 At Mitchell and State High School, the strengths and benefits of having a master teacher have been that the person has been key to driving the explicit improvement agenda. They are able to develop a culture of professional learning amongst teaching teams based on a very strong research background. Having an extra person in the school to work side by side with teachers, particularly in their classrooms around planning with a narrow focus on literacy and numeracy has enabled student learning, particularly at Mitchell and State High School, to improve dramatically even in the nine months of the rollout of master teachers in Queensland schools. At Mitchell and State High School, we have an incredibly strong leadership team dedicated heads of department, deputy principals and the principal. We work closely together to ensure that we have consistent practices across the school community and as a master teacher, I've been able to value add to that already strong team to bring in a solid research base to ensure that everything we do is about the number one goal of education, improving student outcomes. The work is quite innovative and teachers have appreciated Shelly sharing her ideas, her resources and her knowledge and working side by side with teachers in classrooms. I think the most exciting thing about being a master teacher is investing in the students, making sure that we are using research, a solid research foundation to look at the most important thing that we do as teachers and that student improvement. We've had the opportunity to share and collaborate across schools and different sites, which is really interesting to see the way that different people are working through an innovative learning process across Queensland. Being part of a state school system that invests in its teachers and their education is incredibly rewarding and ultimately being a master teacher is awesome. The opportunity that master teachers have to visit other schools, work with other master teachers in the region and in the state, this has enabled a sharing of expertise and knowledge and that can only have a positive impact across the system in terms of student outcomes. I think the truth of everything that we do is to ensure that what we're doing in schools is improving the work of our students, making sure that we're ultimately leading them towards better futures. We have them for such a short period of time in the scope of their lives and to enrich their learning in some way that helps them become effective citizens in the community is ultimately what we do. On a smaller scale, working at their numeracy and getting kids to really see the benefit of numeracy in their own lives, to see it as a valuable learning experience and to have the motivation to continue on their learning beyond school.