Profile of Wendy Bean

People and Program Administration Skills

 People and administrative skills have gained her success as an independent consultant for over 15 years. Some of these have been as follows:

• Project Manager for the Australian Government Summer School (2008). She coordinated a team of high level people in a collaborative project including personnel from the University of Wollongong, The University of New England, Edith Cowan University and staff from the Department of Education and Workplace Relations and was successful in managing all stakeholder expectations. As part of the project, she coordinated and worked with an advisory panel that consisted of representatives from parents groups, professional organisations, principal groups and representatives from various school sectors.
• Project Manager for National Reading Day on behalf of The Australian Literacy Educators’ Association and the Australian Association for the Teaching of English
• In 2010 she acted as Project Manager for the National Celebration of Literacy.

 Analytical and Problem Solving Skills

 Wendy has been involved with a variety of school systems and individual schools to assist in the analysis of national test results (NAPLAN) utilising SMART data. Following the analysis she works collaboratively with key people in the system or school to devise a plan for action, providing advice, mentoring and support.

 Her responsibilities for managing various projects require leadership in strategic planning, resources allocation, program implementation, professional development and financial and educational accountability.

 Contact:

Email: wbean@zeta.org.au

Website: effectiveschools.com.au

 Recent published works:

Starting With Assessment Parent Information Package (1999) a joint project of the Department of Education and Training, the Catholic Commission and the Association of Independent Schools.      

 The International Education Agency Papua New Guinea Curriculum: English (1999)

 Contributed to development              

 Ways to Teach Spelling            (2000) Primary English Teaching Association            

 Writing for an Audience and Purpose Article (2001)  Practically Primary ALEA

 Understanding How to Teach Reading (2003) On line teacher professional course

Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES USA

 Spelling: Getting It Right  (2004) On line teacher professional course Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES USA

 The Relationship Between Teacher Learning and School Culture (2003) Unpublished thesis. University of Wollongong

 Teacher Learning and the Role of School Culture (2004) in Literacy in the Middle Years Vol.12, No.2 June

 Relationship Between Teacher Learning and School Culture: A summary (2005) National Quality Schooling Framework Website, Developed by Centre for Applied Educational Research, University of Melbourne

 Rubrics to Enhance Student Self-Assessment (2005) Primary English Teaching Association

 Writing Instruction K-6: Understanding Process, Purpose, Audience (2006) Richard Owens Publishers NY Co-author

 STELLA: Professional Learning Pilot Project: Project Evaluation (2006) Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 79-86

 Assessment Objects (2008) On line resources for The Learning Federation, Curriculum Corporation Melbourne

 How to be a Hot Speller (2008) Scholastic Australia

 English for a Purpose (2010) Books 1-6 Oxford University Press Melbourne