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Carley Young

Secondary Science
Upper Primary Numeracy

Carley is currently teaching senior VCE Science at Damascus College, and is also employed as a Laboratory Technician setting up science pracs for classes. Carley has a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Physics, as well as a Master of Teaching.

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Carley enjoys playing games in her teaching, providing hands-on experiences, and very much enjoys the one-on-one experience of tutoring students.

 

Carley loves animals and keeping fit and hopes to assist all of those who take part in her engaging lessons.

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Emily Lindsay

Generalist Teacher - upper Primary and Secondary Levels
Literacy, Japanese.

Emily is very passionate about education and making the learning experience meaningful for students. Emily enjoys tutoring because of how wonderful seeing students grow their understanding of concepts, achieving their goals and surprising themselves is. 

 

Emily has a special interest in Literacy, Humanities and Primary level Japanese.She is currently in her 5th year as a Teacher, with most of her experience being in the secondary setting. Her favourite go-to hobbies are gardening, pilates and nature walks with her dog. Emily’s current personal learning focus includes piano and sewing.

Maria Demeye

Primary Maths, English, Reading & Writing
Sounds-Write

Maria has been a classroom teacher for 27 years and loves helping students reach their potential. She strives to build confidence, understanding and independence by patiently encouraging an ‘I can do it’ attitude while delivering adaptive and interesting lessons.

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Maria loves getting to know her students and helping them experience success and she enjoys explaining ideas in different ways to suit each student’s learning style. She believes that every child can thrive given the right environment and appropriate, supported challenges.

 

After work, Maria enjoys cooking with her family, bushwalking, reading, gardening and visiting the beach and zoo.

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Beck Findlay

General Maths and Literacy - Prep to Year 10

Beck has been been employed as an LSO (Learning Support Officer) in Primary School settings for over 16 years.

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Beck enjoys helping students to discover and enhance their strengths.

 Having worked as LSO she understands the diverse learning needs of students and has developed numerous strategies to guide and support students throughout their learning journeys.

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Beck’s passion for and understanding of Maths allows her to support students from the basics through to extending students as they grow in their confidence and understanding of maths concepts and content.

When she is not working Beck loves to spend time with her family. She can be often found at various sporting events, especially local football and netball games.

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Andrew Toan

General Maths and Literacy - Prep to Year 10
Sounds-Write

Andrew is a primary school teacher with 7 years of experience across all primary year levels. Throughout his teaching career, Andrew has developed a passion for mathematics, writing, and the general primary curriculum. He finds great joy in teaching students by finding creative ways to engage their interests and make learning fun. Andrew encourages them to express their creativity in their work and to teach his students that mistakes in their studies are a fantastic learning opportunity.

 

Outside of the classroom, Andrew enjoys staying active and participating in various sports such as football and running. He also has a strong interest in gaming and enjoys playing his PS5 in his free time. Through his interests, Andrew is always looking for new and innovative ways to incorporate these into his lessons and because of this, he has developed strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills which he also brings into his sessions to support the students in their learning.

 

As a teacher, Andrew strives to create a learning environment that is supportive, inclusive, fun and engaging for all students. Andrew is committed to providing his students with the best possible education and empowering them to reach their full potential. 

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