Satchet Singh
Takanini,Auckland
Summary
With passions for digital technology, teaching and helping young people succeed, I currently serve as HOD Technology at Papakura High School (PHS), and prior to PHS led technology at James Cook High School and taught at King Alfred and Writhlington High School.
I am delighted to have had many rewarding encounters with both students and staff. Integral to the success with learners has been finding ways to connect with them in spaces about their interests. Some of these spaces have included extra-curricular projects to do with coding, e-Sports, and recycling devices.
Being a community-orientated educator, I see myself as someone who serves staff, learners, their families, and their communities. This is closely aligned to my orientation as a lifelong learner who constantly strives to upskill himself, enable his staff and establish education-enhancing community relationships.
Professionally, technology is something that I have enjoyed in the private sector too. Between 2003 and 2008, I held management roles, which followed on from more junior roles.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Technology
Papakura High School
Auckland
12.2019 - Current
- Responsible for the Technology department & Co-curricular Activities
- Specialist in teaching Design and Digital Technology to both junior and senior students
- Leading change and initiatives, to bring about collaborative student-led learning
- Overseeing DVC (Design Visual Communication), Carving and Wood Technology subject areas
- Established Industry experts: Involving industry experts to support a blended learning approach
- Remote Learning: Ensuring teaching and learning are visible and rewindable for students
- Coaching teachers to support educational leadership and improve the professional practice of educators; support students directly, and connect educational institutions to their communities
- Professional Development: Leading significant professional development in Digital Technology for the whole school for STEAM opportunities
- Extra Curricular Clubs: providing unique opportunities for students at the coding club with Code Club NZ - Digital Futures Aotearoa as well as Esports, Filming and Recycle a Device clubs
- Collaboration: With a number of Digital Technology consortiums to share good practices and resources
- Individual needs: Developing video resources for students with special education needs and opportunities for students to visualise and see what higher-level work looks like
- Mentorship: Mentoring and coaching new teachers in the teaching profession
HOD of Digital Technology
James Cook High School
Auckland
07.2015 - 12.2019
- Head of the Technology Department. Responsible for a team of teachers to delivering the Technologies Curriculum
- Leading the department to support teachers and equip them with the tools necessary to deliver interactive and innovative lessons at all levels
- Organising and leading significant professional development in Digital Technology
- Year 9 & 10 Dean
- Supporting students to lead assemblies to build student agency
- Supporting students with high pastoral and well-being needs
- Promoting PBL (Positive Behaviour for Learning) techniques for better outcomes
- Proposing and putting in place new policies to enable students to make well-informed choices
- Appraisal team leader, responsible for ensuring staff have the relevant up-to-date information for teacher registration
- Modelling the use of efficient systems and good teaching practice
- Curriculum Implementation: Introduction of Computer Science course
- Extra-curricular opportunities such as a coding club
- Regular visits to expose students to the tech industries
Information Technology Teacher
King Alfred School
Somerset
09.2013 - 07.2015
- King Alfred School is a thriving 11-18 LA Maintained mixed comprehensive with 1320 students on roll Teaching KS3-KS5
- At KS3 students are taught SMART skills for ICT, this includes spreadsheets, designing and creating websites, databases and Python programming
- Teaching BTEC ICT at KS4 and OCR Cambridge Technical at KS5
Information Technology Teacher
Writhlington School
Bath, Somerset
09.2012 - 07.2013
- Teaching Key Stage 4 & 5 ICT and Media
- Responsible for delivering, planning and teaching the OCR Nationals to Year 10 & 11 and BTEC Computing course to Year 12's
- Delivering AQA GCSE Cross media studies to Years 10 and 11
- Ensure students are taught as per their individual needs and abilities, following the syllabus and programs of study set by the school
- To employ teaching strategies that engender enthusiasm and raise the aspirations of all students
- To prepare students for public examinations and assessments and mark their work and record the results as required
- To contribute to the development of the curriculum within the faculty and the school, such as developing schemes of work
Education Supply Teacher
Hays & Capita
, UK
03.2012 - 07.2012
- Temporary relief teaching for a variety of different subject areas across the curriculum
- Keeping a thorough and detailed report of each lesson and passing on the feedback to teachers
- Duties included facilitating students to complete the work set by the teacher absent for the subject being covered
- Providing comprehensive feedback to teachers and reporting any safeguarding issues immediately to the school child protection officer.
Teacher & Committee Member
01.2009 - 01.2010
- Working professionally in the delivery of lessons to students aged 11-16, with additional responsibility for lesson planning and scheme of work development
- Further key areas of responsibility included the production of materials for exhibitions, the coordination of educational visits and the management of functions and events
- Maintaining overall accountability for student welfare, ensuring pupils were in a safe, caring environment with full supervision at all times
- Elected to a voluntary role as Secretary of the Constitution Committee of the Bristol Sikh Temple, while delivering high quality lessons to students in the role of Teacher.
Project Coordinator
BT, MOD
Swindon
01.2006 - 01.2008
- Coordinating key aspects of the MOD high bandwidth implementation initiative, with main accountabilities that included the scheduling of staff and activities across multiple sites.
T. Project Coordinator
BT Defence Communication Systems
Bristol
01.2005 - 01.2006
- Providing leadership and guidance on wide ranging technical projects, with responsibility for the adaptation of systems to ensure compliance with Defence Telecommunications Service regulations.
2nd Line Support Engineer
Airbus/Phoenix Information Technology
Bristol
01.2003 - 01.2005
- Delivering a comprehensive service of technical support to customers with hardware, software and network issues, while fulfilling all aspects of Service Level Agreements.
Education
PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate - Secondary Education, Information Technology
Bath Spa University
Bath, United Kingdom03.2012
BSc (Hons) - Information Technology
The University of West of England
Bristol, United Kingdom02.2012
Skills
- Google Certified Educator
- Multitasking Abilities
- Excellent Communication
- Team building
- Microsoft Esports leader
- Highly proficient in MS Office
- Google suite (Classroom, Drive and Sites)
- Python, HTML (CSS)
- Adobe suite including, Dreamweaver and Photoshop
- Agile methodologies (Kanban - Trello)
Timeline
Head of Technology
Papakura High School
12.2019 - Current
HOD of Digital Technology
James Cook High School
07.2015 - 12.2019
Information Technology Teacher
King Alfred School
09.2013 - 07.2015
Information Technology Teacher
Writhlington School
09.2012 - 07.2013
Education Supply Teacher
Hays & Capita
03.2012 - 07.2012
Teacher & Committee Member
01.2009 - 01.2010
Project Coordinator
BT, MOD
01.2006 - 01.2008
T. Project Coordinator
BT Defence Communication Systems
01.2005 - 01.2006
2nd Line Support Engineer
Airbus/Phoenix Information Technology
01.2003 - 01.2005
PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate - Secondary Education, Information Technology
Bath Spa University
BSc (Hons) - Information Technology
The University of West of England
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