Roz Townsend Mediator and Conflict Coach
- Other Relevant Teaching Experience
1975-1996 Numerous Teaching Experiences
1995 Charles Sturt University
In second semester 1995 I was lecturer in charge of the compulsory
course Adolescents with Special Needs for
all new secondary teachers. I also lectured in Special
Education for Secondary Maths Teachers.
1992 -1995 Principal The Improved Reading Centre
Providing private study skills and advanced reading programs
to high school, primary and tertiary students in the Central
West of NSW. I was also working with corporate clients in
this area.
1985- 1992 Regional Disabilities Teacher/Consultant
with NSW TAFE
Teaching experience in all areas of TAFE. - I have extensive
experience of all curriculum taught in the Western Institute
of TAFE and the Open Learning Institute. As a teacher consultant
I was often called upon to offer tutorial assistance to students
and teaching assistance to staff. The students with disabilities
with whom I worked were enrolled in a large variety of courses
both internally and externally.
I ran many staff development programs for TAFE advising on
how the teaching methodology or physical layout of the classroom
needed to be changed to accommodate people with disabilities.
I also did guest lecturing in the B.A. in Adult Education
at UTS in this area.
1982-1985 Resource Teacher
Bathurst West and Bathurst Primary Schools
1981 Part-time Teacher Dept of Youth and Community
Services
Department of Adult Education
Part-time literacy and numeracy teacher.
1981 Part-time Lecturer
Lecturing in Children with Learning Problems and Models of
Teaching.
1979 -1980 Special Appointment - The Canobolas High
School
Teacher in Charge of unit for emotionally and behaviourally
disruptive adolescents.
1977 - 1978 Carenne Special School
Teaching a group of children with brain damage and Down's
syndrome.
1976 - 1977 Anson St Special School
Teaching a group of children aged 5 - 13 with various physical
and intellectual disabilities.
1975 Beverley Park Orthopaedic Hospital School
Teaching a group of 8 - 12 year olds with muscular dystrophy
and spina bifida.
Youth Work - Department of School Education 1975-1985
My various teaching appointments were focussed on the welfare
needs of my students. Most of my school teaching/welfare experience
has been in special need schools or classes(see above). In
all my school positions I was on the welfare committee liaising
with the staff, parents, government and community groups in
an effort to gain equality of access and as an advocate of
student rights.
On a number of occasions I worked with staff from the community
health centre to provide parent support programs such as STEP.
Other Relevant Experiences
92 - Present
Independent Welfare and Training Consultant
Private therapist
I worked as a private therapist offering counselling support
for a wide range of physical and emotional problems. Rehabilitation
counselling was an area of specialty that I developed and
requiring me to work with insurance companies and the legal
profession. This required me to professionally counsel my
clients and also to know the available community resources
to refer clients for additional support. I have therefore
developed links with the rehabilitation centres, Family Worker
Schemes, the Women's Refuge, sexual assault workers, mental
health nurses and the Community Health Centre.
Welfare Consultant
I worked with a number of corporate and government organisations
as a welfare and training consultant. I was required to meet
either individually or with groups of staff to determine the
welfare issues and to help the staff advocate for assistance
from within the organisation. Staff redundancies, organisational
change and staff conflict were typical of the issues I was
involved in. Again in this capacity I was required to liaise
with the Community Health Centre, the Women's Refuge, Sexual
Assault workers, Information and Neighbourhood Centres, Rural
Access Programs for Women, and local psychologists.
Migrant welfare and education was the essence
of a program I worked on at Bathurst Primary School in1995.
The program involved helping a Chinese speaking family from
Brunei to settle in Bathurst. This involved providing language
and community support plus negotiating with interpreter services,
New Arrivals Program, the Department of Immigration and the
local International Friendship Group.
Consultant for Students with Disabilities:
TAFE Disabilities Consultant 1986-1992
I set up the initial disability service for the Central West
region of TAFE. I worked with people with all manner of disabilities
and with all the relevant advocacy and support groups. Groups
included HACS, DOCS, CES, Department of Social Security, Rehabilitation
Centres, Information and Neighbourhood Centres, Department
of Health - Disability Service, parent and consumer groups
of disability services. The position involved meeting and
working with a large variety of people from government and
non-government bodies to ensure equality of access to TAFE.
I also worked on the TAFE external program "Working
with People with Disabilities". In co-operation with
the Outreach Co-ordinators and the local disability services,
I developed and ran a number of education programs for carers.
These courses proved very successful in finding employment
for the students.
Communication Skills Teaching Experience
I was the Principal of the Improved Communication Skills
Franchise. The franchise specialised in developing and presenting
effective communication skills packages. Some of the courses
I taught included: Writing Workplace Documents, Advanced Reading
Skills, Plain English Writing, Negotiating and Winning. Some
of the other courses which I developed particularly to suit
specific needs included: Group Work, Stress Management, Team
Building, Women's Mentoring Program, English for Non-Native
Speakers, Accent Reduction Program, Life Management Skills,
Study Skills, Time Management, Coaching and Counselling.
I have also written two books in these communication areas
and a third and fourth are being worked on at present. The
first is called Learning Wealth - The A-Z of Loving to Learn,
this book is now being distributed both in Australia and New
Zealand. Learning Wealth has also been recommended as a text
for the TAFE pathways program. The second is called Reading
Wealth - Discover How to Improve Your Reading and Comprehension
in 6 Easy Steps. The third is called Living Wealth - How to
get 12 Parts of Your Life into Balance and Harmony and the
fourth is called Writing Wealth; How to write clearly, persuasively
and professionally.
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