“All we need to do is to have a piece of the path to the future. And that’s ours. And we polish that and we hone that. And we place that in the pathway that we are building. And as we build that pathway it changes us as the builders of that path and it also shapes the destination that we are going to.” – Dr Noel Nannup, Nyoongar Elder
Hi, I’m Jack. Thanks for arriving here.
I am a Senior Consultant in the Berry Street Education Model team and a Doctor of Education student at the University of Melbourne.
Most recently I was a Senior Teacher (Wellbeing) at the Laynhapuy Homelands School on the lands of the Yolŋu people in Northeast Arnhem Land. I specialise in English as an Additional Language/Dialect (EAL/D) teaching and creating trauma-informed and culturally responsive learning environments for young people to feel safe, seen and supported into their potential.
I care deeply about co-creating school systems where everyone’s wellbeing and learning are valued. I am a co-founder and facilitator of Teachers’ Well, a wellbeing community of practice for teachers. My passion for whole school and systems change processes has supported the creation of the trauma-informed leadership approach with Berry Street and the Side by Side whole school development course with the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA).
A Teach for Australia alum, I also draw on my past professional experiences working in public service, social innovation and advocacy organisations, and hold a variety of qualifications in education, public policy, international relations and languages.
You can read my latest writing here.
If you’d like to view my qualifications and experience, you can do so here.
I’d welcome a conversation if anything resonated with you. You can get in touch with me here.
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I acknowledge and pay my respects to the Elders of the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung clan who are the traditional owners and custodians of the land, sky and waters where I call home. I recognise that sovereignty was never ceded, and truth-telling has not yet occurred. I commit to listening and walking with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the realisation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and a Treaty process.
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