Tash Crosby

• Oversee the entire business operations.
• Develop and implement strategies to increase profitability.
• Cultivate strong relationships with key stakeholders and partners to ensure long-term success and loyalty.
• Manage creation and production of marketing content, to increase brand engagement.
• Communicate our vision and purpose in a way that inspires and motivates.
• Develop and execute social media strategies.
• Create engaging social media content, and foster community interaction.
• Project lead the creation of digital and print resources.
• Write compelling content for print, website, fundraising campaigns, media releases, advertising, and marketing materials.
• Create and deliver educational presentations and workshops.
• Build strong relationships with local community organisations, media, suppliers, individuals, sponsors, donors and funding organisations.
• Support volunteers, families, individuals, organisations or businesses who are undertaking third-party community events.
• Schedule speaking and engagement opportunities.
• Reply to all emails.

• Manage the Wāhine Connect mentoring programme
• Support our goals of:

- creating communities of women in health who provide peer support.

-using our collective resources as a network of women to facilitate career development and to contribute to the development of a strong wahine health sector workforce.

• Responsible for all communications with mentees, mentors and sponsors via appropriate channels.
• Execute marketing and communications plan.
• Manage all social media accounts.
• Create engaging copy and design for the website, socials and newsletter.
• Quarterly reporting to the board and existing sponsors.
• Improvement of processes and systems with respect to:

-matching information.

-matching process.

-mentee koha.

-mentor recognition.

-updating of mentor database.

• Complete annual reporting to charities office and associated tasks
• Timely sponsor reports issued with relevant content, showing the value created from sponsor contributions.
• Responsible for all contractor and sponsor management / engagement.
• Exemplary presentation and delivery of Wāhine Connect tasks, taking initiative and identifying new ways to operate and to engage.
• Extremely strong organisational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Competency with Mailchimp, Squarespace and JotForm.
• Onboarding of new mentors, board members and contractors.
• www.wahineconnect.nz (website)

● Work flexibly with a designated cluster of schools across Auckland Central.

● Work collaboratively, within an ecological model, with class teachers, relevant staff and Learning Support to manage the behaviour and/or address the learning difficulties of a whole class, a group, or individual students.

• Practise and develop the use of te reo and tikanga Māori.

● Work to enhance positive relationships between schools and whanau.

● Problem-solving.

● Effectively manage positive relationships.

● Networking and liaising with other relevant agencies.

● Systematically and critically engaging with evidence and professional literature to reflect on and refine practice.

● Use a collaborative problem-solving model and maintain a strengths-based approach to address the needs of referred akonga/learners

● Implement a range of inclusive evidence-based strategies.

● Support teachers to build their capability in providing inclusive learning environments, by planning and modelling effective inclusive practice eg. peer tutoring; cooperative learning; restorative practice.

● Promote strategies that engage and motivate diverse akonga.

● Foster trust, respect and cooperation with and among akonga.

● Support the development and maintenance of environments that enhance learning by recognising and catering for the wellbeing and learning needs of a diversity of students.

● Initiate and participate in the development of teaching resources, strategies, and techniques.

● Ensure decisions are based on reliable data and best evidence.

● Involve teachers, whanau and other stakeholders in programme planning.

● Articulate clearly the aims of and rationale for interventions planned.

● Model and promote effective programme implementation.

● Monitor the implementation of strategies and programmes.

● Take all reasonable steps to promote teaching environments that are physically, socially, culturally and emotionally safe.

● Assess risks to students' physical, cultural and emotional safety and consult on appropriate actions.

● Collect and document appropriate data for accepted referrals and base decision making, support, and advice on that data.

● Use an ecological focus when collecting data, ensuring that characteristics of the learner, the learning task and the learning environment are considered.

● Analyse assessment information

● Use assessment information to give regular and ongoing feedback to guide and support further learning to classroom teachers and school management

● Foster involvement of whanau in the collection and use of information about the learning of akonga.

● Provide pre-intervention and post-intervention data that demonstrates the effectiveness of teaching techniques.

● Deliver educational workshops to schools.

• Develop Individual Education Plans (IEPs) tailored to individual student needs, ensuring their academic success and personal growth.
• Create and manage IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
• Promote a positive learning environment through the use of differentiated instruction and individualised support for diverse learners.
• Collaborate with teachers, whānau and therapists to develop individualised educational plans for each student, ensuring optimal progress.
• Foster strong relationships with parents and guardians, maintaining open lines of communication to ensure student progress.
• Improve student behaviour management by implementing consistent routines, clear expectations, and positive reinforcement strategies.
• Participate in ongoing professional development opportunities focused on evidence-based practices in special education teaching methodologies.
• Evaluate student progress regularly using various assessment methods, ensuring accurate measurement of skill development and areas requiring additional support.
• Provide targeted instructional support to struggling learners, identifying specific areas for improvement and designing effective intervention plans.
• Implement behaviour modification strategies, resulting in improved self-regulation and classroom participation among students.
• Teach students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive support for students with special needs.
• Deliver effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neuro-diverse students.
• Cultivate connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration.
• Assist in creating a safe and nurturing classroom environment that promoted emotional well-being and academic growth for all students.
• Support students in developing social skills through structured activities and positive reinforcement techniques.
• Streamline classroom processes by integrating technology tools such as interactive whiteboards and assistive devices designed for students with disabilities.
• Serve as a mentor to new teachers, sharing best practices in special education instruction and classroom management techniques.
• Encourage students to take ownership of learning by providing choices.
• Work with students with moderate to severe autism to increase life skills.
• Organise field trips and community-based experiences that enriched students'' understanding of real-world applications for their skills.
• Develop and implement behaviour management plans to improve student behaviour.
• Plan daily activities to keep students engaged and on track with learning goals.
• Maintain accurate records of student progress and attendance.
• Work closely with parents and guardians to address students' issues on multiple fronts.
• Provide emotional support to students and families.
• Reflect regularly on teaching practice
• Manage a team of teacher aides including their appraisals.
• Maintain effective and supportive working relationships with partner agencies- Strengthening Families, Ministry of Education, occupational therapists, music therapists, speech-language therapists, psychologists and family doctors.
• Support whānau to access funding.
• Design learning based on curriculum and pedagogical knowledge, assessment information and an understanding of each learner’s strengths, interests, needs, identities, languages and cultures.