The Hon Minister James Merlino
Deputy Premier of Victoria and Minister for Education
In November, 2002 James was first elected to Parliament as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Monbulk. James was also a member of the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee between 2003 and 2006.
Following the 2006 state election, James became Minister for Sport, Recreation and Youth Affairs in the Bracks Labor Government.
During this period James was also appointed with the additional responsibility of Minister Assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs.
As the son of a migrant, James’ tenure as Minister Assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs was personally significant and provided James with the opportunity to support Victoria’s vibrant multicultural society.
James was Shadow Minister for Police and Shadow Minister for the TAC and Road Safety between December 2010 up until February 2012. That same month James was named Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Education.
Following Labor’s victory at the 2014 state election, it was an honour for James to be sworn in as Deputy Premier and Minister for Education in the Andrews Labor Government. In 2016, James also became the Minister for Emergency Services.
James was honoured to again be sworn in as Deputy Premier and Minister for Education in the Andrews Government following the 2018 state election. James was sworn in as Minister for Mental Health in September 2020 and as Acting Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers in October 2021.
https://www.jamesmerlino.com.au/
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Deputy Premier of Victoria and Minister for Education
Sareena Hopkins
Executive Director
Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF)
As Executive Director of the Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF), Sareena works in Canada and internationally to strengthen the reach and impact of career development. With her team at CCDF, she moves from ideas to action in areas of public policy, research and development, capacity building and advocacy. Sareena is on the Board of the International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy, the National Panel for the Labour Market Information Council, is an International Fellow of NICEC and was awarded the Gold Medal for International Leadership in Career Development in 2014.
www.ccdf.ca
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Executive Director
Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF)
Dr. Kris Magnusson
Professor, Faculty of Education
Simon Fraser University
Dr. Kris Magnusson joined the Faculty of Education at SFU as Dean in 2009, after 21 years at the Universities of Calgary and Lethbridge. His academic work focuses on counselling psychology and career development, and he was the 2006 recipient of the Stu Conger Award for Leadership in Career Development.
He is a two-term Chair of the Association of BC Deans of Education and led the development of the ACDE Accord on Internationalization in Education.
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Professor, Faculty of Education
Simon Fraser University
Dave Redekopp
President
Life-Role Development Group Ltd.
Dave has been an avid champion of career development since 1988. He has been awarded provincial and Canadian awards in career development and is recognized as a thought leader in the field. His career development expertise afforded him the privilege of teaching thousands of practitioners, developing dozens of courses, delivering hundreds of talks, conducting several research studies, and developing a host of career development resources for practitioners and the public. Dave holds a PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Alberta.
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President
Life-Role Development Group Ltd.
Michael Huston
Director
Creative Victoria
Michael has been involved in the career development field as a counsellor, practitioner, trainer, and counsellor educator since the early 1990s. He is a Registered Psychologist, counsellor, and associate professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, Canada where he provides counselling addressing personal, educational, and career-related concerns. Michael continues to teach graduate courses and facilitate practitioner workshops focused on counselling skills and intervention strategies. His areas of interest and exploration include counsellor training, career intervention, stress and coping, and counselling outcomes and evaluation. He is particularly interested in the various connections between career development, mental health, mental illness, and wellbeing.
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Director
Creative Victoria
Mae Batrouney
CEAV Committee of Management President & Career Practitioner
Highvale Secondary College
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CEAV Committee of Management President & Career Practitioner
Highvale Secondary College
Dr Mary McMahon
Honorary Associate Professor, School of Education
The University of Queensland
Dr Mary McMahon is an Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Education at The University of Queensland. With a background in secondary school education and career guidance, Mary has worked in the field of career development for over 30 years. She is the developer and co-author of the internationally recognised Systems Theory Framework of Career Development which takes a holistic ‘individual in context’ view of career development. A focus of her work has been the application of systems thinking and systems mapping to career theory, research and practice. Mary researches career development across the lifespan and narrative and systems approaches to career counselling and qualitative career assessment. Mary is particularly interested in the career development of children and adolescents and how career education can support them. She is also interested in assisting school personnel develop skills and knowledge in career education.
https://www.uq.edu.au/
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Honorary Associate Professor, School of Education
The University of Queensland
Trevor Black
CEAV Committee of Management Vice-President and Career Practitioner
Carey Baptist Grammar School
Teaching in Mathematics for over 30 years, Trevor has been involved in Career Development since 2014. He is a career practitioner at Carey Baptist Grammar School and is currently the Vice President of the Yarra Careers Group and Vice President of the ACCE.
www.ceav.vic.edu.au
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CEAV Committee of Management Vice-President and Career Practitioner
Carey Baptist Grammar School
Narelle McFadden
CEAV Committee of Management Treasurer & Career Practitioner
Ivanhoe Grammar School
Career Practice Professional at Ivanhoe Grammar School and currently on the Executive Committee of the CEAV in the role of Treasurer.
