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Name: Natalie Mc Fall

Address – * Buckleigh Ave,

Wimbledon,

SW209LA

Date of birth – 29/02/76

Mobile no: 075********

Home no: 020********

Email: ********@*******.***

Citizenship: Dual Australian/British (I hold an Australian and British Passport)

SUPPORTING STATEMENT

I am a passionate teacher of drama/dance, who enjoys sharing her knowledge and inspiring a spark for learning in her students.

My passion and interest in dance and drama stemmed from an early age. I dedicated myself to learning both disciplines through years of extensive training in the physical, academic and performance nature of the subject areas. I began my professional career as a performance practitioner, developing my skills and knowledge of the professional performance industry which then lead to my interest in studying the education umbrella of the industry.

I completed a Bachelor of Contemporary Arts majoring in Drama and Contemporary Dance followed by a post graduate Bachelor of Education. After the two University courses I embarked on my professional teaching career.

I was appointed an ongoing position as the sole drama/dance teacher and College Productions Co-ordinator at Keilor Downs Secondary College. During this time I worked to inspire, improve and develop the drama/dance profile, curriculum and interest within the school community. To achieve this I mounted two large scale productions involving in excess of 100 students and a team of committed staff, numerous smaller scale productions and reworked/wrote large sections of the drama/dance course in accordance with the current Victorian Essential Learning Framework.

After five years of classroom practice within this school I believe I have developed into a teacher of confidence, who is happy with her achievements but still yearns to challenge herself, be inspired and continue to develop her own professional practice. This is what led me to the United Kingdom.

My goals are:

1/ Inspire and educate youth in the Performing Arts - Drama/Dance

2/ Continue to express my creativity through choreographing and directing plays/dance

3/ Progress on my identified path of continuing personal and professional development, in order to improve my own teaching practice.

4/ Create an environment for learners that allow them to grow, learn and challenge themselves autonomously towards positive learning outcomes.

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Dance and drama classes/workshops, dance/theatre performances, art exhibitions, films, swimming,

running, catching up with friends, markets, shopping, travel, sight-seeing.

EDUCATION

Teaching Qualification: Bachelor of Education – Primary/Secondary

Date Awarded: 2004 - 2005

Awarding Institute: Deakin University

Burwood

Teaching Methods: Drama/Dance

Other Qualifications: Bachelor of Contemporary Arts

Date Awarded: 2000-2001

Awarding Institute: Deakin University

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Dates of Employment: Jan 2006 – Dec 2010

Name of School/ Location: Keilor Downs Secondary College,

100-110 Odessa Ave,

Keilor Downs, Victoria

Australia,

Position Held: Drama/Dance teacher also taught P.E and Humanities

Teaching Levels: Taught Drama 9-12, Dance 9-10, P.E Year 7 and 8, Humanities Year 7-9

Teaching Environment: Keilor downs College in the Western suburbs of Melbourne. A large single-campus school catering for students in Years 7 to 12. Students come from a diverse range of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.

Extracurricular Involvement: 2006-2008 College Productions Co-ordinator (Direction, choreography and Co-ordination)

Assisted Music Concerts, Swimming/Athletics Carnivals, Art shows,

Year 7 Camp

OTHER EMPLOYMENT/ VOLUNTARY WORK

2009 Dancer Room to Move

A Geelong based Community Performance Company– ‘The Violin’ a dance/drama performance based on the holocaust.

2005 Solo Dancer/Collaborative Choreography

The Melbourne Fringe Festival

‘Placement’ a one woman show, choreography: Heather Ruck.

Award received for “Risk taking’.

2005 Actor/Collaborative Creator

Theatre in Education

‘Going for Broke’ direction: Helen Sandercoe.

2003-2005 Sales Operator

Ticketmaster7 –– Southbank

Customer Service - Working with computer system to sell/book event tickets.

2001-2002 Market Research Telephone Operator

Millward Brown – St Kilda

Using computer system to survey a varying consumer demographic

2002 Actor Blooms day festival - Trades Hall, Melbourne

Acting sections of a script for the writer’s festival

1997 Dancer Kim Michael Productions - Johor Baru, Malaysia.

Dancer in a one month Jazz/Dance show

Style Aid - The Highett

Dancer in benefit/fundraiser for aids, choreography: Alana Scanlan.

Dancer Public Sport Sector Games Albert Park

Dancer in the opening of the Sport Sector games, choreography: Alana Scanlan

Actor Australian Opera - Victorian Arts Centre - State Theatre

Acting in the Opera ‘Manon Lescaut’, direction: Gail Edwards.

Actor Extra work

Non speaking roles in television/films such as: Water Rats, Blue Heelers, Raw FM, Neighbours, Ocean Girl, One way Ticket.

1996 Dance Teacher

Gay Wightman’s Ballet School

Teaching Jazz Dance, Ages 9-12 & 13-16 year olds.

Dancer Kim Michaels Productions

Dancer in a 6 month Broadway Variety Show, Japan, Fukushima.

Hair Model BiBa Hair dressers - South Yarra.

Actor Extra work

Non speaking roles in television/films such as: Football commercial, Janus, Neighbours.

1993 Actor Australia’s Most Wanted.

A small role in one episode of on a crime re-enactment television show

Model Telecom Brochure

Photo modelling for a telephone company brochure

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2006 – 2010

• Annual Drama Victoria two day conference

• Drama Vic – Teaching VCE

• Classroom management

• Emotional intelligence

• Literacy – John Munroe

• Contemporary Dance Classes – Chunky Move, Dance house

• Spontaneous Improvisation (Theatre Sports) – Improvisation Melbourne

• AusDance Victoria P.D

• Ladder safety

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