Rangitoto College

I started my teaching at Rangitoto College in 2003 as a Mathematics and Spanish teacher. I have had experience as a Head of Mathematics in Auckland before taking up Deputy Principal roles in Wanaka and then Hong Kong. I rejoined Rangitoto College from Cambridge High School where I was the principal for seven years.

Since 2021 I have been the Associate Principal of Pastoral at Rangitoto College where my responsibilities include student well-being and pastoral systems. I commenced my teaching career at Auckland Grammar School in 1998 and have held a variety of positions including a Dean, Director of Boarding and then Deputy Headmaster at Auckland Grammar for five years.

I began my teaching career at Northcote College, prior to working in the United Kingdom as a Systems Analyst. In 1990, I returned to New Zealand and began teaching Mathematics at Rangitoto College, where I have had a variety of roles including eight years as the Head of Computing and seven years as a Dean. In 2003 I joined Senior Management where I have had the opportunity to develop my leadership and gain experience across all areas of the College.

I started my teaching career as a Physical Education teacher at Macleans College before moving to the North Shore and starting mathematics teaching at Rangitoto College in 1996. At the College I have had numerous positions of responsibility, including pastoral care dean, and in 2010, I was appointed as the Head of Mathematics. I was delighted in 2016 to be promoted to Deputy Principal and in 2019 to Associate Principal, Curriculum.

I have been at the College for 30 years, teaching senior and junior Accounting, Business Studies and Economics. I was a Dean for eight years and then was promoted to Deputy Principal with a large responsibility for student welfare. Given my wealth of experience in Student Management I have been strategically placed at Year 10 for the last five years.

I started my teaching career at Rangitoto College in 2003. Between 2005 and 2009, I was a Dean and worked across all year levels before becoming the HOD of Social Sciences in 2013. I moved into senior leadership in 2019, with main areas of responsibility in student achievement and assessment.

I began my teaching career at Rangitoto College in 2009 and became a Dean in 2011. I then taught in the UK for four years before returning to Rangitoto College in 2016 to take up the role of Curriculum leader of History, and later HOD of Social Science in 2019. In my current role as Deputy Principal I will lead on Student Engagement and Leadership.

Having begun my teaching career at Rangitoto College, I have held a number of positions with responsibilities for curriculum and improving teaching, including curriculum leadership positions, Assistant Head of Department within the English department, and Specialist Classroom Teacher. Part of my current role as Deputy Principal carries the long term responsibility of improving student learning via a focus on pedagogy.

I began my teaching career at Rangitoto College in the Social Sciences Department as a History Teacher. Prior to teaching, I worked as a solicitor at Bell Gully, and in property at Rawa Strategic Property Specialists. In my time at the college, I have held a number of positions of responsibility including Publicity Manager, In-School Leader in our Kāhui Ako, Lead Mentor for our Waikato Teacher Trainees, and Across-School Leader for our Kāhui Ako.