Name/
Organisation/
Contact
Teresa Howie
TAFE SA
Regency Park (Adelaide)
Nominating
organisation
Industry Skills Council
Disability Peak Body NDS
Expertise/Experience
 Senior lecturer ESLii
 Foundation skills course coordinator
and lecturer
 ISLPRiii assessor
 Convenor, ESL Network for
Excellence in Training and
Assessment
 Skills for Education and Employment
(SEE) assessor and lecturer
 learning support for vocational
students
 SA TESOL President
 Adult Working Group
 Professional Teacher standards EAL/D Elaborationiv
 SACALv Executive Committee
member
 Design and delivery of foundation skills programs
for EAL/Dvi learners
 SEE assessor and trainer
 State foundation skills curriculum developer –
English Proficiency Certificates
 SA TESOL Committee
 ACTA Council
 SACAL Executive Committee
 30200QLD delivery for trainers in institute and
community
Community
Services &
Health
Industry
Skills Council
 Workforce Advisor
 Workplace Literacy/Numeracy
 Australian Workplace Practitioners Network
(AWPN) representative for NSW
 Volunteer Tutor Program
 Workplace English Language and Literacy
(WELL) practitioner
 Disadvantaged Youth WELL- broker
 Skills for Education and Employment (SEE)
delivery and coordination
 Hunter Trainers and
Assessors Network
 AWPN
 Central Coast Aged
Care Educators
network
 Hunter Disability
Network
 Industry Skills
Councils Foundation
Skills network
Manufacturin
g Skills
Australia
 Consultant
 Researcher
 Resource developer
 Trainer
 Design and delivery of integrated foundation skills
in the workplace context
 Resource development - professional
development and training and assessment
 AWPN Inc
(professionals
supporting FS
NSW, Hunter Metro
Sueellen.evans@nds.org.au
Tina Berghella
Oggi
Consulting
Localised
Practitioner
Networks
 TAFE
 SA TESOL
 ACTA
 SACAL
 SA-based university
pre-service education
(EAL)
Australian
Council of
TESOLi
Associations
(ACTA)
Teresa.howie@tafesa.edu.au
Sue-Ellen Evans
Roles
1
Name/
Organisation/
Contact
Nominating
organisation
Roles
Expertise/Experience
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
Melbourne
tina@oggiconsulting.com
Catherine Ralston
SkillsDMC
 Instructional designer
 Consultant trainer
 Design, delivery, assessment and management of
foundation skills 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 – conservation and land management,
horticulture, digital literacy
 Program management and academic leadership
in foundation skills within a TAFE College
 Tasmanian Council for
Adult Literacy (TCAL)
NT
Government
 Senior Lecturer, Foundation skills
and languages unit
 Manage a team designing,
delivering and evaluating FSKvii
programs across the Territory,
primarily with indigenous learners in
both urban and remote locations.
 Co-developing Foundation Skills Strategic plan
and Implementation plan for adoption across
Batchelor Institute
 Project Management and Coordination of FSK
Pre Employment programs and Fee for Service
projects
 Management of Bachelor Institutes foundation
skill program delivery across the Northern
Territory
 Member of Batchelor Institute Foundation Skills
Workforce Development Community of Practice
 NT president of
Career Development
Association Australia
 Working with RJCPsviii
across the Territory
TASWA Training
Consultants
Launceston, Tasmania
cath@taswa.com.au
Kim Davis
Batchelor Institute
Northern Territory
kim.davies@batchelor.edu.au
Localised
Practitioner
Networks
strengthening in the
workplace context)
2
Name/
Organisation/
Contact
Kath Hinton
TAFE NSW Riverina
Institute
Nominating
organisation
Roles
Expertise/Experience
Australian
Industry
Group
 Manager, Education and Training –
Education Pathways
 Oversight of SEE and AMEPix 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
Queensland
Government
 Research and Policy
 Integrating foundation skills into vocational
education and training delivery
Skills DMC
 Manager WELL and Commercial
Programs for Foundation Skills
 30 years’ experience in Adult Literacy and
Numeracy in teaching, coordination and
management positions
 LLN Teacher
 20 years’ experience teaching on LLN programs
including SEE and WELL.
Albury
kathie.hinton@tafensw.edu.au
Les Retford
Localised
Practitioner
Networks
 TAFE NSW –
Foundation Skills
Reference Group
Dept. of Education, Training
and Employment
Brisbane
les.retford@dete.qld.gov.au
Cath McHugh
Hunter TAFE
Regional NSW –
Lower and Upper Hunter,
Central Coast
cath.mchugh@tafensw.edu.au
Suzanne Blakemore (Cath
McHugh’s proxy)
3
 State Training
Services Industry
Network
 AWPN
 NSW TAFE WELL
Network
 Industry Skills
Councils partnerships
WELL programs
Name/
Organisation/
Contact
Nominating
organisation
Chisholm TAFE
121 Stud Road, Dandenong
3149
Expertise/Experience
 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
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 ELICOSx delivery on and offshore
 Management of workplace delivery of foundation
skills.
