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Clare Ballard is grateful to be working as an educator, a journey she commenced after completing a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) degree at Deakin University between 2006 and 2008. From there, she knew that she enjoyed helping people, so she commenced her Master of Teaching in 2010 at the University of Melbourne. Thereafter, she was employed at Bacchus Marsh Grammar, which is where her love for learning began as a student.
A passionate educator who has worked in both independent and international schools, Clare has a keen interest in student wellbeing, so she pursued her Master’s in Counselling from 2012 to 2015. A year later, she joined Kardinia International College (KIC) and is now studying Certificate IV Career Development to assist in her work with developing the whole student. For her, it makes sense that if a student is feeling good, then great relationships are formed, and amazing teaching and learning can be experienced.
“At KIC, we are passionate about embedding Respectful Relationships into our teaching and learning. Using the Victorian Government’s Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships topics of emotional literacy, personal strengths, positive coping, problem solving, stress management, help seeking, gender and identity and positive gender relations, there is a strong focus on developing resilience and self-management in our students,” she says.
“The Respectful Relationships team is hopeful to embed these practices and vocabulary across K-12 and move towards resilience education being incorporated into all teaching and learning practices in a more authentic way.”
Her team at KIC is also redeveloping the process of considering assessment in health and physical education, moving away from a focus solely on the student’s grades, but capturing their growth in social and emotional skills. To achieve this goal, KIC is moving towards building capacity in its students through a SPICE lens, which includes building social, personal, intercultural, critical thinking and ethical skills. A team of passionate health and physical education teachers has reviewed the sequence of topics from Years 7 to 9 and are looking at ways to build in SPICE opportunities within the College’s teaching and learning practices.
“We are hopeful to be able to bring authentic learning experiences that allow our students to grow and to reflect on this process through the collation of e-portfolio evidence, which shows the development of these key skills. It is about changing the way we look at assessment and trying to incorporate meaningful experiences that our students can look back on and be proud of,” Clare says.
Moving forward, she is eager to see this type of learning implemented across other disciplines at the College.
“With the last few years being especially challenging due to COVID-19, we trialled a program called Project Connection last year. The aim was to do just that – to build an opportunity for our students to connect with each other, their passions and their community. We had a variety of student-led projects including Project Inclusion and Mental Health, Entrepreneurs and Master Chefs,” she says. For example, one of the student groups organised a mental health information night called ‘KIC the Stigma,’ which focused on connecting parents and young people to Geelong’s mental health supports, including Drummond Street Services, Right Mate and Head Space. The students organised a panel of speakers, raffle items and musical performances to essentially kick the stigma around talking about mental health.
“I would love to see more student-led initiatives that allow for our students to work collaboratively, developing 21st century skill sets and enabling them to develop resilience and self-management through active learning experiences,” Clare says.
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Clare Ballard
Head of House
Kardinia International College
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Clare Ballard is grateful to be working as an educator, a journey she commenced after completing a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) degree at Deakin University between 2006 and 2008. From there, she knew that she enjoyed helping people, so she commenced her Master of Teaching in 2010 at the University of Melbourne. Thereafter, she was employed at Bacchus Marsh Grammar, which is where her love for learning began as a student.
A passionate educator who has worked in both independent and international schools, Clare has a keen interest in student wellbeing, so she pursued her Master’s in Counselling from 2012 to 2015. A year later, she joined Kardinia International College (KIC) and is now studying Certificate IV Career Development to assist in her work with developing the whole student. For her, it makes sense that if a student is feeling good, then great relationships are formed, and amazing teaching and learning can be experienced.
“At KIC, we are passionate about embedding Respectful Relationships into our teaching and learning. Using the Victorian Government’s Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships topics of emotional literacy, personal strengths, positive coping, problem solving, stress management, help seeking, gender and identity and positive gender relations, there is a strong focus on developing resilience and self-management in our students,” she says.
“The Respectful Relationships team are hopeful to embed these practices and vocabulary across K-12 and move towards resilience education being incorporated into all teaching and learning practices in a more authentic way.”
Her team at KIC is also redeveloping the process of considering assessment in health and physical education, moving away from a focus solely on the student’s grades, but capturing their growth in social and emotional skills. To achieve this goal, KIC is moving towards building capacity in its students through a SPICE lens, which includes building social, personal, intercultural, critical thinking and ethical skills. A team of passionate health and physical education teachers has reviewed the sequence of topics from Years 7 to 9 and are looking at ways to build in SPICE opportunities within the College’s teaching and learning practices.
“We are hopeful to be able to bring authentic learning experiences that allow our students to grow and to reflect on this process through the collation of e-portfolio evidence, which shows the development of these key skills. It is about changing the way we look at assessment and trying to incorporate meaningful experiences that our students can look back on and be proud of,” Clare says.
Moving forward, she is eager to see project-based learning implemented across disciplines at the College.
“With the last few years being especially challenging due to COVID-19, we trialled a program called Project Connection last year. The aim was to do just that – to build an opportunity for our students to connect with each other, their passions and their community. We had a variety of student-led projects including Project Inclusion and Mental Health, Entrepreneurs and Master Chefs,” she says. For example, one of the student groups organised a mental health information night called ‘KIC the Stigma,’ which focused on connecting parents and young people to Geelong’s mental health supports, including Drummond Street Services, Right Mate and Head Space. The students organised a panel of speakers, raffle items and musical performances to essentially kick the stigma around talking about mental health.
