Contributors
The publication of the Victorian Essential Learning Standards represents an outstanding collaborative achievement by all sectors of the Victorian education community. The VCAA Board acknowledges the work of the P-10 Curriculum and Assessment Committee and its Working Party on Curriculum Reform, in generously devoting their time and expertise to lead the project. These committees have had a critical role in reviewing the development and structure and content of the Essential Learning Standards and ensuring that outcomes of broad-based consultations have been incorporated into the finished product.
Writers
The VCAA wishes to particularly acknowledge the contribution of the following writers who provided expertise and advice in shaping the Essential Learning Standards. Their contribution has ensured that the Essential Learning Standards provides the basis for curriculum programs that prepare students for success in education, work and life.
Colleen Abbott - Abbott Consulting
Dr Mary Ainley - The University of
Melbourne
Robert Bellhouse - Inyahead Press
Lynne Darkin - Education
Consultant
Craig Deed - Inyahead Press
Dr Rod Fawns - The University
of Melbourne
Anita Forsyth - Monash University
Loretta Glass -
Victorian Association of Social Studies Teachers
Professor Dick Gunstone -
Monash University
Dr Gaell Hildebrand - Monash University
Pat Hincks -
Curriculum Corporation
Glenda Johnston - Inyahead Press
Professor
Joseph Lo Bianco - The University of Melbourne
Dr Grace Lynch - Lynch &
Associates
Olga MacKenzie - Kenmac Omega Consulting Pty Ltd
Marion
Meiers - Australian Council for Educational Research
James O'Meara -
University of Ballarat
Assoc. Professor Robert Reeve - The University of
Melbourne
Dr Wayne Sawyer - University of Western Sydney
Dr Richard
Sullivan - Consultant
Charmaine Taylor - Sunbury Downs Secondary College
Assoc.
Professor Russell Tytler - Deakin University
Dr Susan Wilks - The
University of Melbourne
Vic Zbar - Zbar Consulting Pty Ltd
Reference Groups and Critical Friends
Throughout the writing process, many practising teachers, academics and other educators were involved in reference groups or acted as critical friends as the learning standards were developed. The VCAA gratefully acknowledges the support of the following:
Elizabeth Aird - Office of Learning and Teaching
Jules Aldous - Shelford
Girls' Grammar
Jennifer Anderson - Seymour Technical High School
Annabel
Astbury - Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Brett Barber - John Paul
College
Maria Bast - St Peter Julian Eymard School
Cath Behan -
Catholic Education Office, Melbourne
Meredith Blackburn - Victorian
College of the Arts
Heather Brown - Heany Park Primary School
Elizabeth
Burns - Deputy Principal, Loreto Mandeville Hall
Julie Butler -
Tallangatta Primary School
Dr Damon Cartledge - La Trobe University
Greta
Carusso - Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Dr Dianne Chambers - The
University of Melbourne
Professor Michael Clyne - The University of
Melbourne
Leanne Compton - Deakin University
Professor John N.
Crossley - Monash University
Tom Daly - Wantirna College
Debbie de
Laps - Victorian Association for the Teaching of English
Assoc. Professor
Brenton Doecke - Monash University
Karen Dowling - Parliament of Victoria
Lisa
Dowse - Dandenong South Primary School
Cameron Dunwoody - Glen Waverley
Secondary College
Donald Eddington - Gresswell Cluster
Assoc.
