David Latimer Email & Phone Number

Ashfield, Nsw, Au

Ashfield, Nsw, Au

Australia

Kensington, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney

* Liaising with school executive and Field Studies Centre staff to create a Geography Field Studies Programme for Stage 4 Geography. * Coordinating HSC, IB and elective Geography courses.* Contributing the IT, Learning Spaces and Reporting committees to improve school practice in those areas.

Sydney, Australia

• Appointed as assistant HSIE Coordinator from January 2014, acting as HSIE Coordinator for multiple periods throughout 2013 and 2014 and a leading Geography and Society and Culture specialist.• Leading professional development through a reciprocal teacher observation program and working towards increased opportunities for team teaching and project-based learning within the HSIE teaching programs. • Raising faculty capability by instructing colleagues in content delivery with geospatial web aps, cloud collaboration software, Moodle platform and other IT competencies. • Mentoring junior faculty members and Practicum pre-service teachers.• Consistently developing the College’s HSIE profile through development of the fieldwork program, introducing Model United Nation Program and National Geography Competition. • Demonstrated ability to raise student performance by developing self-assessment tools and e-learning units on the College’s Moodle platform in a 1:1 laptop environment. • Enthusiastic participation with the College’s pastoral care program through leading the College’s Duke of Edinburgh Program, leading Year 7 Home Room groups, participation in College’s camp program and facilitating a Year 7-Year 10 mentoring programs.

Kreisfreie Stadt Aachen Area, Germany

• Leadership experience as the sole teacher responsible for teaching International GCSE Geography and History courses. • Able to work with school leadership team to develop IT resources and whole school initiatives.• IB Diploma Program experience Geography and History.• Proven ability to work in a multicultural, multilingual workplace.• Differentiating classwork for students from a range of cultural backgrounds and English abilities.

Sydney, Australia

• Classroom teacher of Geography (Stages 4-6), Society and Culture, Commerce and Stage 5 Elective Geography. • Able to implement both Elective Geography and Society and Culture as new subjects at the College and assist students to achieve band 6 results from the inaugural HSC cohort (2008).• Leading professional development of HSIE staff in classroom technology integration, topics such as classroom use of Smart Board and use of online learning tools.

Master Of Urban Planning, Environmental Design/Architecture

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Curriculum And Teaching Studies

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)/Diploma Of Education, Geography Teacher Education