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 five teams – preschool, kindergarten, 1/2, 3/4 and 5/6. 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
Class Teachers: Liga Ailte & Kerri Hayes
Assistants: Anna Sofios & Sonia Nair
Kindergarten:
Team Leader: Kayla Gifford
Class Teachers: Imogen McKeon, Young Lee, Alice Winchester & Jane Frazer
Year 1/2:
Team Leader: Jocelyn James
Class Teachers: Christine Elliott, Adam Volmari, Eleanor Stuart, Sarah Scotland, Tracey-Anne Leahey, Felicity O'Flynn & Anna Przybylski
Year 3/4:
Team Leader: Aidan Tandy
Class Teachers: Chelsea McKenzie, Emily Gregory, Kailee Bingley, Laura Langston, Micha Scott & Evan Gilson
Year 5/6:
Team Leader: Jess Engele
Class Teachers: Ryan Bartley, Salma Khan, Leanne Reinke, Zoe Fellows, Anna Dougan & Sammy Noble
Small Group:
Team Leader: Antonia McGuire
Class Teachers: Katrina Harding, Jane Hellyar & Jayne Murray
LSA Team: Karen Adams, Grace Bennett, Brenda Croft, Nathan de Gier, Chris Holton, Barb McCormick, Meena, Trina Meredith & Joanna Vavoulas