I’ve been a union member in every job I’ve had, and became my school’s workplace rep very early in my career.  I decided to stand for Executive for the same reason that I’ve been a rep for most of my teaching career – we only have a union if members are prepared to get involved.  

I worked as a Teacher Assistant while completing my Masters of Teaching and have taught mostly Humanities subjects at Elizabeth College since 2014.  I was also part of our Pathways Program, which provides more intensive student support, for several years.  

Public education must provide equality of opportunity for all students – since teachers’ working conditions are our students’ learning conditions, fighting for the time we need to support our students properly has to be at the heart of what we do.  

I think our most urgent issues are ending stand down for ESPs and reducing instructional load, and I’m grateful to have the opportunity to help work towards these goals.