Career Highlights

Consulting, Coaching and Professional Learning (2018 - 2019)
  • St Thomas the Apostle School, West Belconnen, ACT
  • Holy Family Primary School, Gowrie, ACT
  • St Thomas More, Campbell. ACT
  • Mt Carmel School, Yass, NSW
  • St Patrick's Parish School, Cooma, NSW
  • St Monica's Primary School, Evatt, ACT
  • St Francis of Assisi Primary School, Calwell, ACT
  • St John Vianney's Primary School, Waramanga, ACT
  • Mother Teresa School, Harrison, ACT
  • St Anthony's Primary School, Wanniassa, ACT
  • St Thomas the Apostle, Kambah, ACT
  • St Clare of Assisi, Conder, ACT
  • Sts Peter and Paul Primary School, Garran, ACT
  • Sacred Heart Primary School, Pearce, ACT
  • St Gregory's, Queanbeyan, NSW
  • St Joseph's, Bombala, NSW
  • St John the Apostle School, Florey, ACT

System Roles 
  • Teaching and Learning Officer
    • supporting literacy curriculum and pedagogy initiatives
    • developing, implementing and reviewing school-based and system programs in literacy
    • development and delivery of a range of school-based and system-wide Professional Learning initiatives
    • working intensively with school leadership and school-based teams to implement initiatives to improve student outcomes and teacher pedagogy
    • enhancing the capacity of leadership and key teachers in NSW LNAP schools in elements of instructional leadership, diagnostic assessment, differentiated teaching and tiered intervention

School Roles:
  • Classroom Teacher
  • Curriculum Co-ordinator
  • Literacy Co-ordinator
  • Literacy Support Teacher
  • Learning Support Teacher
  • Teaching and Learning Facilitator
  • Acting Principal and Assistant Principal

Tertiary Roles:
  • Course Co-ordinator: Bachelor of Education (Primary) program at Australian Catholic University (Canberra)
  • Full-time Lecturer at Australian Catholic University (Canberra):
    • Literacy Education
    • Linguistics for Literacy
    • Contexts for Learning and Development
    • Children’s Literature for Literacy
    • Catering for Diversity in the Classroom
    • Teaching & Managing Learning Environments
    • Understanding Learning

Other Professional Accomplishments​
  • Presenter: Australian Catholic University Blackfriars Lecture Series July 2019 - “Teacher Experience and Insights”
  • Endorsed to provide NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Registered Professional Development for teachers accredited at Proficient Teacher level (2019)
  • Development and program delivery of a number of TQI Accredited Workshops (2014 - 2019)
  • Peer-reviewer for GIST Education and Learning Research Journal (Institución Universitaria Colombo Americana (ÚNICA)): Bogotá, Colombia (2016)
  • Australian Catholic University’s Vice-Chancellor’s Award For Exceptional and Valuable Contribution to the ACU Community (2013)
  • Author: Hastings, P. (2012). Early career teachers’ self-efficacy for balanced reading instruction. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 37(6), 55-72.
  • Lecturer of the Year—ACU Canberra Campus: Awarded by student body (2010)
  • National Awards for Quality Teaching Highly Commended National Achievement— Excellence in School Improvement: Effective support for literacy learning (2008)
  • Presenter—Future Directions in Literacy Conference (Sydney): A New Model for Literacy Support (2008)
  • Member of the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Catholic Education Office Kindergarten Assessment Committee (2007)
  • National Literacy and Numeracy Week ACT Highly Commended Award: A New Model for Literacy Support (2007)
  • Member of the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Catholic Education Office Master of Education Advisory Committee (2006 – 2007)
  • Assessor: National Awards for Quality Schooling (2005 – 2009)
  • Australian Government Quality Teaching Program Project Coordinator (2005 – 2006)