Professor Catherine Elder - Monash University
Professor Paul Ernest -
University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Joss Evans - Innovic
Dr Michael
Evans - Scotch College
Peta Evans - Manchester Primary School
Chui
Ying Ewe - Auburn Primary School
Assoc. Professor Heather Fehring - RMIT
University
Rachael Fenslau - Melbourne Girls' College
Professor
Marilyn Fleer - Monash University
Dr Christopher Fluke - Swinburne
University of Technology
Tam Foot - Richmond West Primary School
Gregory
Frank - Marlborough Primary School
Kathie Gardner - Melton Secondary
College
Dr Margaret Gearon - Monash University
Dennis Gill - Theatre
Class
Toni Glasson - Curriculum Corporation
Dr Sally Godinho - The
University of Melbourne
Assoc. Professor Annette Gough - Deakin University
Sylvia
Guidara - Methodist Ladies' College
Marcelle Halstead-Lyons - Glen
Waverley Secondary College
Christina Hart - The University of Melbourne
Mark
P. Hennessey - Presbyterian Ladies' College
Cheryl Holdsworth - Vermont
Primary School
Dr Jacqualine Hollingworth - History Teachers' Association
of Victoria
Sharon Holman - Caulfield Grammar School
Craig Holmes -
Catholic Education Office, Melbourne
Dr Peter Hubber - Deakin University
Irene
Iliadis - Debney Park Secondary School
Vanessa Jackson-McRae - Ave Maria
College
Dr Beverley Jane - Monash University
Joanne Jepsen - Melbourne
Girls' College
Wendy Jobling - Syndal South Primary School
Kenton
Johanson - Glen Waverley Secondary College
Professor Mary Kalantzis - RMIT
University
Rob Kayler-Thomson - The Geelong College
Mary Keary -
Office of School Education
John Keysers - Mount Eliza Secondary College
Perry
Kick - Mentone Park Primary School
Ina Kuehlich - Department of Education
and Training, Eastern Region
Roger La Salle - Matrix Thinking
Frances
Lamb - Victorian Qualifications Authority
Dr Gloria Latham - RMIT
University
Professor Gilah Leder - La Trobe University
Andrea Leeder -
Anderson 's Creek Primary School
Gerard Lewis - Catholic Education Office,
Melbourne
Professor John Mack - The University of Sydney
Gail Major -
Mount Waverley Secondary College
Professor Clifford Malcolm - University
of KwaZulu, Natal, South Africa
Ted Marks - Albion North Primary School
Bernie
Marshall - Deakin University
Professor Marjory-Dore Martin - Deakin
University
Anne Mathews - Pascoe Vale Girls College
Assoc. Professor
Anne McDougall - The University of Melbourne
Chris McGuire - Parkdale
Secondary College
Rosemary McLoughlin - Catholic Education Office,
Melbourne
Steven McTaggart - Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
Denise
Miles - Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc.
Ian Mitchell -
Monash University
Roger Morgan - Science Teachers' Association of Victoria
Kate
Morris - Melbourne Girls' College
Robert Nelson - Bannockburn Primary
School
Dr Howard Nicholas - La Trobe University
Gary Norbury -
Tootgarook Primary School
Brendan O'Brien - Department of Education and
Training, Goulburn North East Region
Marcia O'Brien - Lara Primary School
Margaret
Orme - Department of Education and Training
Michael Pakakis - Victorian
Space Science Education Centre, Strathmore Secondary College
Raymond Pask
– Melbourne High School
David Patrao - Office of Learning and
Teaching
Ray Peck - President, Mathematics Association of Victoria
Professor
Cheryl E. Praeger - University of Western Australia
Assoc. Professor
Vaughan Prain - La Trobe University
Glenn Proctor - Mount Waverley
Secondary College
Meri Rametta - Victorian Commercial Teachers' Association
Mark
Reeves - The Alpine School
Lyndon Regan - Anderson's Creek Primary School
Christine
Reid - Victorian Commercial Teachers' Association
Peter Robert - Drama
Victoria
Dr Marty Ross - The University of Melbourne
Allister Rouse -
Waverley Christian College
Michael L. Rowland - Victorian Commercial
Teachers' Association
Dr Josephine Ryan - Australian Catholic University
Bronwyn
Salton - McKinnon Secondary College
Paul Sedunary - St Pius X Catholic
School
Kerry Sidaway - Western Heights College
Assoc. Professor Diane
Siemon - RMIT University
Elizabeth Simpson - Department of Education and
Training
Dorothy Smith - Melbourne Girls' Grammar School
Mandy
Stefanakis - Essex Heights Primary School
Louise Stevens - Catholic
Regional College, St Albans
Karen Strang - Department of Education and
Training, Western Region
Michael Spurr - History Teachers' Association of
Victoria
Professor Peter Sullivan - La Trobe University
Leonie
Swarbrick - Victorian Commercial Teachers' Association
Colin Symons - Glen
Waverley Secondary College
