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Tania Coutts

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Blended e-Learning Facilitator / Early Years Faciliator
Qualifications
DipTchg, Google Certified Teacher
doodle
Contact details
Region: Northland
Phone: (09) 973 5695
Ext: 848
Mobile: 021 594 939
Tania is available to consult in the following areas:
    Contact us now if you would like to engage Tania
    Professional profile

    Tania is a facilitator for CORE Education based in Whangarei, Northland. Her role involves delivering professional development to teachers in early childhood services and schools throughout Northland and Northern Auckland.

    Tania is a registered early childhood teacher with extensive experience in the sector, having taught in both kindergartens and early childhood centres for over 20 years in Northland. Prior to working at CORE, Tania was Head Teacher at Manaia Kindergarten. Tania is well known nationally for her practice in integrating ICT for teaching and learning, and for engaging whānau and the wider community.

    Tania became a Google Certified Teacher at the Google Teacher Academy 2011, in Sydney. This has given Tania a vast amount of knowledge that she is able to share with teachers as they integrate Google Apps for Education into their classes/schools/centres.

    Expertise
    • Web 2.0 in Teaching and Learning
    • Digital Literacies
    • Engaging and building community through ICT
    • Creating an online Professional Learning Network to enhance teaching and learning
    • Creating positive learning environments to enhance learning in the 21st century
    • Facilitating teams of teachers in ECE and Primary to integrate ICT into their teaching and learning
    Conference presentations
    • Coutts, T. & Carlson, S. (2010, October). Powerful Connectivity and Engagement Through Life Long E-Portfolios. Presented at ULearn10 Conference, Christchurch.
    • Coutts, T. (2010 October) ABC + 123 + ICT = 21st Century. Presented at ULearn10 Conference, Christchurch.
    • Coutts, T. (2010, February). Building Community Through Blogging. Presented at Learning@Schools Conference, Rotorua.
    • Coutts, T. & Kaye, B. (2009, September). Leading and Inspiring Learning through ICT. Presented at TRCC leadership Hui, Wellington.
    • Coutts, T. & Kaye, B. (2009, October). Building Community Through Blogging. Presented at Ulearn09 Conference, Christchurch.
    • Coutts, T. & Kaye, B. (2009, October). Manaia Online. Presented Online - Eluminate.
    • Coutts, T. & Kaye, B. (2008, October). The ICT Journey Keynote Presentation at Ulearn08, Christchurch.
    • Coutts, T. & Kaye, B. (2008, October). Learning and Growing Together in ICT. Presented at Celebrating Northland’s Tamariki Conference, Whangarei.
    • Coutts, T. & Kaye, B. (2007, October). Hands on Blogging.Workshop presented at Ulearn07, Auckland.
    Publications
    • Coutts, T. & Kaye, B. (2009). Inspiring and Engaging Learners through ICT. Swings and Roundabouts, Issue 4. Early Childhood Council Pg 14/15.
    • Coutts, T. & Kaye, B (2010) “Here’s my blog address – you’ll be needing this!” In V Ham and D Wenmouth (Eds.). eLearnings: implementing a national strategy for ICT in education, 1998-2010: CORE Education.
    Personal statement

    "Having grown up in Northland, I am passionate about the outdoors and I spend lots of time with my whānau and friends at the beach and enjoying the outdoor lifestyle. I am a self confessed exercise junky with running being my main addiction. I have recently competed in the Kokoda Challenge in Australia and the Oxfam Challenge in NZ, 96km and 100km team events, making you realise your inner strength as well as raising money for worthy causes! I believe in setting challenges and being highly motivated both in my personal and work life."

    Karen Melhuish Spencer

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    e-Learning Consultant
    Qualifications
    PGDipE, PGCE, BA Hons
    doodle
    Contact details
    Region: Wellington
    Phone: (04) 974 8825
    Ext:
    Mobile: 021 110 9036
    Karen is available to consult in the following areas:
      Contact us now if you would like to engage Karen
      Professional profile

      Karen is a highly effective practitioner in education professional development and joined the CORE Education team in 2010 after five years working in blended educational professional development and consultancy, and 13 years in teaching and middle management (Years 7-13), both in New Zealand and the UK.

      Confident in blended approaches to professional learning, she is an inspiring facilitator with a national reputation. Karen is experienced with in-depth, evidence-based PD models, in the context of elearning and online communities of practice; her contribution to online communities such as Enabling eLearning (2011), English Online (2003-09), PD Online (2010) and her management of English/ESOL/Literacy Online (08/09) illustrates her passion for online learning for teachers.  

      She has a proven commitment to learner-centred pedagogy and quality-assured client-focused projects, with a sound knowledge of curriculum and pedagogies; she has undertaken extensive consultancy work in curriculum and assessment projects for the Ministry of Education, NZQA, and for international agencies (Qatar, Fiji).

      Karen has contributed to research-based protocols to guide online facilitation (Coogan & Bowker, 2009) and user-driven online search (MoE/Learning Media, 2010), has developed strategy to guide business use of social media, and is a front-end user and early adopter of technology.

      Expertise
      • Development, design and delivery of effective professional learning for teachers, grounded in sound learning theory and driven by evidence-based contextual needs
      • e-Learning leader and practitioner – effective online facilitator with a national reputation; experienced with in-depth PD models and online networked communities; developed research-based protocols to guide online facilitation; can facilitate online/face-to-face workshops on e-learning in education; mentors others to use technology for learning
      • Inspiring educator and consultant: proven commitment to learner-centred pedagogy and quality-assured client-focused projects; can develop clear strategy that meets project needs; sound knowledge of curriculum and pedagogical approaches
      Professional memberships
      • ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education)
      • NZATE (New Zealand Association of English Teachers)
      Conference presentations
      • TechHui 2011. (June 2011) - Social media and social learning for students
      • Secondary Principals, Nelson region. (2011) - Social learning: What is it and what’s the point?
      • International Conference for Teachers of English. (April, 2011) - Panel discussion on ICTs in English.
      • Launching e-Learning PD for 2011. (February, 2011) - Presentation to St Catherine’s College, Wellington
      • ULearn. (2010) - eLearning and literacy: Powerful learning, not ‘busy work’
      • NZATE Conference. (2010) - Communities not Comms: Fostering online communities of practice, eLearning and literacy: Powerful learning, not ‘busy work’
      • New Zealand Reading Association. (2009) - Exploring English, Literacy and ESOL Online
      • NZATE National Conference. (2009) - English Online: Using the website to  support ‘teaching as inquiry’
      • NZATE National Conference. (2008) - A virtual workshop: Web 2.0 and English
      Publications
      • Melhuish, K. & Falloon, G. (2010) Looking to the future: M-Learning with the iPad. Computers in New Zealand Schools: Learning, Teaching, Technology, 22 (3)
      • Melhuish, K. (2010) The big questions: Developing curriculum plans based on key concepts. English in Aotearoa (3)
      • Melhuish, K. (2010) Are blogs worthy of study? English in Aotearoa (2)
      • Melhuish, K. (2009) Encouraging our learners’ talents: Gifted and talented students in English. English in Aotearoa
      Personal statement

      "I often describe myself as a bit of a geek on the sly, and my passion for playing with technology has spilled over into my passion for professional learning. I am fascinated by the opportunities that technologies offer to help educators explore their practice in ways that are flexible, connected and engaging. I enjoy big picture strategising around ’what works’ for all learners, as well as one-to-one mentoring and group workshops."