The person behind 'Personal Best'.
Barbara Sands has over 20 years experience working in middle, high, and special schools, initially as a teacher and middle leader, and more recently as a senior leader. She felt privileged to work in teacher education for 9 years, training and coaching teachers to improve their skills and expertise in the classroom. Her guiding principle has always been that every person deserves every opportunity to be the best they can be.
- her passion – understanding how children learn
- her enjoyment – planning lessons to facilitate that learning
- her life's work – enabling her students to enjoy learning, to experience success and to gain confidence
- her challenge – looking for ways to overcome barriers to learning
- her mission – helping individual students to reach their 'Personal Best'
Her philosophy:
"The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind."
Kahlil Gibran
“We are absolutely delighted with the progress our son has made since he has been working with Barbara. The increase in his confidence and the change in his attitude has been more than we could have hoped for.” Parents of Year 10 student