Methods of instruction tailored to learning preferences
• Lessons that consider and act upon specific interests/cultural capital of different learners
• Learning objectives and pace varied according to needs of students
• High expectations and standards supported by frequent, responsive scaffolding

The role consisted of developing strategic plans, policy and the day to day running of the school including;

• Attendance
• Curriculum Implementation & review of middle/senior school including NCEA literacy standards for 2023
• School Timetabling - Middle and senior including course selections suitable for a model to fit student need
• Middle School Assessment – analysis & reporting to parents, BOT
• Staff wellbeing & school culture
• Staff Appraisal - transition to personal growth cycles, observations and coaching
• Middle and senior SENCO
• programmes for high and complex need students
• Classroom culture policy
• Beginning of year set up
• Lead pastoral care for students and staff
• Oversight of middle/senior School student behaviour and enforced discipline policies
• Teacher of English year 8 - year 11
• Trained teachers on effective teaching techniques, classroom management strategies, and behaviour modification.
• Partnered with principal to administer school program in alignment with vision and goals, providing positive, high-expectation academic environment.

• Pastoral care with the guidence team
• Managing transition of students into College
• Fostering house group identity, academic and behavioural standards
• Organising and leading assemblies
• Initiating activities that help to build good relationships, achievement and motivation
• Student wellbeing Coordinator
• COL within School Lead
• PB4L committee member
• Creator and facilitator of Pukenga Ora programme for disengaged students.
• Development and delivery of English programmes that engage and excite
• Teacher in charge of Marlborough Boys’ Athletics, Tasman and South Island secondary school championships.
• Stage facilitator for Nga Manu Korero

• Devise and implement Individual Education Plans (IEP’s) for special needs students presenting with autism: from high functioning students to students with severely challenging behavioural and developmental needs
• Collaborate with the Learning Support Coordinator regularly to review progress of high needs students and cater learning content and activities to suit
• Support Education Assistants in their role working with special needs students in the classroom
• Designing and delivering IEP’s aimed at specific skill sets of students with low literacy
• Develop and deliver IEP’s for Aboriginal students
• Collaboration in strategic planning including the formulation of the English development plan and targets aimed at addressing the school priority of Literacy
• Responsible for writing English & Society and Environment teaching programmes for the transition from the Western Australian Curriculum to the National Australian Curriculum (English, Natural and Social Systems & History)
• Class room teacher of: English, Geography, Economics, History, Law & Government
• Form teacher to Year 8 and 9 students
• Coordinator of School wide Tennis programme
• Delivery of Kagan Cooperative Learning strategies
• Lead pastoral care of subschool