Patterson River Secondary College Newsletter

Tutor Program

TUTOR PROGRAM

Patterson River Secondary College have engaged additional teaching professionals to work as tutors in 2021, with the intention to support students in catching up on learning they may have missed in 2020 and help them reengage in school. With the addition of these tutors, the teaching teams at our school can ensure that students are provided additional and targeted support. 

 

The tutors will primarily be assisting students in the classroom, focusing on literacy and numeracy skills with the philosophy of supporting students to develop more confidence and contentment in themselves as learners, as well as at school. We believe that this will have the most impact on success in learning. 

 

By now, parents of students identified have been contacted and students are connected with the tutors that will be supporting them. Starting Week 4 of Term 1 the tutors will be working with students in person and also supporting them online via Teams with their learning.  We are tutoring 200 plus students and looking forward to the year.

MEET THE TEAM

Leanne Kirkland – Tutor Initiative Learning Leader 

Hello! Let me introduce myself. I am one of the tutors and the leader of this project for the College in 2021.  I have a vast range of experience both in school and private industry with 16 years teaching experience.  I am highly passionate about what I do and have been given this opportunity to provide families the support and success that they need to help their child succeed. Looking forward to working with the tutoring students in 2021.

 

Stefan BALMES

Hello! I am one of the full-time tutors working in the tutor program. I have a few years experience working at the College as a casual relief teacher. My goal is to work with the teachers to ensure the students are guided down the right path in order to achieve excellence. I am very eager to aid those students who may have fallen behind last year due to the difficulties that came with remote learning and help them to become confident individuals who are proud of their learning.

 

Alice LIU

Hello! My name is Alice and I am one of the full-time tutors this year at the College.  I am completing my second and final year of my Masters of Teaching at Deakin University.  I am looking forward to helping students this year at the school to become positive, confident and successful learners and to achieve their learning goals through supporting their literacy and numeracy skills.  Some of my favourite subjects include Legal Studies, Maths and PE.  I also love sports, the outdoors, camping and freediving with marine wildlife.

 

Dannielle WANG

Hello all! I’m so excited to be a member of the school community. I'm a pre-service secondary teacher currently studying my masters degree at University of Melbourne. My areas of expertise are English as an Additional Language and Media Studies. I used to teach at kindergarten and have been tutoring primary and secondary students for three years now. I was born in China and moved to Australia when I was in high school. My hobbies include reading, working out and cooking. Learning new things and spending time with family and friends are also what I enjoy doing in my spare time.   

 

 

Cassandra (Cassie) MORGAN 

Hello to everyone in the school community! I am Cassie Morgan and I am one of the new tutors. This is my fourth year in education where I have worked as an integration aide, and continued to study education at Swinburne University. This means I am experienced in teaching in a way that suits the individual best. Through experience, patience, and passion, I will do all I can to ensure the students at the College become confident and active learners, achieving their academic goals.

 

Oscar AUST

My name is Oscar, but you may already know me as Mr. Aust as I teach a class this year in addition to being a tutor. I consider myself fun, easy going and a teacher students can relate too, as I only graduated from university last year. I teach Health, Physical Education and Mathematics, and love to exercise, travel to new places, see friends, watch the AFL and the NBA and definitely play games when I have the spare time. I'm am also quite familiar with the school, having been a past student as I graduated from the college as College Captain back in 2016. 

 

 

Margaret PRIDMORE

Hi PRSC Community! 

My name is Margaret, and I am one of the tutors for the Tutor Learning Initiative this year. In addition to working as a tutor at the College, I work as a Tennis Coach. My undergraduate degree was undertaken in the U.S., where I played Collegiate Tennis and tutored in German. I have also taught English in Germany. Last year I graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Masters of Teaching. I am very passionate about learning and about motivating others to learn. I believe that we should never stop learning throughout our lives. I look forward to working with students and seeing what we can achieve together.

 

 

The tutoring program in 2021 will consist of:

  • Year 10 Maths will be supported for Semester 1
  • Years 8 & 9 will receive support for 2021
  • Year 7 will be supported for Semester 2

 

Additionally, we will be offering Tutoring sessions that any student can attend to get some extra support. These sessions will run: 

  • Thursday lunch time in the Library from 12.45 to 1.15pm.
  • Afterschool in the Library on Monday’s from 3.15pm to 4.15pm starting after Labour Day until the end of Term and Term 2 they will be available on a Wednesday after school.

Should you have any further questions or queries regarding the tutor learning initiative, please contact Mrs Leanne Kirkland on 8770 6700 or email leanne.kirkland@education.vic.gov.au.