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CEAV Committee of Management Treasurer & Career Practitioner
Ivanhoe Grammar School
Phil Newnham
CEAV Committee of Management Secretary & Career Counsellor
Wantirna College
Phil has been a career practitioner since the early 2000s. He is currently the Careers Counsellor at Wantirna College, a large co-educational government school in Melbourne’s outer east. He completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Career Development) at ACU, Melbourne. He has served both as Secretary and President of the Knox Careers Group, as a member of the CEAV Committee of Management, and is currently the Secretary of the CEAV Executive Committee. His approach to counselling is to foster a safe environment for students to have careers conversations. One of his key goals is to equip them to develop self-awareness and to confidently manage career decisions. He aims to model good practice to his colleagues and engender an effective whole school approach to career development education, and to advocate for the recognition of the work of career practitioners.
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CEAV Committee of Management Secretary & Career Counsellor
Wantirna College
Bernadette Gigliotti
CEO
Australian Centre for Career Education
www.ceav.vic.edu.au
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CEO
Australian Centre for Career Education
Adrienne Hazledene
Program Manager - Major Projects
Australian Centre for Career Education
Adrienne has been with the CEAV since 2019 and currently oversees the Jobs Victoria Career Counsellors Service. Adrienne also has oversight of the DET My Career Insights Program. Adrienne has extensive experience managing career counselling programs in state and federal Government sectors, including Victoria Police and the Australian Federal Police. Prior to joining the CEAV, Adrienne managed a national Work and Study Program for headspace.
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Program Manager - Major Projects
Australian Centre for Career Education
Dr. Jim Bright
Doctor, Professor and Director
Australian Catholic University
Dr Jim Bright is Professor of Career Education and Development at Australian Catholic University. Based in Sydney, Australia, he is a practicing psychologist, who works with clients in medico-legal matters such as motor vehicle accidents and workplace injuries, as well as coaching elite sports people and executives. He is also director of Research & Impact for Become Education.
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Doctor, Professor and Director
Australian Catholic University
Barry Darnell
Director
Career Analysts
Barry Darnell is the Director of Career Analysts, distributing Morrisby products in Australia and New Zealand since 2003. He has a BSc in Behavioural Science, Post Graduate Diploma in Careers Guidance (UK) and an MSc in Occupational Psychology. Prior to starting Career Analysts, Barry worked as a career adviser in the UK for 5 years then for a variety of psychometric test publishers and HR oriented management consultancies. His focus has always been the design and delivery of datacentric solutions for selection, career management and succession planning.
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Director
Career Analysts
David Carney
Executive Director
Career Industry Council of Australia
David is the Executive Director of the Career Industry Council of Australia. He has more than 20 year’s experience working in the career development industry and is recognised nationally and internationally for the knowledge and expertise he brings to the field. David is a passionate advocate and contributor to improving quality and access to career development services in Australia including development of professional standards, quality frameworks, online services, practitioner registration, workforce career development and a range of national career development initiatives. He has and continues to be a member and active contributor to a broad range of government and corporate consultative and advisory bodies in the area of career development, employment and workforce development. David is also a member of the Australian Government National Careers Institute Advisory Board.
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Executive Director
Career Industry Council of Australia
Trent Loader
Director, Career Education
Education Services Australia
Trent Loader is the Director of Career Education at Education Services Australia (ESA) – the company that manages myfuture, the National Career Information Service. Holding full registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching and a Professional Member of the CDAA, Trent has extensive experience working with high-risk adolescents over more than 25 years. Trent has worked as a Youth Worker, a Secondary school teacher, VET/VCAL/ Careers Coordinator, Head of School and as a University Education Manager.
Academically he has a Master of Education (Career Development), Bachelor of Social Science (Social Welfare), Grad Dip in Education, Grad Dip in Management, Diploma in VET, Diploma of Training Design & Development, and a Diploma of Counselling Psychology. Trent is currently a Doctoral Candidate at ACU with a research area in Chaos Theory of Careers investigating Adolescent Perception of Chance Events in relation to their opportunity Awareness.