Ross Taylor - Cobram Primary School
Robert
Timmer-Arends - Brighton Secondary College
David J. Tout - Council for
Adult Education
Rosalie Triolo - Monash University
Laurel Tully -
Methodist Ladies' College
Dagmar Turnidge - Incorporated Association of
Registered Teachers of Victoria
Kathy Wacey - Mill Park Primary School
Lynn
Wadeson - Albany Rise Primary School
Gregory Wallis - Western Heights
College
Joedy Wallis - MultiMedia Victoria
Dr Caroline Walta -
Methodist Ladies' College
Marianne Ward - Geography Teachers' Association
of Victoria
John Werry - Department of Innovation, Infrastructure &
Regional Development
Marianne Westbrook
Alan Wharton - Caulfield
Grammar School
Marilyn Wiber - Mentone Girls' Grammar
Angela Wiseman -
Mentone Girls' Grammar
Neville Young - Glen Waverley Secondary College
Dr
Cristina Varsavsky - Monash University
Supporting Projects
Throughout the development of the Victorian Essential Learning Standards, a number of teachers and schools were involved in a range of projects to ensure that the Essential Learning Standards are consistent with current effective practice in schools, that standards are appropriate and that publication materials are user-friendly. The VCAA acknowledges the following:
Fay Agterhuis - Point Lonsdale Primary School
Trudy Ambler - The
Westbourne Grammar School
Rita Austin - Firbank Grammar
Adrian Basset
- Torquay Primary School
Michael Block - Woodlands Primary School
Jane-Elizabeth
Boyle - Western Heights College
Leanne Bradney - Parkdale Primary School
Bernadette
Brouwers - St Patrick's College
Monica Byrne - St Columba's College
Lyn
Byrnes - Dandenong South Primary School
Theminy Carydias - Carwatha
College P-12
Marilyn Chambers - Tallangatta Secondary College
Fred
Clarke - Warrnambool East Primary School
Kerry Clayton - Robertson -
Monash Primary School
Brian Considine - Sydney Road Community School
Jenny
Cussen - Kiewa Valley Primary School
Debbie Darvell - St Peter's East
Bentleigh
Lynn Davie - Essendon North Primary School
Chris Davies -
The Alpine School
Michelle Dodson - Syndal South Primary School
Craig
Dullard - St John's Regional College
Sandra Favaloro - Corio West Primary
School
Annette Gilbert - Glen Waverley Secondary School
Victoria
Giummarra - Our Lady of Sion College
Judy Gray - Glen Waverley Primary
School
Richard Griffiths - The Grange P-12 College
Susan Grisdale -
Mentone Park Primary School
Sarah Guthry - Parkdale Secondary College
Garry
Henderson - St Patricks College
Peggy Hendrickson - Ballarat North Primary
School
Tracy Herft - Glen Waverley Secondary College
Alice Hesse - The
Alpine School
Sharon Hill - Point Lonsdale Primary School
Julie
Houghton - Galvin Park Secondary College
Paul Jones - Queenscliff Primary
School
Sheereen Kindler - Parkdale Secondary College
Geoff Lacey -
Myrrhee Primary School
Linda Latella - Derrimut Heath Primary School
Tony
Lawrence - Brunswick Secondary College
Michael Linde - Torquay Primary
School
Damien Lyons - Bundarra Primary School
Jill Martin - Lowanna
College
Tim McMahon - Parkdale Secondary College
Michael Metcalfe -
Creating a Highpoint Cluster
Rowena Milbourne - Department of Education
and Training
Averil Moore - Glen Waverley SIE Cluster, Glen Waverley
Secondary College
Karin Morrison - Bialik College
Olga Mueller -
Altona Secondary College
Tim Newton - Caulfield Junior College
Pam
Nicholls - Sacred Heart School
Tami O'Hare - Western Heights College
Helen
Otway - Essendon North Primary School
Susan Parker - Melbourne Girls'
College
Chris Paynter - Lowanna College
Karen Quaife - Nazareth
Catholic Primary School
David Quinn - Westgrove Primary School
Sharon
Ranger - Cambridge Primary School
Joanne Roberts - The Grange P-12 College
Joanne
Ryan - Galvin Park Secondary College
Kerry Sidaway - Western Heights
College
Julie Shelton - Glen Waverley Secondary College
Iain Stoddart
- Deans Marsh Primary School
Kylie Swift - Mount View Primary School
Sue
Trounson - Ivanhoe East Primary School
Paul van Breugel - Lowanna College
Leanne
Vines - Dingley Primary School
Rebecca Vosper - The MacRobertson Girls'
High School
Glenice Warner - Cluster Educator, Parkdale Cluster
Winsome
Warren - Footscray City Primary School
Warragul Regional College
Fiona
Webster - Distance Education Centre Victoria
Esther Weichert - Donvale
Christian College
L.E. Wills - Ruyton Girls' School
Kerron Worsdell -
Essendon North Primary School
Denis Young - Parkdale Secondary School
The VCAA would also like to thank the many other individuals who have contributed to the development of the Victorian Essential Learning Standards.
