Mr. Alastair Jack
Name:
Mr. Alastair Jack
School:
Beechworth Secondary College
Extra Subject Information:
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Position Held at School:
Head of Humanities, Senior School Coordinator and Senior VCE Teacher
VCE Subject(s) Teaching:
Business Management, History: Revolutions
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Arts Joint Honours degree in English and History
PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate of Education) in Secondary teaching
Role at TSSM:
Alastair has been part of TSSM’s humanities team since 2025. He is an extremely passionate teacher who enjoys seeing his students achieve their learning outcomes while scoring impressive study scores.
Alastair has taught senior history since 2012, giving him extensive experience in the subject and also giving him specific fundamentals that he utilises to engage the students with the concepts of the subject in a simplified form, being able to aid with their understanding come exam time.
Alastair is a motivated teacher who makes use of available resources to enhance and improve his teaching abilities so his students can continue to excel.
Alastair also plays an important role in producing high quality VCE resources used by many teachers and students in History: Revolutions and Business Management for TSSM.
Teaching Philosophy:
Alastair passionately believes in making Humanities subjects accessible to students from all different learning abilities and backgrounds. He breaks content down to make it manageable and enjoyable for students to learn and supports students so that they can feel success.
Interests:
Politics
History
Nature
Cycling
Music (playing and listening!)
Camping
Hiking
Cooking
Spending time with my young family