KD's Teaching Stuff

I have been out teaching in the classroom in a multi age, multi ability setting in remote South Australia. In a particularly diverse room in 2015 (Kindergarten to Year 10), it occurred to me that teaching everything separately was simply not possible, so I developed a passion for Integrated Learning. I have since been a Science Specialist for 3 years in a regional city in South Australia, and am now a Permanent Relief Teacher for 2020. In 2022, I moved from Primary School to High School and absolutely love it. I also moved from public education to Catholic Education. These have been huge changes for me, but have re-invigorated my teaching and my resource creation.

I love Integrated Learning as it makes learning so much deeper and more meaningful. I enjoy gamification of learning, and am currently improving my skills in Escape Rooms...keep an eye out for those! I am firm in my expectations for behaviour, and have taught in a low socioeconomic area for the past 3 years with high percentages of trauma affected kids, poverty and social/emotional problems. This has challenged me deeply and at times made me question being a teacher. But...it has made me so much better than I ever thought possible. While I still work in a lower SES area, being at a private school brings a different set of challenges. Also - now being a high school teacher, I get to specialise in the things I love - Maths and Science.

*HASS SA Pre-Service Teacher Award for Outstanding Contribution to HASS teaching (GPS Tracking & Satellite Navigation) *Runner Up - SA English Teacher's Association Pre-Service Teacher's Unit creation award *SA Science Teacher's Association: Presenter, SASTA Early Career Teacher's Conference *SA Science Teacher's Association: Presenter, SASTA State Conference *SA Science Teacher's Association & Mathematics Association of South Australia: Presenter, STEM Conference *CONASTA - Presenter, National Science Teacher's Conference

University of South Australia: Bachelor of Teaching (JP/P) University of Western Sydney: Graduate Certificate of Mathematics Education University of South Australia: Graduate Certificate of Education (Catholic Studies)

After spending 3 years as a Science Specialist teacher, my store has evolved to include a LOT of Science resources. They have all been used by me in a classroom situation. They have not been posted for sale unless they created some really great learning. I am slowly uploading all the stuff I've created when there wasn't anything suitable out there for my needs. Everything is linked to the Australian Curriculum.