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Helen Foulger - Head of Junior School Personal Growing up and attending school in Weipa I always wanted to be a teacher and was very focussed on this goal. My first teaching position was in Redlynch Primary School , Cairns. At this stage this was a 3 teacher school - a little different to it's current status. I then was persuaded to join the Private sector and taught there for a couple of years. The arrival of my daughter saw me take some time off from teaching before I was appointed to a school in Mount Isa. In my seven years in Mount Isa I worked in a wide range of roles including class teacher, reading recovery teacher, Preschool teacher and a Transition class teacher (teaching primarily indigenous students who entered the P-3 years having had no prior education). During this time I focussed on Indigenous Education issues both within the school ,across our district and State as well as nationally when I was invited to speak at the "National Conference for Indigenous Education". I then moved into a position of Curriculum Leader moving the school from an outcomes based curriculum to New Basics. Following this I acted as Deputy at the school. My appointment as principal at Karumba State School came in 2002. I spent 2 years in Karumba before coming to Weipa as Head of Junior School in 2004. Role As Head of Junior School at Western Cape College I have a vision of providing students with a high quality of education which compares favourably with any other school in Queensland. My role extends across all four campuses on the college and has accountabilities for Curriculum development and implementation, student outcomes and working with staff to maximise their potential. Current focus I have just returned from spending the past 6 months as acting Head of Middle School and am currently refocussing on the needs of Junior School. We have a focus on Literacy and Numeracy outcomes, providing students with uninterrupted literacy time each day during which the teaching of reading and writing take place. This is highly structured for outcomes and monitored closely to identify students requiring extra support and intervention. The New Basics framework is ideal for building on these basic skills, with a focus on intellectual rigour and Rich Tasks in Year 3 which give our students comparability across Queensland. I am also working to prepare our school for the commencement of The Preparatory Year in 2007. This is an exciting step for our future and we are working to lay a solid foundation and be well prepared for it's commencement date with facilities completed and personell trained in the new curriculum. Links The following documents are key documents which focus the direction in which I am going and the strategies I am implementing to achieve this
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