I grew up around the Indigenous communities. Those everyday connections shaped how I approach the work that matters here — patience, listening first, turning up consistently.
I've spent over a decade as an educator. Eight years teaching in Tianjin across primary school, adult professional English training and Pandaroo English — the small independent language school I founded to give students genuine autonomy in pursuing their own learning goals, as a deliberate alternative to the rote-memorisation models dominant at the time. Back in Brisbane I led a team of ESL teachers as Director of Studies at Alpha English, implementing the organisation's first online teaching program. Across all of it, the core skill has been the same: meeting adult learners where they are, adapting resources to individual styles, and building assessment into a relationship of trust rather than scrutiny.
I also hold a Blue Card, a current Driver's Licence, and the full set of industry tickets common to FNQ employment pathways — Construction White Card, High Risk Work Licence, working at heights, plant operation (excavator, roller, front-end loader), EWP 22m, Level 1 dogging, and traffic control. I've worked the jobs they apply to — useful context when helping adult learners map literacy, numeracy and language work onto the real pathways they're trying to enter.
The last two years as a full-time live-in carer in Mossman have kept me grounded in one-on-one relational work — the same patience and continuity good adult education asks for.
I'm looking for adult education work where meeting learners where they are, adapting to individual goals, and holding a culturally respectful classroom are the actual priorities — not afterthoughts. I'm happy to obtain a Training and Assessment qualification if one isn't already held on appointment, and to pass any required police or background checks.