“I would love to see more student-led initiatives that allow for our students to work collaboratively, developing 21st century skill sets and enabling them to develop resilience and self-management through active learning experiences,” Clare says.
Milestones
2021–2022
Insurance Business Magazine | Key Media
Certificate IV Career Development
2021–2022
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2018
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Appointed Head of House Morongo Nishi
2018
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2012–2017
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Commenced Master’s in Counselling
Leadership position: Year Level Co-ordinator, 2013
Commenced work at Kardinia International College, 2016
Appointed acting Head of House, 2017
2012–2017
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2011
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Commenced work at Bacchus Marsh Grammar, 2011
During her first year of teaching, completed Master’s in Teaching, 2011
2011
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2010
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
completion of Diploma of Teaching (Secondary)
2010
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2010
2011
2012–2017
2018
2021–2022
Clare Ballard
Head of House
Kardinia International College
Read on
Special Report
Home
Bio
Milestones
Profile
Clare Ballard is grateful to be working as an educator, a journey she commenced after completing a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) degree at Deakin University between 2006 and 2008. From there, she knew that she enjoyed helping people, so she commenced her Master of Teaching in 2010 at the University of Melbourne. Thereafter, she was employed at Bacchus Marsh Grammar, which is where her love for learning began as a student.
A passionate educator who has worked in both independent and international schools, Clare has a keen interest in student wellbeing, so she pursued her Master’s in Counselling from 2012 to 2015. A year later, she joined Kardinia International College (KIC) and is now studying Certificate IV Career Development to assist in her work with developing the whole student. For her, it makes sense that if a student is feeling good, then great relationships are formed, and amazing teaching and learning can be experienced.
“At KIC, we are passionate about embedding Respectful Relationships into our teaching and learning. Using the Victorian Government’s Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships topics of emotional literacy, personal strengths, positive coping, problem solving, stress management, help seeking, gender and identity and positive gender relations, there is a strong focus on developing resilience and self-management in our students,” she says.
“The Respectful Relationships team are hopeful to embed these practices and vocabulary across K-12 and move towards resilience education being incorporated into all teaching and learning practices in a more authentic way.”
Her team at KIC is also redeveloping the process of considering assessment in health and physical education, moving away from a focus solely on the student’s grades, but capturing their growth in social and emotional skills. To achieve this goal, KIC is moving towards building capacity in its students through a SPICE lens, which includes building social, personal, intercultural, critical thinking and ethical skills. A team of passionate health and physical education teachers has reviewed the sequence of topics from Years 7 to 9 and are looking at ways to build in SPICE opportunities within the College’s teaching and learning practices.
“We are hopeful to be able to bring authentic learning experiences that allow our students to grow and to reflect on this process through the collation of e-portfolio evidence, which shows the development of these key skills. It is about changing the way we look at assessment and trying to incorporate meaningful experiences that our students can look back on and be proud of,” Clare says.
Moving forward, she is eager to see project-based learning implemented across disciplines at the College.
“With the last few years being especially challenging due to COVID-19, we trialled a program called Project Connection last year. The aim was to do just that – to build an opportunity for our students to connect with each other, their passions and their community. We had a variety of student-led projects including Project Inclusion and Mental Health, Entrepreneurs and Master Chefs,” she says. For example, one of the student groups organised a mental health information night called ‘KIC the Stigma,’ which focused on connecting parents and young people to Geelong’s mental health supports, including Drummond Street Services, Right Mate and Head Space. The students organised a panel of speakers, raffle items and musical performances to essentially kick the stigma around talking about mental health.
“I would love to see more student-led initiatives that allow for our students to work collaboratively, developing 21st century skill sets and enabling them to develop resilience and self-management through active learning experiences,” Clare says.
Milestones
2021–
2022
Insurance Business Magazine | Key Media
Certificate IV Career Development
2021–2022
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. A volutpat laoreet suscipit duis. Diam aliquam sed ut massa viverra a, eget libero.
2018
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Appointed Head of House Morongo Nishi
2018
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2012–
2017
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Commenced Master’s in Counselling
Leadership position: Year Level
Co-ordinator, 2013
Commenced work at Kardinia International College, 2016
Appointed acting Head of House, 2017
2012–2017
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2011
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Commenced work at Bacchus Marsh Grammar, 2011
During her first year of teaching, completed Master’s in Teaching, 2011
2011
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2010
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
completion of Diploma of Teaching (Secondary)
2010
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2010
2011
2012–2017
2018
2021–2022
Clare Ballard
Head of House
Kardinia International College
Read on
Special Report
Home
Bio
Milestones
2021–2022
2018
2012–2017
2011
2010
2021–2022
Insurance Business Magazine | Key Media
Certificate IV Career Development
2021–2022
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2018
Human Resources Magazine | key media
Appointed Head of House Morongo Nishi
2018
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2012–2017
Year 5 Teacher
Commenced Master’s in Counselling
Leadership position: Year Level Co-ordinator, 2013
Commenced work at Kardinia International College, 2016
Appointed acting Head of House, 2017
2012–2017
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2011
Human Resources Magazine | key media
Commenced work at Bacchus Marsh Grammar, 2011
During her first year of teaching, completed Master’s in Teaching, 2011
2011
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2010
human resources | key media
completion of Diploma of Teaching (Secondary)
2010
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Milestones