Mrs. Claire Warr

Name:

Mrs. Claire Warr


School:

Kingswood College


Extra Subject Information:

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Position Held at School:

Head of English, Senior VCE Teacher, VCE Author and VCE Assessor


VCE Subject(s) Teaching:

Literature, English as an Additional Language (EAL)


Qualifications:

Master of Arts
Bachelor of Arts (Honours - English and Fine Art)
Graduate Diploma of Education (English and EAL)


Role at TSSM:

Claire has been part of the TSSM team since 2024.

Her experience in teaching English, Literature and EAL at the VCE level has spanned over two decades, since 1999. Claire is a passionate teacher who loves to see her students excel in English and develop the necessary skills to maximise their study scores for the subject.

Claire's love for reading is evident through the number of publications that she has been involved with in the VCE realm.

Claire is also a highly effective writer of high quality VCE resources used by many students and teachers alike.


Teaching Philosophy:

To provide the opportunity for every student to reach their potential.


Publications:

English Exam Guide Area of Study 1, Insight Publications, 2017
Publication contributor - English Exam Guide Area of Study 2, Insight Publications, 2017
Publication contributor - Literature Exam Guide, Insight Publications, 2017
Author - ‘Island & The Thing Around Your Neck: Reading, Analysing and Writing about Short Stories.’ Idiom, Apr 1, 2016
Author - Comparison Guide Invictus & Ransom, Insight Publications, 2016
Author - VATE Inside Stories: The Lieutenant, VATE, 2016
Author - Key Skills for Senior English: Area of Study 1, Insight Publications, 2016
Author - Key Skills for Senior English: Area of Study 2, Insight Publications, 2016
Author - VCE English for Success Units 3 & 4, Jacaranda/John Wiley, 2015
Author - ‘What Works...Sometimes.’ Literacy Learning in the Middle Years, Journal of the ALEA, vol 12, no. 2, June 2004
Manuscript preparation - Literacy in the Year 6-10 Classroom, John Wiley, 2015


Interests:

Reading
Writing
Travel
Walking

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