Corey Baker

With twenty years of teaching experience, including in Australia, England, Germany and China; I have gained a wide range of skills that would benefit your school community greatly. My leadership and teaching career have been mainly in the IB programs, in both PYP and MYP, and the British National Curriculum. These, coupled with my HOD and Director of Sport roles, has given me a unique understanding of the importance of a well-balanced program and teamwork between my schools, other schools and sports organisation’s needs. This understanding of a whole school approach has been central to my leadership in other schools’ successes have come via excellent communication and listening skills, which would be advantageous at your school. The experience gained will also help in creating stronger links between teachers, parents and student’s needs. Within the role at SSIS I have overseen the update of curriculum, strong assessments and reporting techniques to help track students’ performance and their understanding of how and why they improved.

I present high standards in my teaching and management. I have extensive knowledge of different curriculum through my teaching experience and have successfully demonstrated myself to be a confident and competent teacher with the ability to integrate effective teaching strategies that make a positive contribution to all communities. As a leader, I except the same drive and passion from the staff I work with. In my last few roles it has had a large part of improving and up-skilling member of the PE in deeper understanding of teaching PE. My goal is to arm students with the knowledge and passion to follow their dreams and better understand them. 

Everyone benefits from being active, and finding activities where each student feels comfortable to improve at their own level is very important. Being able to facilitate lessons where all students are engaged at their own level and feel successful is what I strive for in every lesson. My background in outdoor education (Department of Education NSW) and leadership programs have given me a wide range of skills and activities to enhance my pedagogical understanding. Including camping, hiking, skiing, canoeing, student excursions, leadership, culture, teamwork, communication and, teaching life skills and other exciting activities like horse riding, rock climbing and archery. I have organised school and inter school sports tournaments for schools in Sydney, in Europe and China. These have been one to five-day events including performances from different schools. They have been huge to organise and have been amazing for the school community. The wow moments normally come from these events for all stakeholders. Within schools, I have organised committee, (chaired) run meetings for staff and some for parents and students, duty rosters and emergency evacuation plan. Also, in Sydney I had to safety test building and spaces within the school and decide if they needed any safety changers over the summer. 

Sport is an integral part of my life and something that I am strongly committed to and passionate about, competing in three World Cups for Touch Rugby and enjoying recreational sports as well. In each school community I have instilled the importance of a balanced life for everyone in a school. This, takes place every day, by welcoming everyone to school, taking with them about what is going on with them. Remembering who was involved with what and encouraging them to keep improving. Evaluating and reflecting on your own and the departments performance is essential for self-growth and the growth of the school. Working with teachers to become better is the best way to motivate them and gives the school and an excellent name internationally. Coaching has been a large part of my involvement within different school communities, including primary and secondary. I was lucky enough to plan a two-week Rugby tour to New Zealand in 2015, this was a wonderful experience to watch the students grow during the trip. 

Primary HOD PE, Shanghai Singapore International School: Shanghai, China 2018 - 2022 Ontario Curriculum Responsibilities included: Leading the PE Department of 10 staff members, including swimming and golf professionals; monitoring and supporting PE teachers’ understanding and development of both the Ontario & Cambridge Curriculum and Teaching grade 6 students PE.

Key Achievements - During distance learning we were able to create fun and interactive ways to engage our students and families for PE classes. Running a virtual sports day and two athletic and swimming carnivals. Coaching Varsity Boys Basketball and all senior school Touch Rugby teams.

Primary HOD PE, Dehong Chinese International School: Shanghai, China 2017 - 2018 Cambridge Curriculum Responsibilities included: Delivery of the UK National curriculum to grades 5-7; modifying the curriculum for grades 5 - 7 for the Chinese students to be able to access and have a better understanding; coordination of our first extra curricula activities program.

Key Achievements - Working with Leadership to create the first co and extra program at Dehong including programs in the following areas: Entrepreneurship, Humanities, Sport, Music, Visual and Performing Arts. Coaching Basketball, Swimming, Touch Rugby, Golf and Athletics.

