What is a Mentor teacher?
A Mentor teacher is a staff member who has the most one-on-one contact with students. They meet in Mentor Groups on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays for 10 minutes in their Home Room. Each group has a maximum of 16 students. Mentor teachers check in with students and provide information on school events and news. On Wednesdays Mentor Groups meet for 30 minutes for the CSC Extended Mentor Wellbeing Program.
Mentor teachers are assigned are assigned at the end of the previous year for the following year. A Start of Year information pack is posted to families in the middle of January. This pack will indicate who each student’s Mentor teacher will be.
The Mentor teacher assigned will also be your main point of contact for parents and carers if they have any questions or concerns about their child’s academic progress or wellbeing at school.
Mentor Day
There is a formal opportunity to meet with Mentor teachers on Mentor Days and we encourage all parents, carers and students to attend. We have 2 Mentor Days at the start of Term 1. This is a non-teaching day as students officially start classes to the third day of term 1. This is an important part of setting up our students for success, meeting their mentor, allocating lockers, student photos. We ask all families to come along.
Later in the year, during terms two and three, there are more opportunities to meet with Mentor teachers during the Student, Parent and Teacher Conferences.
How to contact a Mentor teacher
As staff will be mostly teaching during the day, the best way to contact a Mentor teacher is via email.
Mentor teachers
Mentor | Staff Name | Precinct |
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7A1 | Andrea McDonald (MAD) | Artisans |
7A2 | Missy McCarthy (MCM) M W | Artisans |
7A2 | Sarah Butterfield (BUS) Tu F | Artisans |
8A1 | Deb Peart (PED) M W Th | Artisans |
8A2 | Kerrie Banks (BKY) | Artisans |
8R1 | Vicki Kirke (KIR) M W Th | Artisans |
8R2 | Alyssa Roberts (ROA) | Artisans |
9A | Peter Reynolds (REY) M W Th | Artisans |
9R | Paula Jenkins (JEN) Tu W F | Artisans |
10A | Zoe Hambleton (HAZ) | Artisans |
10R | Pip deBondt (BON) | Artisans |
11A | Alan Stewart (STE) | Artisans |
11R | Hermione Merry (MER) Tu - F | Artisans |
11R | (OLS on Mon) | Artisans |
12A | Denise Rhule (RHU) Tu-F | Artisans |
12R | Kate Young (YOK) | Artisans |
S1 | Jane Sanderson (SAN) (9) | Artisans |
S2 | Jane Dimsey (DIM) (9) | Artisans |
S3 | Ellen Nyberg (NYB) (10) Tu - Th | Artisans |
S4 | Ken Killeen (KIL) (10) Th F | Artisans |
7E1 | Dino Cevolatti (CEV) Tu-F | Engineers |
7E2 | Sue-Ellen Pape (PAP) | Engineers |
8E1 | Brad Campbell (CAB) | Engineers |
8E2 | Adrian Shorland (SLD) Tu W F | Engineers |
9E | Kristina Tulen-Pattison (TUL) M - F | Engineers |
9N | Ryan James (RYJ) | Engineers |
9G | Peta Firth (FIR) | Engineers |
10E | Andrew Creek (CRE) | Engineers |
10N | Sarah Ward (WAS) | Engineers |
11E | Stuart Bird (BIR) Tu W Th F | Engineers |
11E | Marion Corbet M W Th | Engineers |
11N | Kristelle Sherwood (SHE) | Engineers |
12E | Arron Male (MAL) | Engineers |
12N | Byron Wilson (WIB) | Engineers |
7P1 | Ben Nieuwkirk (NIB) | Performers |
7P2 | Ruth McNamara MCA) M W Th | Performers |
7P2 | Leanne Burns (BUN) M Tu Th F | Performers |
8P1 | Louise Mason MSN | Performers |
8P2 | Marie Bissonnier (BIS) M Tu W Th | Performers |
8P2 | (OLS on Fri) | Performers |
8F1 | Robert Flynn (FLR) | Performers |
8F2 | Richard Watkins (WAK) | Performers |
9P | Jo Tsakoumagos (TSA) Tu W F | Performers |
9P | Stephen Samuel (SAT) M W Th | Performers |
9F | Rosalie Amezquita (AME) Tu W F | Performers |
9F | Kevin Sharkey (SKK) M W Th | Performers |
10P | Courtney Dodlen (DOC) M W Th | Performers |
10P | Georgia Wills(WLL)MWTh F(OHA Tues) | Performers |
10F | Tom Foster (FOS) M-F | Performers |
11P | Carys Chalkin-McDonald (CHC) | Performers |
12P | Cole Waters (WAT) Tu-F (OHA Mon) | Wellbeing |
SRC | Judith McLean (MCJ) | Wellbeing |
7W1 | Bryan Sieber (SIE) | Wellbeing |
7W2 | Doug Gray (GRY) | Wellbeing |
7L1 | Brendan O’Donnell | Wellbeing |
7L2 | Alana Wearne M, Tu,Th | Wellbeing |
7L2 | Kathleen Thomas (W) | Wellbeing |
8W1 | Sharon Rossiter (ROS) | Wellbeing |
8W2 | Julian Vearing (VEA) M W Th | Wellbeing |
9W | TBC | Wellbeing |
9L | Claire Moriarty (MOR) M W-F | Wellbeing |
9L | David Nicholson (NID Tu) | Wellbeing |
10W | Kath Goodes (GOK) | Wellbeing |
10L | Ian White (WHI) M - Th | Wellbeing |
11W | Mark Johannson (JOH) MTuWF | Wellbeing |
11W | Rial Umar (UMA) Th | Wellbeing |
12L | Chris Edwards (EDW) | Wellbeing |
12W | Dehne Charry (CHR) | Wellbeing |