Resume
Qualifications | Employment history | Published work | Workshops & conference presentations | Further Training & Development qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS
Graduate Diploma Teacher Librarianship - South Australian College of Education, 1986 Bachelor of Education (English/Geography) - Padgate College, Manchester University, UK, 1970 Teacher's Certificate (English/Geography) - Padgate College, Manchester University, UK, 1969
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Date |
Post held & summary of duties |
2005- |
Coordinator, Library, Information Literacy, Languages & Multiculturalism at Valley View Secondary School, South Australia. |
2004 |
Teacher Librarian at Banksia Park International High School, South Australia. Year 11 Home Group teacher, Year 12 English teacher. |
1997 - 2003 |
Teacher Librarian at Adelaide High School, South Australia. Management of resource centre including provision of Internet access. Teaching of information skills within RC; provision of PD for staff; Year 12 Home Group teacher; English/geography teacher, INTRANET MANAGER. Received the inaugral DECS ICT Innovators award 2001. |
1999 |
Acting English co-ordinator , Adelaide High School (Term 2) |
1998 |
Acting Information Technology co-ordinator , Adelaide High School (Terms 3 & 4) |
1996 |
Flexible Learning Facilitator at Preston College, UK (7 months)Providing tutor support in Flexible Learning Centres to all students in GNVQ Communication core skills (also BTEC common skills). Purchasing and writing flexible learning materials to support the development of those core skills as well as course topics in English, Drama and Communications. |
1996 |
Librarian at Knowsley Community College, UK (1 month) Reader's Adviser - supervise and provide assistance to students in the Learning Centre. Assist in automation process |
1994-1995 |
Teacher Librarian at Port Adelaide Girls High School, South Australia. Taught English at Year 9 and 11; managed resource centre (shared with Primary school) including automation of collection. (Won school choice position at Adelaide High school after Port Adelaide Girls closed in 1995. Went to UK while on leave during 1996.) |
1983-1993 |
Reappointed to a permanent position as teacher-librarian at Unley High School. I worked in both Senior and Junior libraries, until the two were combined in a new resource centre in 1992. I was closely involved in designing and managing the establishment of this new facility; which included accountability for spending $250,000 on new resources, furniture and equipment. I also taught English (Yrs 8-10) and Geography classes (Yrs 8-11) |
1978-1982 |
Various contracts as teacher and teacher librarian at South Australian high schools. Several contracts as an English and Humanities teacher, and as a teacher-librarian at various metropolitan high schools. |
1970-1977 |
English/Geography teacher at Christies Beach High School, South Australia. I taught both subjects at all levels from Year 8-12. |
PUBLISHED WORK
NB: Change of name due to marriage, 2002
Spence, Sue (2005) 'LO, 'LO - learning objects and learning outcomes: New-generation learning technologies and school libraries". Access. ASLA, Vermont, Victoria. Vol.19, Issue 4, p.5.
Spence, Sue (2005) Review of The Web Library. Building a world-class personal library with free web resources. Library Management Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., Bradford, England. Vol 26 No. 6/7. ISSN 01435124
Spence, Sue (2005) "Teacher librarians, an under utilised asset in schools". Curriculum Leadership e-Journal Curriculum Corporation, Melbourne, Victoria. Vol 3, Issue 1 7 October 2005, http://cmslive.curriculum.edu.au/leader/default.asp?id=9258 .
Spence, Sue (2005) "A teacher librarian toolkit for teacher librarians". The Information Literate School Community 2: Issues of Leadership . Edited by James Henri and Marlene Asselin, Centre for Information Studies, Wagga Wagga, NSW. ISBN 1876938722
Spence, Sue (2004) "SLASA Submission to the Senate Inquiry into the progress and future direction of life-long learning", June 2004. http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/eet_ctte/lifelong04/submissions/sub029.pdf
Spence, Sue (2002), " Oh, where is a teacher librarian when you really need one? " AEU Journal, SA branch, June 2002.
Spence, Sue (2002), " Survey highlights major problems with library staffing " AEU Journal, SA branch, December 2002.
Spence, Sue & Mitchell, Pru (2002) "CoSLA submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Role of Libraries in the Online Environment" , August 2002. http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/ecita_ctte/online_libraries/submissions/sub70.rtf
Cartwright, Sue (2001), "RBL revisited". Access , ASLA, Vermont, Victoria.Vol.15, Issue 2, p.18.
Cartwright, Sue (1996), "Information Skills", Mind Matters , Preston College, Preston, England. Unit 2.
Cartwright, Sue (1995), "ASLA XIV Biennial Conference: Beyond the horizon", Una Voce , SLASA, Adelaide, South Australia. Vol.3 No.4, November 1995, p.13.
Cartwright, Sue (1994), "Information skills: monitoring the achievements of students with disabilities", Una Voce , SLASA, Adelaide, South Australia. Vol.2 No.1, March 1994, p.10.
WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS
FURTHER TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
- Aussie Mooters (Moodle conference) June 2005
- SchoolChoice Placement Committee training (DECS/AEU), May 2005
- Teaching with the brain in mind (Eric Jensen), May 2005
- Working with Gifted & Talented students in the mainstream classroom (Jude Hines), October 2003
- Amlib training (Adelaide High School) May 2002, May 2003
- How does SACSA change the emphasis of our Association's work? (CEASA) September 2002
- Personnel Advisory Committee training (AEU/DETE) May 2002
- Web Authoring with Dreamweaver, March 2002
- Andragogy and Technology (CoSLA), June 2001
- CEGSA conference. June 2001
- Online projects: integrating ICTs into the curriculum (Yvonne Murtagh, T.S.O.F) March 2001
- Merit selection panellist training (AEU) valid March 2001-March 2006
- Web design with Front Page 2000 (Jennifer Elwin, T.S.O.F) November 2000
- Helping Kids learn - making LT work for you. (Gerry Smith) October 2000
- Virtual learning (Kevin Richardson) June 2000
- The information literate school community (Jamie MacKenzie) May 2000
- Models and strategies for teaching and learning (Michael Pohl), 1999
- ESL in the mainstream (DECS), December 1997
- Supporting Open Learning (The Open College, UK), May 1996