Tessa Gray
Tessa is an Online Facilitator for the National Blended eLearning Programme.
Tessa took up her role with CORE Education in January 2006. Her primary teaching experience has spanned inner-city London and New Zealand in both classroom and specialist art teaching. Taking her commitment to art teaching further, Tessa worked on the Ministry of Education Arts Contract as a visual art facilitator. Soon after, she worked as ICT adviser for the University of Waikato.
Tessa believes that professional learning in a knowledge-based age is fundamental in ensuring that students reach their maximum potential to become lifelong learners in the 21st century. This means assisting school leaders in a blended way to develop skills and strategies for implementing effective practice while at the same time, challenging others to reflect and improve on their current teaching practice.
Tessa believes the changes in Web 2.0 have made a profound impact on our learning environments and finally the artist, designer, publisher, collaborator is on a global stage. It also means teaching is a shared practice, schools become deprivatised through social learning networks.
Tessa is interested and experienced in:
- Facilitating teacher professional learning
- Facilitating online communities
- Leader of organisational and whole school change
- Shaping effective teaching and learning school-wide
- Co-constructing e-Learning Planning Framework
- Digital citizenship and cybersafe practices
- e-Learning processes and tools
- Innovative art/ICT processes
- Gray, T. (2008) Art For the Future, Dominie Educational Supplies, Australia
- Gray, T. (2006) Art, Everywhere you Look, Dominie Educational Supplies, Australia
- Gray, T. (2004) Art Not Just Pictures, Dominie Educational Supplies, Australia
- Gray, T. (2003) Art, The Big Picture, Dominie Educational Supplies, Australia
- Gray, T. (2001) Computer Generated Art, Dominie Educational Supplies, Australia
- 2010 Strategic Planning, Online learning environments (L@S conference)
- 2009 Variety of workshops for clusters (educational landscape, Web2.0 tools and processes, strategic planning)
- 2008 Variety of workshops for clusters (Art/ICT, change management, new curriculum design, educational landscape)
- 2007 Presented workshops for multiple literacies Ulearn 07
I am the third child of four, have a fabulous partner, cheeky son and two gorgeous step-children. I enjoy a relaxed family life in the sunny BOP, pursuing creative, artistic, home decorating and photography interests.