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Director, Career Education
Education Services Australia
Helen Madden
ACCE Committee of Management Member & Career Practitioner
Plenty Valley Christian College
Helen Madden is an experienced Careers Practitioner who currently works at Plenty Valley Christian College and is CEAV Executive Committee member. Helen has completed A Bachelor of Psychological Science and a Graduate Certificate in Career Education and Development.
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ACCE Committee of Management Member & Career Practitioner
Plenty Valley Christian College
Jacky Burton
CEAV Committee of Management Member & Career Practitioner
The Knox School
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CEAV Committee of Management Member & Career Practitioner
The Knox School
Dora Karas
CEAV Committee of Management Member & Head of Teaching and Learning
CEAV Institute
Dora has been pivotal in developing the Career Education program at Marcellin College over the past 15 years together with 25 years as a Physics Teacher. Dora ensures each student from Year 7 through to Year 12 develops and maintains an individualised Career Action Plan. Dora uses the Marcellin Collegian Alumni to provide a breadth of knowledge and experience to inspire and offer support to the current students. Dora also worked on the team that created The Marcellin Business Network, which connects regularly to exchange industry knowledge and current affairs and events pertaining to post school employment.
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CEAV Committee of Management Member & Head of Teaching and Learning
CEAV Institute
Lucinda Huffer
CEAV Executive Committee Member & Director of Student Pathways
Wellington Secondary College
Lucinda has worked as a careers practitioner for 20 years in a large culturally diverse government secondary college. With Year 10 cohorts of 300+ managing the course counselling process is a challenge, with Covid having forced changes in how it is approached.
www.wellingtonsc.vic.edu.au
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CEAV Executive Committee Member & Director of Student Pathways
Wellington Secondary College
Penne Dawe
Manager - Partnerships and Development, CCCA
Australian Centre for Career Education
Penne has a strong background in the finance, consulting, and steel industry with over 30 years’ experience in product development, marketing, and business development. She has also worked as a part time adjunct lecturer in the economic faculty of Sydney University for 4 years where she taught product development and retail management. Penne holds a BA, MA and Masters of Business (majoring in marketing) and is currently completing a Masters in Human Services (Counselling) at Swinburne University. In 2014 she entered the not-for-profit sector co-managing SANE Australia’s Mindful Employer workplace program and representing SANE on the Mentally Healthy Workplace Alliance. More recently, she was employed by an NDIS service provider before joining The Australian Centre for Career Education as Partnership and Development Manager.
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Manager - Partnerships and Development, CCCA
Australian Centre for Career Education
Adrian Larkin
Clinical Coordinator, Work & Study Service
Headspace
Adrian is a Social Worker who has worked across Youth Mental Health, Education & Employment, Bushfire & Natural disaster Trauma and Recovery, Suicide Postvention, Homelessness and Disability. Passionate about social justice Adrian aspires to always put young people and their experience as the primary focus of his work.
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Clinical Coordinator, Work & Study Service
Headspace
Natalie Spencer
Clinical Advisor, Work & Study Service
Headspace
Working in the field of mental health has allowed me many opportunities ranging from inpatient, community work, counselling, AOD, and youth support, developing mental health programs for nurses and midwives across Victoria, developing and commissioning mental health services across Melbourne, providing supervision, developing new initiatives and role development with a strong focus on empowerment and education. These underpinning principles of consumer directed services where informed choice through advocacy is at the heart.
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Clinical Advisor, Work & Study Service
Headspace
Dr. Joanne Webber
Disability and Inclusion Expert
Disability Inclusion Pty Ltd
Dr Joanne Mosen has experience in disability-inclusive education in Australia and across the Asia Pacific region with work in disability inclusion in primary, secondary and tertiary education contexts with universities, INGOs and managing contractors. The rights and empowerment of people with a disability has been at the forefront of Joanne’s work with a focus on meaningful career transition pathways alongside the capacity development of people with a disability.
