The teaching teams at Turner are experts in the fields in which they teach and have very high levels of pedagogical knowledge and skill, including expert knowledge of teaching strategies. All of us take personal and collective responsibility for improving student learning and wellbeing, working together and learning from each other’s practices. The sharing and showcasing of leading practices are common in our school and we regularly present our practice at conferences and open our classrooms to visiting teachers. Our professional learning communities have an emphasis on the joint analysis of student work and on teaching strategies for improving student learning. Teachers collaboratively plan, deliver and review the effectiveness of lessons.
Our school has six teams – preschool, kindergarten, 1/2, 3/4, 5/6 and Small Group. To help keep families up to date with their child's learning experience, each semester our Team Leaders provide an update on their team and each term our class teachers send a letter home to families. Team updates and term letters can be viewed by team:
Preschool:
Team Leader: Kayla Gifford & Sascha Colley
Class Teachers: Kerri Hayes & Evan Gilson
Assistants: Grace Bennett & Sonia Nair
Kindergarten:
Team Leader: Kayla Gifford & Sascha Colley
Class Teachers: Anna Dougan & Kerrie Rendell
Year 1/2:
Team Leader: Kayla Gifford & Sascha Colley
Class Teachers: Christine Elliott, Sarah Scotland, Tracey-Anne Leahey, Young Lee & Shannen Talbot
Year 3/4:
Team Leader: Aidan Tandy & Adam Volmari
Class Teachers: Shannen Talbot, Micha Scott, Melinda Knight, Zoe Fellows & Loren Franklin
Year 5/6:
Team Leader: Aidan Tandy & Adam Volmari
Class Teachers: Salma Khan, Felicity O'Flynn, Laura Langston, Imogen Hellyer, Kailee Bingley & Lucy Francis
Small Group:
Team Leader: Sascha Colley
Class Teachers: Jane Hellyar, Heather Walker & Sarah Kavanagh
LSA Team: Karen Adams, Grace Bennett, Brenda Croft, Barb McCormick, Meena & Trina Meredith