“Laura is recognized as an exceptional classroom practitioner, embedding High Impact Teaching Strategies into lesson and unit plans to ensure that students are achieving one year’s academic growth in one year. This includes developing growth rubrics for VCAL students to reflect students’ skill development across the semester”

Data Informed Practice

Laura worked as a Lecturer at Australian Catholic University teaching EDFX474 Transforming Practice Through Critical Enquiry and Evidence Based Practice from 2018-2021. Laura’s expertise in Data Informed Practice includes:

  • Knowledge and understanding of research into how students learn and the implications for teaching.
  • Setting learning goals that provide achievable challenges for students of varying abilities and learner characteristics.
  • Planning lesson sequences using knowledge of student learning, content, and high impact teaching strategies.
  • Understanding of assessment strategies, including informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative approaches to assess student learning.
  • Strategies for interpreting student assessment data to evaluate student learning and modify teaching practice.
  • Critical reflection and collaborative interaction with other teachers and other professionals to improve teaching, assessment and professional judgement.

Testimonials

Patricia Weinberg – School Community Engagement Officer – City LLEN

Laura’s in-depth knowledge of applied learning and the capacity to adapt it so that classrooms are engaging and inclusive meant that she is highly regarded by her colleagues and her team. As a leader, Laura is highly collaborative and will support the innovations that are best for the students. I thoroughly enjoyed working with Laura, she continues to be someone I consult when seeking advice about Applied Learning.

Jamie Gray - Assistant Principal Roxburgh College and VCAL Numeracy Expert

Laura has proven herself to be a dynamic practitioner and powerful advocate in the Vocational Education space. Her ability to critically analyse and synthesise educational reforms, coupled with a charming spirit that unifies school staff around contemporary teaching and learning theory has transformed our practice.