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Disability and Inclusion Expert
Disability Inclusion Pty Ltd
Karen Pritchard
Project Manager - My Career Insights
Australian Centre for Career Education
Karen is currently the Program Manager of the My Career Insights Program. My Career Insights is a part of the Transforming Career Education reforms and is run in partnership with the CEAV, Department of Education and Training and Career Analysts to deliver the ‘Morrisby Online’ to Victorian Government Yr9 school students. Karen has been involved in this program as a Regional Coordinator in the South West since it’s inception in 2019. Prior to this I was a Career Practitioner and Teacher at Emmanuel College in Warrnambool. Karen has taught in both Government and Catholic schools and have also worked as a Student Wellbeing Coordinator before moving into the Career space. Karen holds qualifications in Graduate Certificate in Career Development, Graduate Diploma of Education (Student Wellbeing) and Bachelor of Education(Secondary/Science).
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Project Manager - My Career Insights
Australian Centre for Career Education
Josie Rovetto
Careers Development Practitioner
Antonine College
Teacher librarian since 1987 and Careers development practitioner since 2000.
Awarded Maryanne Mooney Perpetual Trophy in 2020 and David Osborne Award for careers service in 2016. Josie has completed the Graduate Certificate in Career Development, Graduate Diploma Student Wellbeing, Graduate Diploma Information Technology and Communication in Education and Bachelor of Education in Arts Secondary Teaching and Librarianship. Established a Careers Resource Centre and VCAL at Samaritan College, Preston. Part time roles from 2006, Wellbeing Coordinator at St Bernadette’s Primary School, Sunshine North and on call VTAC and pathways counselling at Rosehill Secondary College. In 2010 re-established the careers and library services at Antonine College St Joseph’s Campus, Pascoe Vale. Active member of library, VET and career networks including CEAV, president of the Darebin Careers Network 2002 – 2004 and Co-President of the Darebin and Moreland Careers Network 2014 – 2017.
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Careers Development Practitioner
Antonine College
Alison Wall
Manager, Industry Capability & Development
Major Road Projects Victoria
Alison has extensive expertise in training and development, with over 20 years’ experience working in and alongside the VET sector. Currently managing Industry Capability and Development at Major Road Projects Victoria, Alison is responsible for attracting people to the civil construction industry to support the completion of road projects that connect millions of Victorians.?Previously Alison was at the National Broadband Network (nbn) overseeing the skills development of the workforce responsible for the network across Australia. Alison’s work with industry has been supported by her experience within the VET sector; working as a trainer, within the VET Unit at the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) and as the Deputy Chair of the national Industry Reference Committee for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Training Package, working with PwC’s Skills for Australia and the Australian Industry and Skills Committee.
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Manager, Industry Capability & Development
Major Road Projects Victoria
Lauren Chonka
Regional Coordinator
Australian Centre for Career Education
Lauren is the Regional Coordinator for My Career Insights Brimbank Melton and Western Melbourne.
My Career Insights engages the Department of Education and Training, Career Education Association of Victoria (CEAV) and Career Analysts to deliver ‘Morrisby Online’.
The program aims to help students discover, develop and drive their career planning, and learn more about their strengths, interests and career options.
Lauren is currently studying the Graduate Certificate of Career Development Practice, and also holds a Bachelor of Food Science & Nutrition and a Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Primary).
She resides on the Mornington Peninsula with her partner and two daughters and her interests include learning, the outdoors and the Peregrine Falcons at 367 Collins Street.
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Regional Coordinator
Australian Centre for Career Education
Linno Rhodes
Programs Coordinator
Australian Centre of Further Education
Linno Rhodes has worked in the adult community education sector in Learn Locals and TAFE. Linno is on the Fine Print editorial committee and is the President of VALBEC. She is a 2018 International Specialised Skills Fellow.
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Programs Coordinator
Australian Centre of Further Education
Andrew Douch
Teacher & eLearning Consultant
Evolveducation
Andrew is well known for his innovative approaches to education, which help teachers amplify their impact on student learning by inspiring new thinking about teaching effectively in a technology-rich world. He is also well known among students for his engaging online video courses.
His ideas and strategies have been adopted by teachers at all levels of education across Australia and the world and have attracted numerous awards including a Prime Minister’s Award for Quality Schooling, the Victorian Education Excellence Award for Curriculum Innovation, The Microsoft Worldwide Innovative Teacher of the Year, an IMS Global Leadership Award and an Australian College of Educators World Teachers’ Day Award.
www.evolveducation.com.au
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Teacher & eLearning Consultant
Evolveducation
Melissa Palmer
Senior Education Advisor
Pop Education
With 15 years in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector, Melissa has experienced all sides including design, development, teaching and assessing both online and in a traditional classroom. Her experience spans both TAFE and private training organisations. Melissa’s toolbox includes high level assessment and content design, managing e-learning projects and quality assurance to name but a few. Self-confessed creative geek, Melissa brings fun, focus and the ability to think outside what is commonly referred to as ‘normal’ regarding assessments. Her passion and knowledge around ensuring compliance is second to none.
