Name/
Organisation/
Contact / Nominating organisation / Roles / Expertise/Experience / Localised Practitioner Networks
Teresa Howie
TAFE SA
Regency Park (Adelaide)
/ Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA) /
  • Senior lecturer ESL
  • FS course coordinator and lecturer
  • ISLPR assessor
  • Convenor, ESL NETA[1]
  • SEE assessor and lecturer
  • learning support for vocational students
  • SA TESOL
  • President
  • ACTA
  • Councillor
  • Adult Working Group
  • Professional Teacher standards - EAL/D Elaboration[2]
  • SACAL
  • Executive Committee member
/
  • Design and delivery of FS programs for EAL/D learners
  • SEE assessor and trainer
  • State FS curriculum developer - English Proficiency Certificates
  • SA TESOL Committee
  • ACTA Council
  • SACAL Executive Committee
  • 30200QLD delivery for trainers in institute and community
/
  • TAFE
  • SA TESOL
  • ACTA
  • SACAL
  • SA-based university pre-service education (EAL)

Sue-Ellen Evans
Industry Skills Council
Disability Peak Body NDS
NSW
Hunter Metro
/ Community Services & Health ISC /
  • Workforce Advisor
/
  • Workplace Literacy/Numeracy
  • AWPN rep NSW
  • Volunteer Tutor Program
  • Disadvantaged Youth WELL- broker
  • WELL practitioner
  • SEE- delivery
  • SEE- coordination
/
  • HTAN
  • AWPN
  • Central Coast Aged Care Educators network
  • Hunter Disability Network
  • ISC FS network

Tina Berghella
Oggi
Consulting
Melbourne
/ Manufacturing Skills Australia /
  • Consultant
  • Researcher
  • Resource developer
  • Trainer
/
  • Design and delivery of integrated FS in the workplace context
  • Resource development - professional development and training and assessment resources to support FS strengthening in the workplace
  • Assessment tool development - numeracy
  • Research – Adult numeracy, Skills shortages and skills gaps, Access and equity and Workforce development
  • Training package development – member of the Training Package Quality Assurance Panel
/
  • AWPN Inc (professionals supporting FS strengthening in the workplace context)

Catherine Ralston
TASWA Training Consultants
Launceston, Tasmania
/ SkillsDMC /
  • Instructional designer
  • Consultant trainer
/
  • Design, delivery, assessment and management of FS programs for Aboriginal people, second chance learners, disengaged young people, prisoners and vocational students
  • Workplace training using WELL and accredited courses including remote community workplaces
  • TAELLN411 delivery for vocational trainers in Institute
  • Instructional design writing plain English resources – CLM, horticulture, digital literacy
  • Program management and academic leadership in FS within a TAFE College
/
  • TCAL

Kim Davis
Batchelor Institute
Northern Territory
/ NT Government / -Senior Lecturer, Foundation skills and languages unit
  • Manage a team designing, delivering and evaluating FSK programs across the Territory, primarily with indigenous learners in both urban and remote locations.
/
  • Providing staff development on implementing FSK
  • Co-developing foundation skills strategic plan for adoption within Batchelor Institute Localised practitioner
/
  • NT president of Career Development Association Australia
  • Working with RJCPs across the Territory

Kath Hinton
TAFE NSW Riverina Institute
Albury
/ Australian Industry Group /
  • Manager, Education and Training – Education Pathways
/
  • Oversight of SEE and AMEP programs for the Institute
  • Management of the design and delivery of Foundation Skills programs for all learners in these programs within the Institute
  • Member of TAFE NSW Foundation Skills Workforce Development Community of Practice
  • Leading the TAELLN4111 delivery for vocational trainers and assessors in the Riverina Institute
  • 20 years’ experience in Adult Language Literacy/Numeracy delivery, course development, workplace delivery, project management and leadership roles
/
  • TAFE NSW - Foundation Skills Reference Group

Les Retford
Dept. of Education, Training and Employment
Brisbane
/ Queensland Government /
  • Research and Policy
/
  • Integrating FS into VET delivery

Cath McHugh Hunter
Hunter TAFE
Regional NSW –
Lower and Upper Hunter, Central Coast
/ Skills DMC /
  • Manager WELL and Commercial Programs for Foundation Skills
/
  • 30 years’ experience in Adult Literacy and Numeracy in teaching, coordination and management positions
/
  • -State Training Services Industry Network
  • -AWPN
  • -NSW TAFE
  • WELL Network
  • -ISC partnerships WELL programs

