ABOUT+ME

=Barbara Philip BAppSci. (Inf and Lib Stud),= =GradDipEd. (Sec) (TL), AssDipAppSci (LibTech), EEN=

DATE: August 2005 - current. POSITION: Teacher Librarian EMPLOYER: Singapore

DATE: January 2004 - current. POSITION: Librarian EMPLOYER: Gold Coast, Queensland.

DATE: January 1991 – December 2003 POSITION: Library Technician - Manager / Nurse (until 1996). EMPLOYER: Gold Coast, Queensland.

DATE: March 1989 - June 1998 POSITION: Enrolled Nurse. EMPLOYER: Southport, Queensland

DATE: April 1989 - November 1989. POSITION: Cooking Instructor - Adult Education. EMPLOYER: Gold Coast Institute of TAFE, Benowa, Queensland


 * __PRIOR TO 1989__**

Six years teaching first aid for NZ Red Cross Four years teaching microwave cooking to adults for Microwave Shop, NZ


 * __CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT__**

I am fully committed to professional development, and believe in the value of networking with other professional educators. An example of this commitment can be seen in my professional development and networking activities that I have undertaken recently:

Active participation in:

International Schools Of Singapore Library Network [|HandsOn Literacy 2008 - organising committee] Library Association of Singapore Independent Secondary Schools Network Gold Coast School Library Association of Queensland – including being a member of the local branch committee and the organising committee for the State conference to be held on the Gold Coast in 2004 Gold Coast Librarians Network – a liaison group to forge closer ties between school and university librarians State Librarians Network

Professional development:

See, Support, Supply - The Art of Supply Teaching - August 2008 Training in OLIVER LMS - 2008 TeachIT - Presenter - November 2007 IBO Teachers Convention - 2007 Study tour of Thai International Schools 2007 Alistair Smith - the importance of personalised and differentiated learning – December 2006 UQL Cyberschool Seminar: Schools, Scholars and Libraries - Locate - Link - Learn - Online, August, 2006 Sue Palmer - Inspiring writing, January 2006 Copyright for Educators – IPOS training, Singapore. December 2005 Conference for Teachers of Information Technology – Singapore American School. November 2005 Elibrary training – 2004 Somerset Conference for Librarians – March 2004 SLAQ – Biennial Conference – July 2004 Attendance at author talks in other school libraries – Michael Salmon, Steven Herrick, Jackie French. Attendance at “Smart Schools” seminar by Tina Blythe Attendance at “Women at work” networking meting Participation in “Forging Future Directions” ASLA 2001 Participation in Essential Connections: connecting school and public library professionals Presenter at Gold Coast Librarians Network – The School Library perspective Participant “Skilling Up” Aquinas College May 2002 Participant “Literature Circles” Aquinas College August 2003 Participant “Promotion and Display” TSS June 2003 & July 2004 Participant “Developing Webpages with Dreamweaver” TSS May 2004 Attendance and participation in ALICE user group Organiser in collecting books for Fijian Schools – January 2002 Host visit from Lea Quail – Head Librarian Geelong College August 2002 Participant in University of Queensland database training – June 2002 Participant at School Nurses in-service – June 2002 Supervising ESL students on work placement from GCIT

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