 TAFE
 SEE providers
 Curriculum
Maintenance Manager
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 ACPETxi
LLN Capable RTO
project
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
 AWPN in Queensland
and nationally
 Industry vocational
trainers
 Industry and
organisational
representatives
 Private RTOs
ann.irving@chisholm.edu.au
Monica Wiggins
Avidity Training and
Development
Northern Tasmania
monica@avidity.com.au
Monica Mitchell
Monica Mitchell Consulting
Brisbane based but consult
to industry throughout
Queensland
monica@mmc.net.au
Localised
Practitioner
Networks
 Coordinator of LLN WELL/
Commercial programs
 TAELLN411 Teacher / Assessor /
Coordinator
suzanne.blakemore@tafensw.
edu.au
Ann Irving
Roles
4
Name/
Organisation/
Contact
Nominating
organisation
Roles
Expertise/Experience
Localised
Practitioner
Networks
 Conducting LLN/foundation skills awareness
sessions for managers and supervisors in industry
Merv Gardner
Caboolture Community
Adult Literacy Group
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, Lifelong
Learning Council of
Queensland
 President, Caboolture
Community Adult
Literacy Group
 Member of the
Queensland Council
for Adult Literacy
 Member of Adult
Learning Australia
Transport &
Logistics
Industry
Skills Council
 Coordinator of an NWDFxii 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
(VPN)
 Australian WELL
Practitioners Network
 VPN Representative:
General Studies &
Further Education
Advisory Group
 Australian Institute of
Management (AIM)
Member
Victorian
Government
Learning Development Manager
 Managing three teams to assist
teachers provide blended learning
 Resource development
 Advising course coordinators on
foundation skills and digital literacy
requirements and learner strategies
 Resource development CSWExiii, SEE,
TAELLN411, WELL
 TAELLN411 delivery for vocational trainers in
other RTOs and industry
 Foundation skills implementation in industry
settings in Community, Youth and Health sector
 Victorian Adult
Literacy and Basic
Education Council
(VALBEC)
 TESOL
 VISTA Association of
VET Professionals
Brisbane North,
Queensland
president@llcq.org
Deborah Mullan
Training Th@t Works
Melbourne Victoria
ttw1@bigpond.net.au
Paula McKenry
Kangan TAFE
Metropolitan Melbourne
pmckenry@kangan.edu.au
5
Name/
Organisation/
Contact
Nominating
organisation
Roles
Expertise/Experience
 Training package development and accreditation
 Experience mapping units of competency to
ACSF in a range of industry sectors (over 300
units to date)
 Developing and validating assessment tools and
training resources
Sue Maslen (proxy for Pam
Owen)
Canberra Institute of
Technology
Canberra, ACT
sue.maslen@cit.edu.au
ACT
Government
General Manager, Student and
Academic Services which includes
four teams:
1. Student Support
2. Student Services
3. Libraries
4. Course Design and Development,
including eLearn, CIT’s online
learning platform
i
 Educational leadership across CIT including a
current focus on embedding foundation skills
delivery
 Curriculum design – including implementation of
foundation skills qualifications and the use of units
within other mainstream courses
 Use of the ACSF to assess students prior to entry,
and development of support strategies tailored to
meet specific cohort needs
 Chair, CIT’s Foundation Skills sub-committee
(sub-committee of CIT’s Academic Board)
Localised
Practitioner
Networks
 Local TAFE area
moderation group
 AIM member
 CIT’s Foundation
Skills sub-committee
 National Access
Education Leaders
Network (NAELN)
representative for
TAFE in the ACT
TESOL – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
ESL – English as a Second Language
iii
ISLPR – International Second Language Proficiency Ratings
iv
EAL/D Elaboration – document to support the Professional Teacher Standards for specialist EAL/D teachers, other teachers working EAL/D learners, and principals
v
SACAL – South Australian Council for Adult Literacy
vi
EAL/D – English as an additional language or dialect
vii
FSK – Foundation Skills Training Package
viii
RJCP – Remote Jobs and Communities Program
ix
AMEP – Adult Migrant English Program
x
ELICOS – English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students
xi
ACPET – Australian Council for Private Education and Training
xii
NWDF – National Workforce Development Fund
xiii
CSWE – Certificates in Spoken and Written English
ii
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