William Joyce

William Joyce

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  • About me

    Head of Department at Queensland Department of Education

  • Education

    • Griffith University

      2011 - 2015
      Bachelor’s Degree Electronic and Computer Engineering

      Recipient of an Academic Excellence award

    • University of Southern Queensland

      2024 - 2025
      Graduate Certificate Power Engineering 7.0
    • Southern Cross University

      2024 -
      Master's degree Educational Leadership and Management
    • QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

      2017 - 2018
      Graduate Diploma Secondary Education and Teaching 6.0

      Recipient of 'Beyond the Range' scholarship - awarded to high achieving students to work a teaching placement in a rural school.

  • Experience

    • McDonald's

      Jan 2009 - Jan 2020

      Successfully ran The Gap and Albany Creek restaurants over this time period to achieve new heights in the business which included record sales, profits and overall positive culture. I also showed my initiative for innovation by creating and distributing a new method for tracking crew/manager files in the form of an excel spreadsheet which was highly praised by the franchisee.

      • Restaurant Manager

        Feb 2016 - Jan 2020
      • Crew

        Jan 2009 - Feb 2016
    • Maco Lighting

      Nov 2014 - Jun 2015
      Software Developer

      Ability to learn new technologies quickly and to utilise them to create a functional Android application that would be used to manage emergency light testing. Core features of the application included: scheduling tests, viewing test reports, recording and storing maintenance logs and the ability to search the emergency light database. Graded with a GPA of 6.0 for my efforts at the internship which included the Android application as well as a thesis summarising my work.

    • Queensland Department of Education

      Jan 2020 - now

      Innovating the digital pedagogy practices of Longreach, Charleville and Mt. Isa schools of distance education. Led the transition from version 8.4 to version 9 of the Australian Curriculum for digital technologies. This involved creating 12 new units that align to the achievement standards of the version 9 curriculum. Each unit was sequenced with the relevant cognitions utilised and assessments created.

      • Head of Department (Secondary) - Longreach School of Distance Education

        Dec 2024 - now
      • Teacher - Longreach School of Distance Edcuation

        Jan 2024 - Dec 2024
      • Curriculum Coordinator (Technologies) - Longreach State High School

        Nov 2021 - Dec 2023
      • Teacher - Sandgate District State High School

        Jan 2020 - Nov 2021
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Diploma of Leadership and Management

      Australian Government
      Jul 2019
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Data Collection

      Issued by Queensland National Parks on Feb 2016
      Queensland National ParksAssociated with William Joyce