1. Rhiannon Sellers
Cardiff Area from June 1 2016
M: 7497 275446 |E: Rhiannon.sellersboyle@gmail.com | au.linkedin.com/in/rhiannonsellers
Past professional details: Institute Number: 266183 |Teaching Number: 1262674 | Casual number: 383142 |
police check ID WWCC: WWC0015116E
Creative and Performing Arts Secondary Classroom Teacher
Secondary Teacher of Drama and Visual Arts, also qualified to teach Photo media (traditional and digital) and
willing to teach all subjects. I Specialize in teaching creative arts at a selective level, differentiation of content
for academically gifted and talented students.
Expertise
• Empowering students by increasing their intellectual and creative capacity and higher
order thinking skills through engaging with the arts.
• Helping secondary students thrive in our current media and design driven, highly visual
culture.
• Focus on engagement and proficiency with technology, prioritizing digital and online
resources.
• Utilizing multi modal learning to inspire a range of backgrounds and learning styles.
• Increasing students’ inter and intra personal communicative capabilities through reflective
practice, collaboration and conflict resolution.
• Demonstrated leadership through sound content knowledge combined with a highly
recent, relevant and practical pedagogical understanding, including over 8 professional
development conferences and workshops from 2014-2016. Professional accreditation at
proficient level.
• In first year of teaching (2014) achieved nominations for ’Onstage’ exemplary showcase
and above 33% of my HSC candidature received a Band 6.
• In my second year of teaching (2015), My students received ‘Onstage’ selection and 64.3%
of my candidature received band 6 grades.
Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/ Bachelor of Fine Art: 2013, University of Newcastle.
Majored in; painting and drawing, use of Flash Creative Suite and Photoshop.
WH&S certificate 2015
Anaphylaxis e-training 2014
Emergency E-care certificate 2014
WWCC police check 2013
Child protection certificate 2009
CPR training 2015
Employment
Merewether Selective High School NSW – 2014-2016
• Visual Arts years 7-9, Drama years 8-12.
• Organized and supervised the extra-curricular Merewether Drama ensemble
• Developed and taught own programs 7-12, full units of work, resources and

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assessments.
• Marking Year 12 essays and creating case studies that facilitate learning.
• Weekly active and involved sports supervision.
• Assisting organizing school film festivals, talent night ‘M-Factor’ and several
performance nights’ for years 8-12.
• Supporting colleagues and school community through organizing and attending music
performances and art exhibitions nights.
• Consistent attendance and contribution at all staff, faculty and all staff development
days.
• Electronically reporting on learning to parents, in an accurate and timely way,
biannually for each class and yearly parent teacher interviews.
• Committed personal time to weekend and holiday school rehearsals.
• Several Visual Arts and Drama excursions, including Sydney biennale, Art express,
Onstage, Fearless HSC seminar.
• Experience teaching support unit, in both Art and Drama.
• Students successfully featured in student production team and included in Star Struck
2015.
• Voluntary attendance at year 7 camp and year 9 urban challenge 2015.
• Year adviser duties for year 7 2016, organized transition to High school activities,
challenge day and orientation.
An up to date copy of my professional learning certification and other qualifications can be
made available on request.
Professional References
Christine Rippon
Principal Merewether High school
W: 49693855
M: 0422459755
Kim Sutherland
Head teacher CAPA Merewether selective High School
49693855
Nadene Harvey
Deputy principal
Merewether selective High School
49693855
Jennie Rohr
Drama teacher Sydney boys High school and professional mentor
M: 0422 278 570
JENNIE.ROHR@det.nsw.edu.au