Academy of Sport Narrabeen: Sydney Australia 2016 - 2017
Responsibilities included: Delivery to secondary students of an outdoor education program, including the following activities: high ropes course, archery, canoeing, kayaking, orienteering, swimming, touch rugby, basketball, football, camping, cooking over a fire, bushwalking, giant swing and problem solving activities.

Sports Coordinator SCECGS and Secondary PDHPE Teacher. Redlands: Sydney, Australia 2012 - 2016 NSW Curriculum Responsibilities included: Delivery of the PDHPE curriculum to years 7-11 students; updating the curriculum for grades 9 and 10, writing end of year

exams for grade 10. Working closely with all members of the PDHPE/coaches team to create a wonderful cohesive sporting opportunities for students, teachers and parents.

Key Achievements - The coordinator of sport role, including the development of greater communication between all stakeholders within the Redlands Community and the risk assessments and safety of all stakeholders of all venues across Sydney. Monitoring and developing over 100 coaches with the support of head sports in different sports. Organising inter-school events for athletics and swimming at the olympic site and cross-country events at different locations. Also, working with student led events. Coaching Varsity Touch Rugby, Varsity Rugby and Varsity Cricket.

Athletics Director and Secondary HOD PE, Bonn International School: Bonn, Germany 2006 - 2011 IBO MYP Curriculum Responsibilities included AD: Overseeing the day-to-day running of the program; strategic planning with leadership; HR responsibilities (hiring and

developing 18 staff members); welfare of all teams including over 200 players; project leader for events; Tournament Director for three international U18 tournaments per year; budget responsibility; teaching students aged 5 to 18; and evaluation of the curriculum and its delivery.

Key Achievements AD: Starting a Content Management System to improve communication; improving the overall results of teams within European leagues by streamlining goals and bringing in a high level of professionalism; coaching varsity basketball to the highest level in U18 within Europe; and creating a new PE curriculum including a scope and sequence for the whole school. Coaching Varsity Volleyball, Basketball, Softball, Athletics, Swimming, Golf and Badminton.

PYP PE Teacher, Frankfurt International School: Frankfurt, Germany 2004 - 2006 IBO PYP Curriculum Responsibilities included: Development and delivery of a balanced program; working with colleagues to improve the connections and learning experiences between different programs; teaching students aged 6 to 15.

Key Achievements: Creating a swimming program; developing and documenting integration links; improving links between programs of teachers on different campuses. Organising Carnivals and sports days. Coaching Basketball and Softball.

Geography/History Teacher, Brewers Hill Middle School: Dunstable, England 2001 - 2003 National UK Curriculum Responsibilities included: develop and deliver the Geography and History programs to students in KS 3. Working with other teachers from Brewers Hill and other schools in the area to improve delivery and assessment of the curriculum.

Key Achievements: Noticeable improvement of average results of students in the Geography program.

Bachelor of Physical Education, Australian College of Physical Education: Sydney, Australia 1995- 1999

Areas of Study: Pedagogies, Psychology, Anatomy and Physiology, Biomechanics, Interpersonal Skills, Curriculum Development
Sports of Study: Basketball, Swimming, Football, Rugby, Touch Rugby, Netball, Field and Floor Hockey, Jazz, Modern and Ballroom Dance, Educational, Rhythmic and Artistic Gymnastics

Masters of Sports Coaching, Griffith University: Brisbane, Australia 2015 (distance and ongoing)
Areas of Study: High Performance Psychology, Communication, Leadership, Performance Analysis, Management skills

Berufliche Kommunikation für Kaufmännische Deutsche Angestellten-Akademie GmbH: Bonn, Germany 2011

Areas of Study: Grammatische Grundlagen, Lese- und Hörverständnistraining, Berufsbezogenes Sprachtraining
Harvard Graduate school of Education Online Certification Teaching for Understanding 2015: Focus on Student Understanding WWD

Certificate of Curriculum Development MYP & PYP: International Baccalaureate, Munich, Zurich and Moscow, During workshops we covered: An Inquiry based curriculum, Transdisciplinary Framework, Teaching techniques and Best practices for teaching Physical Education.