ABOUT

Jim is a recipient of a 2015 Professional Teaching Council Distinguished Service Award for leadership in delivering targeted professional learning to teachers.

 

Jim has over 35 years experience in a variety of educational settings including:

• Leader of the DoE Analytics team reporting NAPLAN, ESSA and HSC

• A/Leader of the DoE Assessment team where he produced the groundbreaking ESSA (now VALID) and its acclaimed online marker training modules.

• Director, STANSW (2009-2015)

• Director, PTCNSW (2014 -present)

• Head Teacher of Science

• Researcher, (Thesis: Literacy and Learning in the Science Classroom)

SERVICES

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• STEM K-6

• NAPLAN analysis

• Assessment design

• ​Strategic Planning

• Psychometric analysis

• Subject-specific literacy

• Standards-based assessment​

• Learning-assessment-reporting integration

VISION

To improve the educational outcomes of students through:

• aligning teaching/learning - Assessment - Reporting

• integrating curricula to achieve efficacy of effort across all KLAs with a focus on STEM.