Suzanne Blakemore (Cath McHugh’s proxy)
/
  • LLN Teacher
  • Coordinator of LLN WELL/ Commercial programs
  • TAELLN411 Teacher / Assessor / Coordinator
/
  • 20 years’ experience teaching on LLN programs including SEE and WELL.
  • Coordinated and developed customised workplace LLN training programs in aged care, civil and rail construction and local government
  • TAELLN411 delivery for vocational trainers in Hunter TAFE, RTOs and industry
  • Develop training materials/assessment tools for workshop and online delivery of TAELLN411
  • Adult LLN volunteer tutor coordinator

Ann Irving
Chisholm TAFE
121 Stud Road, Dandenong 3149
/ National Access Education Leaders Network (NAELN) /
  • Manager Foundation College
/
  • Management of SEE contract across three service delivery areas
  • Management of foundation delivery across campuses and sites throughout the greater SE of Melbourne
  • Management of ELICOS delivery on and offshore
  • Management of workplace delivery of foundation skills.
/
  • TAFE
  • SEE
  • providers
  • CMM

Monica Wiggins
Avidity Training and Development
Northern Tasmania
/ Tasmanian Government /
  • Coordinate and oversee the delivery of foundation skills programs to equity clients around Tasmania
  • Design and deliver LLN professional development programs to staff, business partners and clients
  • Volunteer literacy tutor with LINC Tasmania
/
  • Working with equity clients who aim to gain employment or re-engage with formal education and training
  • currently studying Graduate Diploma of Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy Practice
/
  • Involved in ACPET LLN Capable RTO project

Monica Mitchell
Monica Mitchell Consulting
Brisbane based but consult to industry throughout Queensland
/ Service Skills Australia /
  • Business owner and managing director
  • RTO manager
  • Project manager including initial scoping of project , implementation, evaluation and reporting
  • Project trainer
  • Mentor to new trainers
/
  • Working with employers in a wide variety of industries to develop effective LLN skill building programs since 1996
  • Working with Indigenous organisations and employers to build capacity for employment
  • Providing professional development for specialist workplace literacy practitioners and for workplace trainers and assessors
  • Conducting LLN/foundation skills awareness sessions for managers and supervisors in industry
/
  • AWPN in Qld and nationally
  • Industry vocational trainers
  • Industry and organisational representatives
  • Private RTOs

Merv Gardner
Caboolture Community Adult Literacy Group
Brisbane North, Queensland
/ Adult Learning Australia /
  • Lead organisation in the design and implementation of adult literacy programs
  • Trainer of volunteer tutors for foundation skills
/
  • Providing professional development for VET trainers and community based organisation in LLN and digital skills
  • Conducting workshops in foundation skills for welfare and support agency staff
  • Advocating for adult community education in Queensland
/
  • President of the Lifelong Learning Council of Queensland
  • President of the Caboolture Community Adult Literacy Group
  • Member of the Queensland Council for Adult Literacy
  • Member of Adult Learning Australia

Deborah Mullan
Training Th@t Works
Melbourne Victoria
/ Transport & Logistics Industry Skills Council /
  • Coordinator of an NWDF WELL Program in Transport sector
  • Enterprise Based Teacher of Foundation Skills programs in a wide range of industries
  • RPL Assessor and Trainer for Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
  • Teacher and Facilitator of Diploma of VET
/
  • Project Management and Coordination of Industry based programs, WELL, Traineeship and Fee for Service
  • Providing Professional Development workshops and assessment of staff to support skills development plans
  • Developing and validating assessment tools and training resources
  • Building enterprise awareness and understanding of foundation skills and designing tailored and contextualised training programs to meet their workforce development needs
  • Mentoring trainers for industry engagement
/
  • Victorian VET Practitioners Network
  • Australian WELL Practitioners Network
  • VPN Rep- GS & FE Advisory Group
  • Aust Institute of Management Member

Paula McKenry
Kangan TAFE
Metropolitan Melbourne
/ Victoria Government / Learning Development Manager
  • Managing 3 teams to assist teachers provide blended learning
  • Resource development
  • Advising course coordinators on FS & digital literacy requirements & learner strategies
/
  • Resource development CSWE, LLNP, TAELLN411, WELL
  • TAELLN411 delivery for vocational trainers in other RTOs and industry
  • FS implementation in industry settings in CYH sector
  • Training package development and accreditation
  • Experience mapping UoCs to ACSF in a range of industry sectors (over 300 units to date)
  • Developing and validating assessment tools and training resources
/
  • VALBEC
  • TESoL
  • VISTA
  • Local TAFE area moderation group
  • AIM member

[1] NETA - Network for Excellence in Training and Assessment

[2] EAL/D Elaboration - document to support the Professional Teacher Standards for specialist EAL/D teachers, other teachers working with EAL/D learners, and principals