Welcome to my blog

Hi my name is Jennifer Stevens, I have completed a Bachelor of Art's/Pathways to Secondary Degree at the University of Western Sydney and am now en.rolled in the Graduate Diploma of Secondary Teaching through the Australian Catholic University, In my under graduate degree I completed four education units that gave me a glimpse into the world of secondary education and was fortunate to begin a 'prac' on a voluntary basis as an assistant to the special education unit at a Western Sydney school. During this time my role included mentoring students from years 7-10, working with years 11 and 12, helping students organize and research topic specific information for the HSC and working on a one to one basis with students that faced challenges in literacy, oral and written, in various topic areas.

I have five children who range in age from 12-24 years of age, the experiences and interactions with them along side voluntary work with PCYC in Penrith and six years working as an early childhood program developer have given me valuable skills that I hope to bring into teaching .Not only is working with students demanding and challenging,but accommodating and facilitating different personalities, age and stage groups and also considering the variations in a students cultural/socioeconomic capital,calls for a teacher to wear many different professional hats in one day.

I believe that 'knowing your subject and how to teach it' is a great platform from which a teacher can then combine organizational skills, ICT capabilities, enthusiasm and creativity in lesson planning and delivery and is not just the desire to facilitate learning, but be a 'life long learner', adapting professional skills and subject knowledge as we develop as a teacher. We learn from out students, education is an inclusive and dynamic profession and we must be able and willing to meet challenges as they arise.

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Welcome to my blog

Hi my name is Jennifer Stevens, I have completed a Bachelor of Art's/Pathways to Secondary Degree at the University of Western Sydney and am now en.rolled in the Graduate Diploma of Secondary Teaching through the Australian Catholic University, In my under graduate degree I completed four education units that gave me a glimpse into the world of secondary education and was fortunate to begin a 'prac' on a voluntary basis as an assistant to the special education unit at a Western Sydney school. During this time my role included mentoring students from years 7-10, working with years 11 and 12, helping students organize and research topic specific information for the HSC and working on a one to one basis with students that faced challenges in literacy, oral and written, in various topic areas.

I have five children who range in age from 12-24 years of age, the experiences and interactions with them along side voluntary work with PCYC in Penrith and six years working as an early childhood program developer have given me valuable skills that I hope to bring into teaching .Not only is working with students demanding and challenging,but accommodating and facilitating different personalities, age and stage groups and also considering the variations in a students cultural/socioeconomic capital,calls for a teacher to wear many different professional hats in one day.

I believe that 'knowing your subject and how to teach it' is a great platform from which a teacher can then combine organizational skills, ICT capabilities, enthusiasm and creativity in lesson planning and delivery and is not just the desire to facilitate learning, but be a 'life long learner', adapting professional skills and subject knowledge as we develop as a teacher. We learn from out students, education is an inclusive and dynamic profession and we must be able and willing to meet challenges as they arise.

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