Information About Chris - Chris

Personal Description:

My family consists of 4 beautiful children and an amazing wife. I have been married for 11years.
I am Napier born and breed attending Napier Boys High School for my secondary schooling.
I am a Christian and I attend the Grace Napier Church, where I help with the children’s church services.
I have been a teacher for 17 years where I have taught at different schools and have had the opportunity to teach a diverse range of students. I thoroughly enjoy being a teacher and helping students to succeed in their education.
I was highly involved in the Westshore SLSC (due to family commitments I have had to step away) as an athlete and lifeguard, but mostly as the club's head coach from 2000-2012 and I was fortunate to coach two athletes to five world titles. In 2012 my family and I moved to Noosa Heads where I took on an assistant coaching role at Noosa Heads SLSC, where I once again coached two athletes to two world titles.
I have received the Bronze Medallion for Bravery from the Royal Humane Society for a rescue off Napier's marine parade in 1994.

My family and I enjoy the beach, bush and forest. If we are not gardening on our property, we will be surfing, walking, or collecting sticks to make huts and exploring nature.

Tutoring Experience:

2021
• Havelock North High School
• Teacher of Y9 Mathematics and NCEA level1 Internal Mathematics
• Teacher of Y10 Science
2020
● Napier Boys High School
● Teacher of Y9-Y12 (NCEA level 1 External) and (NCEA Level 2 External) Mathematics
2019
● William Colenso College
● Teacher of Y10-Y11 (NCEA level 1) Mathematics and Y10 & 12 (NCEA level 2) Physical Education
2016-2018
● Geraldton Senior College
● Teacher of Y11-12 Essentials Mathematics, Y11 Foundations Mathematics, Y10 Mathematics and
● Y11-12 Foundations Physical Education and Certificate II in Vocational Pathways (Numeracy and Literacy skills) with the Clontarf Academy. (The Clontarf Academy caters for Disengaged Indigenous Boys)
● Senior Teacher in Western Australian Education
2014-2016
● Sunshine Beach State High School
● Contract Teacher of Health and Physical Education (Y10-11) Science (Year 7-10), Mathematics, (Year 7-10), Marine Studies (Year 10-12) and Prevocational Mathematics (Y11-12)
● Senior Teacher in Queensland Education
2012-2013
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● Noosa District State High School
● Contract Teacher of Science (Year 9-10), Marine Science (Year 11-12), Mathematics (Year 8) and Surf Life Saving (Year 10)
● Noosa Heads Surf Lifesaving Club, Assistant Coach
● Relief teaching at Saint Teresa’s Catholic College (Noosaville, QLD), Good Sheppard Lutheran Christian College (Noosaville, QLD) and Noosa District State High School.
2005-2012
● Flaxmere College
● Teacher of Physical Education (Year 9-NCEA level 2), Science (Year 7-Year12NCEA), Geography (NCEA Level2) Social studies (Year10) History (NCEA Level2), Mathematics (Year 10), Disengaged Boys Only Class
2004
● Hastings Boys High School
● Teacher of Physical Education (Year 9&11) Science (Year 9-11)

Tutoring Approach:

Poet William Butler Yeats once said, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire”. Teaching is not about giving students endless information, but rather about helping them learn ways to understand the content through their different learning styles and cultural lenses. With this approach, I hope to help students gain control and responsibility of their learning, enabling them to think for themselves. Additionally, this will help the students to feel a desire to share ideas, communicate concepts and inspire conversation with those around them. I feel the best moment for a teacher is witnessing a student grasp a concept for the first time -there is no better reward than helping a student finally reach clarity about a topic or skill. This kind of moment could be life-changing for both the student and I.