PENELOPE MULDER

24/13 Upper Esplanade • B U N B U R Y W A 6 2 3 3

PHONE: 0418 582 042
E-MAIL: pennymulder76@gmail.com
E-PORTFOLIO: pennymulder.weebly.com

TEACHING PHILOSOPHY

I believe in building positive relationships with students and their families, through positive education strategies, and
addressing the cognitive, emotional and physical needs of each child for a more holistic approach to meeting their diverse
needs. I am passionate about educating children, fostering a caring and supportive environment that encompasses the
whole child. I believe effective education is a three-way process between teacher, student and their families and working
in collaboration with families is of utmost importance.

My pedagogical philosophy is to provide an inquiry-based learning environment promoting critical thinking and challenges
catering for a diverse range of students' needs. Inquiry based experiences allow students to explore, experiment
and engage in differentiated and open-ended ways, developing characteristics for global citizens. Key practices for
establishing this learning philosophy include strategies, such as visible thinking routines to offer students opportunities to
make deeper connections that add meaning to their learning. I am also passionate about instilling a love of reading in
students, through the use of engaging texts across all learning areas, and by reading to students every day, immersing them
in a variety of good quality literature.

Integrating learning across a range of learning areas, in line with the Western Australian Curriculum expectations, allows
students to develop essential learning characteristics required for 21st century learning. It also provides learning
experiences that allow for continual assessment of learning, through varied formative assessment opportunities, and
reinforces student driven learning where they can construct and consolidate their learning.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Teacher Registration Board Western Australia - Provisional Teacher Registration: 33106182

Working with Children Western Australia - Notice Number - 1229348
National Police Check CRIMTRAC - Current
Bachelor of Education (Primary) - Curtin University Student Number 16929175 - Completion 14 Dec 2017
STEM Leaders Bunbury - Member
TeachMeet WA Teaching Group - Member

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ACHIEVEMENTS

2018 Water Wise – Whole School Committee and Primary Coordination

2017 Apple Teacher Certification
2017 Literacy and Numeracy Standard Achieved (LANTITE) - Australian Council for Educational Research
2015 Edith Cowan University Dean’s List - Commendation
2012 Curtin University Teaching Excellence Award Nomination - Regional Achievement and Community

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2018
 Rock and Water: Tim Brenton – Positive Education
 Journeys of Inquiry in Early Childhood: Rebecca Duncan - AISWA
 Purposeful and Rich Mathematics Tasks K-2: Andrea Hillbrick
 Sense of Place: Maree Whiteley AISWA – Kings Park
 Supporting Children with Autism in the Mainstream Classroom: Regional Autism Intervention Network (RAIN)
 Primary STEM Conference: Melinda Golinski - Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School Conference
 iMaths and Soundwaves: Firefly - Whole School Literacy and Numeracy Approach
 SEQTA - (Online Reporting and Pastoral Care System) Online Modules QC200P

2017
 Mandatory Reporting (In Progress) - AISWA
 Building Social and Emotional Learning in Children: Donna Cross - UWA
 Growth Coaching International – Conference: Ben Calleja - Lighthouse Beach Resort Bunbury
 Mandatory Reporting & Future School Trends: Kate Steward - Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School
 Seven Steps to Writing Success: Joshua Williams - Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School
 Friendology (Previously Girl Power): Andrew Lincoln - Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School

2016
 The Power of Inquiry: Kath Murdoch - AISWA
 Levelled Literacy Intervention (LLI): Lena Ford - Pearson Education Australia
 Foundation Coach Accreditation - Netball Australia
 Foundation Netball Online Accreditation: Netball Australia Online

2015
 Visible Thinking: Mark Church - Harvard University
 Child Protection: Mick Ten Haaf - AISWA
 Mathematics for Gifted Students: Caroline Merrick - Gateways Education
 Planning for Students with Special Needs: Mick Ten Haaf - Inclusive Education Consultant AISWA
 The Power of Reading: Stephen Krashen - AISWA
 Certificate of Community Coaching: Australian Institute of Sport Online Accreditation
 Senior First Aid Certificate: St John’s Ambulance - Bunbury

2014
 Visible Thinking: Mark Church - Harvard University
 Growth Mindset: Caroline Merrick - Gateways Education
 Planning for Gifted Students: Caroline Merrick - Gateways Education

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 Positive Education Conference: Justin Robinson & Dan Haesler - Lighthouse Beach Resort Bunbury
 Protective Behaviours: Julie Gower - Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School
 Exceptional Teaching: Maggie Dent - Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School
 Understanding, Nurturing and Connection to Boys: Maggie Dent - Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School

WORK EXPERIENCE/PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENTS

2018 Graduate Teacher – Year 2

Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School
Mentor: Melinda Golinski

Achievements:
 Coordinating the School’s Water Wise submission in Primary – collating evidence samples from K-6 and promoting the
water wise message through a whole school assembly item https://youtu.be/jdsyI65fU0k.
 Building staff relationships – organising a staff versus student netball match and on the Primary social committee.
 Designed a website for student use for implementation in English and History lessons, assisting students with research
and encouraging independent learning, incorporating digital technologies into collaborative learning opportunities
https://mulder2018.weebly.com/
 Coordinating an excursion to the Bunbury Museum, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, St Boniface Cathedral and King’s Park
to connect to the HASS curriculum and provide students real contexts to explore the significant people and sites of
Bunbury and Australia.
 Creating an Art installation with my class in response to an artwork created by local artist Helen Seiver in response to
the Art Gallery excursion.
 Coordinating an incursion with founding member, and our building namesake, Irene Bourne, to explore the history of
Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School and its significance to inception.

