Staff in the Spotlight

With so many staff joining our team this year, we would like to give our school community the opportunity to get to know our new teachers in a fun way. Each week we will be spotlighting a new staff member and sharing with you all sorts of fun and interesting stories about who they are and most importantly, why they became a teacher and what they love most about teaching! 

This week we are spotlighting James Doble who is our new Assistant Principal of Middle School. 

James is an experienced Assistant Principal who spent a considerable amount of time at Berwick College as a PE teacher and then as an Assistant Principal – welcome James!!

How long have you been teaching?

27 Years

What school/university or organisation have you come from?

Leeds Metropolitan University

Why did you decide to become a teacher?

Working with disadvantaged children with the New South Wales Police outreach camps program

What do you love most about teaching?

Seeing every child succeed at something and helping to recognise their full potential regardless of what that looks like. 

What has been one of your best teaching moments?

Watching my Year 7 boys win state finals in hockey.

What are three things you would like your students to know about you?

I have a sense of humour; I've always got your back and I always play the long game!

Where's your favourite holiday destination?

Fiji

What are tv show/series did you last binge watch?

National Treasure, SWAT and The Last of Us

If you could wear Harry's invisibility cloak for one day, where would you go and what would you do?

I would explore the internal chambers of the Great Pyramid of Giza and all the secret passages.

What is the one piece of 'advice' or the one thing that you always say to your students?

Do one thing better tomorrow than you did today and set the bar as high as you can.