Resume

Why I love to teach and my experience

After contracting meningitis when I was 21 months old and I have became profoundly deaf. I attended School for the Deaf Girls at Waratah where they taught us to lipread and speak, which can be very difficult at times. 

I learned to sign Auslan later in life and because it gave me such freedom of expression, it became a passion.  This motivated me to study how to teach Auslan.   I have been doing this now for over 25 years at University, schools, AtWea, Tafe, preschools and in private tutoring. 

 I love new experiences and meeting new people and I feel so honoured to share this empowered gift with others.

My teaching style

-        I use my own curriculum for 8 week course.

-        I teach basic Auslan signs and how to communicate with deaf people.

-        Students learning in groups or in pairs for practice

-        Invite students interact within the Deaf Community eg. Auslan café

 Something unique/interesting about me

I grew up in a hearing world so in later life, I had to find my own identity and now I belong to both hearing and deaf world which I am proud of. 

My qualifications

-        Certificate IV in Auslan Teaching

-        Certificate 111 in Education Support -Teacher’s Aide (Special needs) 

I have worked with children with special needs mostly deaf children for 24 years at St Dominic Centre and Tenambit Primary school Deaf Unit.

-        TAE 10 and TAE 16

-        Certificate IV in Disability

I supported DeafBlind and other deaf people for over 15 years with the Deaf Society.