Ben Mcinnes Email & Phone Number

Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia

Worked across a variety of sites, including the local Secondary School.Extensive experience rapidly building relationships with staff and students in a range of contexts and ability to think flexibly and adapt to changing circumstances.Provided guidance to a local Principal regarding the implementation of Student Agency and Project Based Learning.

Oversaw and coordinated PRT and TRT scheduling and deployment. Implemented systems to effectively track NIT lessons and payback for teaching staff. Refined the use of TRT folders to better manage staff absences that are covered internally and externally.Coordination and publication of the weekly bulletin.NIT and yard duty timetabling taking into consideration teacher workload and duty of care requirements.Planned and organised whole school events such as Book Week parade.Human Resourcing and WHSCoordination of Pre-service teachers and induction of SSOs, visitors and graduate teachers.Oversaw WHS of the site, including delegation to appropriate managers.Behaviour ManagementImplemented a Bullying and Harassment tracking for that allows students to identify bullying behaviour, improved tracking from a leadership perspective, and faster resolution times.Ran Reconnection Meetings with families and students where SMARTER goals are set to support student re-engagement with school.Worked with the Students at Risk Team to identify students who needed additional support to achieve success.Liaised with the Behaviour Coach to provide observations and feedback to teachers regarding behaviour management strategies.Line Management and CoachingRan performance development plan meeting with staff where goals and targets were set and strategies to support success developed and provided observation and feedback to teaching staff around effective literacy, numeracy and classroom management practises.

Assisted with the planning and running of NAIDOC Day celebrations. Organised staffing timetables to assist with the smooth running of the day.Behaviour ManagementOversaw the Bullying and Harassment process. Worked restoratively with students to resolve conflict and communicated outcomes to parents and caregivers.AttendanceMonitored student attendance and followed up periods of unexplained absences using the appropriate procedures.

Provided mentoring, coaching and feedback to teachers on their connected curriculum planning, particularly around Connected Curriculum, Design Thinking Process and Critical and Creative Thinking.