Sarah-Jane (SJ) Knowles

Working as a part of a team of 7 home room teachers to deliver Literacy, Numeracy, Science and Social Studies as well as Health across all year 7 classes.

Lead teacher for the Enviro and Sustainability Group.

Left position to travel with young family and move to Nelson.

• Full-time / Fixed-term position (to end Dec 2018)
• Teaching 26-30 students with a whole habitat of 112, in a modern learning environment. Focused on core values and capacities and collaborative teaching and learning.

• Full-time / Permanent position
• Teaching 33 students in a school moving towards fully collaborative teaching practices and modern learning environments
• Working as part of a Year 5/6 syndicate team to collaboratively plan and teach the New Zealand Curriculum
• Emphasis on Growth Mindset, Collaborative teaching and learning, Spirals of Inquiry and Visible Learning
• Enviro Schools Leader

• Full time / permanent position
• Teaching students from predominantly Turkish/Middle Eastern background and of Muslim faith with varying levels of English competency.
• Planning and implementing all subjects areas of the Australian National Curriculum
• Worked as part of the School Management Team for 3 years to develop and implement the School Improvement Plan as well as the day-to-day aspects of a school in the Senior Leadership Team (behaviour, policies, employment)
• Head of Primary (Lead Teacher) of 7 full time teachers and 3 teaching assistants which included running and organising Professional Development and reading. Drafting the school Assessment Policy focusing on Formative Assessment and differentiation, mentoring Beginning Teachers and overall management responsibilities.

• Full time / fixed term position
• Teaching Year 7 & 8 students in a Catholic School
• Planning and implementing a teaching program using the New Zealand National Curriculum and Catholic Education program.
• Lead teacher for PE for Year 1-8. Organised school Ski Program, Cross Country and Athletics Day for Inter School Competition.

• Full Time / permanent position
• Taught students from a variety of cultural backgrounds including African students.
• Worked closely to form strong relationships with staff and families at the school of a predominantly small, rural, farming community
• Traveled 2 hours to and from Queenstown each week to teach at the school
• Fundraised, purchased and organised Professional Learning for the use of Interactive Whiteboards and laptops in each class.
• Coached and refereed the school Basketball Team
• Involved in all extra-curricular activities; music concerts, sporting events and drama production

• Full time / Fixed term position
• Taught a challenging Year 4 class in a large Upper Decile School.
• Planned and implemented a teaching program using the New Zealand National Curriculum
• Supported the PE teacher in organising and supervising the School Ski Program for over 150 students

• Full time / permanent position
• 2008 Year 4/5/6 planned and implemented all subject areas of the English National Curriculum
• 2007 Teaching ability set Year 4/5/6 in the morning (Numeracy, English, Science and ICT) PE in the afternoon Years 0-6.
• Lead teacher for ICT, Numeracy and PE during my first year of teaching and during Ofsted Inspection (ERO)