Specialist Educator working at Cowandilla Primary School since 2009 in various teaching areas : Early Years classroom Yr 1/2, Primary Years classroom Yr 3/4, Greek Language and IT. Also worked in the area of general curriculum management, including history, Geography and online resources at DECS (now DfE) in 2010.
Qualifications held in Early Years and Primary Years education and teaching Languages (Greek).
Extensive experience in teaching the Arts – choir training, IT, Information Communication Technologies (ICT), English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EALD) and Project Based Learning (PBL). This also includes facilitating and providing professional development for educators, both in Australia and internationally, on the use and implementation of ICT programs, Project Based Learning and online shared learning communities.
Administration management of curriculum renewal and standards and also specialised subject areas mentioned above – Languages, Digital Technologies, IT, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), PBL and The Arts.
Specialties:
Teaching Greek language R – 7
IT
The Arts
Oracle’s ThinkQuest – all areas: judging websites, coaching student teams, online & face-to-face PL provider
Web 2.0 tools
Professional Development training – areas of ICT, PBL, Languages, Global Connections
EALD – English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Currently the President of EdTechSA, Technologies association in South Australia and Vice President of the Australian Council for Computing in Education (ACCE).