Responsibilities:
 Teaching HASS across both Year 2 classrooms for the duration of the year. This involved working collaboratively with
my partner teacher to plan lessons, in conjunction with the Design and Technologies and Science programs, to
effectively integrate key concepts across a variety of learning areas.
 Developed a comprehensive excursion/incursion program for the Year 2 Humanities and Social Sciences curriculum to
enhance the inquiry-based program and to more effectively incorporate hands on learning.
 Planning and incorporated the use of digital technologies for learning and assessment opportunities, using 1:1 iPads,
with a particular focus for demonstrating understanding across the English, Humanities and Social Sciences and Digital
Technologies learning areas. Students wrote narratives and created a digital book in response to the wordless picture
book Flotsam.
 Implementing Visible Thinking routines to engage students in critical and creative thinking and developing reasoning
strategies to develop their point of view on current topics of interest.
 Fostering Visible Learning through the use of learning intentions and success criteria to provide students with clear
goals on how to achieve learning success.
 Year 1 and 2 camp to Margaret River – 2-day experience exploring the Cape to Cape track.
 Working in the community garden each week with Year 2 students – gardening and caring for the chickens.

2017 ATP Teacher – Year 5 (10 weeks)

Bunbury Primary School
Mentor: Jodee Whittaker

Achievements:
 Coordinating an excursion to the Bunbury Museum and Bunbury Heritage Building Trail to connect with early settlement
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history.
 Providing workshops and mentoring advice for a University of Tasmania ATP student currently on placement at Bunbury
Primary School. This involves meeting once a week to discuss progress, answer any questions regarding programming
and offering suggestions about how to develop her teaching file, plan effectively for lessons and how to integrate a
variety of different learning areas into her program to effectively teach using the Western Australian Curriculum.
 Designed a website for student use for implementation in English and History lessons, assisting students with research
and encouraging independent learning, incorporating digital technologies into collaborative learning opportunities
http://mrsm2017.weebly.com
 Designed a series of STEM lessons on designing and constructing 3D robots

Responsibilities:
 Applying comprehensive knowledge of the Western Australian Curriculum to develop a 10-week program for
Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Reading, Spelling, Writing and whole class English lessons.
 Teaching Mathematics across both Year 5 classrooms for the duration of the Term. This involves getting to know 62
students across two classrooms, assessing their needs and liaising with their teachers on progress by providing
feedback over a 10-week period.
 Planning and incorporated the use of digital technologies for learning and assessment opportunities, using BYOD
program, with a particular focus for demonstrating understanding across the English and Humanities and Social
Sciences learning areas.
 Implementing Visible Thinking routines to engage students in critical and creative thinking and developing reasoning
strategies to develop their point of view on current topics of interest.
 Fostering Visible Learning through the use of learning intentions and success criteria to provide students with clear
goals on how to achieve learning success.
 Providing effective classroom management using the PBS model of behaviour, reinforcing the weekly behaviour focus
to students through positive reinforcement, classroom discussions on how to achieve success and role modeling.
 Co-developed Individual Education Plans using the Department of Education SEN planning program.

2016 Pre-Service Teacher – Year 5 (4 weeks)

South Bunbury Primary School
Mentor: Joshua Raven

2015 Pre-Service Teacher – Year 1 (5 weeks)

Dalyellup Primary School
Mentor: Leanne Lawrence

2014 Pre-Service Teacher – Years 6/7 (4 weeks)

Bunbury Primary School
Mentor: Jodee Whittaker

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2008 - 2017 Education Assistant

Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School (K-6)

Achievements:
 Member of the Assessment and Reporting Committee in 2014.
 Apple Teacher certification achieved in June 2017.
 Coaching a School Netball Team 2009 - 2018.
 Participated in and co-organised camps for Year 1 and 2 students at BCGS 2008 – 2010 and 2018.

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 Initiated fundraising for the local soup kitchen raising around $800.
 Coordinated SCITECH incursion for the whole of Primary in 2013, liaising with external providers and teaching staff.
 Coordinated funding and parent volunteers to develop an Early Childhood vegetable garden in 2012.
 Coordinated the purchase and implementation of the Diana Rigg oral reading picture book program for K-2 in 2012.
 Coordinated purchases of furniture and classroom resources for K-2 classrooms during building extensions in 2012.
 Coordinated parent volunteers during set up and moving of previous building into new purpose-built ECC building 2012.

Responsibilities:
 Implementing the Levelled Literacy Intervention (LLI) program, liaising with teachers and parents regarding their
student/child, running seven LLI lessons per week covering students in Years 3 to 6 below the required reading level.
 Implementing and analysing diagnostic assessments for students across Years 3 to 6 - implementing PM Reading
Assessments, York Assessment for Reading Comprehension (YARC), ACER Online Maths and Reading Assessments,
supervising and analysing NAPLAN and other assessment data to make recommendations to classroom teachers about
students below national standards.
 Working with students with special needs including Autism, Intellectual Disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, Dyslexia and ADHD,
building strong connections and supporting academic and social improvement.
 Implementing Seven Steps to Writing Success strategies for support students to develop narrative writing techniques.

REFEREES

Rob Whirledge Amanda Dunn

Principal Deputy Head of Curriculum - Primary
Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School
Mobile: 0457 037 981 Work 08 97226100
Work: (08) 97226100 Mobile 0417 990 203
Email: rob.whirledge@bcgs.wa.edu.au amanda.dunn@bcgs.wa.edu.au

Jodee Whittaker Melinda Golinski

Year 5 Teacher Year 2 Teacher
Level 3 Teacher Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School
Bunbury Primary School Work 08 97226100
Mobile: 0439 999 835 Mobile 0439 695 525
Email: Jodee.Whittaker@education.wa.edu.au melinda.golinski@bcgs.wa.edu.au