https://www.popeducation.com.au/
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Senior Education Advisor
Pop Education
Sarah Phillips
Managing Director
Pop Education
Sarah has 16 years experience in developing custom VET resources in the online and blended space. In this time, she has developed assessments for over 300 units of competency. Her passion for assessment best practice has grown over the last 10 years, delivering training on eLearning and assessment strategies across the country. Sarah has also designed dozens of full courses and has experience in all facets of end-to-end development.
https://www.popeducation.com.au
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Managing Director
Pop Education
Nina Bekker
Senior Training Manager
Cire Services Inc.
Nina has been with Cire since 2014 and brings much to her role with approximately 20 years in educational leadership in the adult learning field. She has two degrees in education and furthers her qualifications through professional development events focusing on strategic leadership within educational settings.
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Senior Training Manager
Cire Services Inc.
Katie Yates
Community Project Manager
Tradeswomen Australia Group
The Tradeswomen Australia Group (TWAG) comprises Tradeswomen Australia Foundation (TWA) and Tradeswomen Australia Community Foundation (TWACF). The group members collaborate to create inclusive trades workplaces and to support women into financial security, as well as a valued community and economic contribution through trade careers.
www.twacf.org
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Community Project Manager
Tradeswomen Australia Group
Helen Storr
Director & Founder
Pivotal Pathways
As a past educator, Helen continues her passion for education and has an in-depth understanding and knowledge of the processes, structures and challenges of the education system.?
Her extensive experience as an educator over 37 years, including Teacher, Principal, Regional and Central Leader has provided her with a thorough understanding of how people learn and she continues to use this to compassionately, creatively and courageously empower and enable her clients to excel in their chosen field. Throughout her career she has expanded her educational knowledge into Vocational Learning through providing consulting to various RTO’s and TAFE settings.
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Director & Founder
Pivotal Pathways
Raj Selvam
Associate Lecturer and Educational Consultant
Box Hill Institute
Raj is an Associate Lecturer in the School of Higher Education, Faculty of Health, Community and Life Sciences at Box Hill Institute. Raj has worked in vocational education and training (VET) and VET in Schools for over eight years and in Tertiary Education since 2016. Before becoming an educator, Raj was a youth worker and worked in both frontline and leadership roles within community services sector since 2006. This includes working with diverse abilities, chronic homelessness, alcohol and other drug abuse, mental health crisis, comorbidities, Child Protection and with schools in low socioeconomic areas across Victoria in community development roles.
Raj strongly believes that education and individual capability building are the key to breaking the cycle of disadvantage among children, young people, families and communities.
www.boxhill.edu.au
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Associate Lecturer and Educational Consultant
Box Hill Institute
Katrina Unger
Senior Career Practitioner
National Careers Institute & School leavers information Service
Katrina (MEduCarDev, DipEd, BCom) is an experienced careers educator and practitioner with positions in industry, HE and VET and specialist school settings. She is passionate about supporting youth with their career development and education journeys.
https://www.yourcareer.gov.au/schoolleaver
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Senior Career Practitioner
National Careers Institute & School leavers information Service
Enza Sgroi
Career Counsellor
Mount Scopus Memorial College
Enza Sgroi has been involved in teaching careers education in secondary schools since the late 1980s. In 2003 she was selected as the Careers Counsellor at Berwick Secondary College. and in 2006, Leader of Pathways and Transitions at Wantirna College, a role she held until 2014. In 2015, Enza was appointed as the Careers Counsellor at Mount Scopus Memorial College where she currently works. During her career, she has held the positions of Secretary and President/Chairperson of the Dandenong Valley Careers Education Association, the Knox Careers Group and the Mullum VET Cluster. Enza was a committee and executive member of the CEAV from 2009 until May 2021. She became Secretary of the Association in 2013 and Vice President in 2019. In 2013, Enza was honoured to be awarded the ‘Ruth Chapman in Careers Service Award’ and Life Membership of the CEAV in 2018. She is passionate about teaching her students strong careers development skills and ensuring they receive comprehensive, ethical and impartial careers counselling.
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Career Counsellor
Mount Scopus Memorial College
Daniel Grech
Career Development Team Leader
MAS National
Daniel Grech is a qualified Career Development Counsellor working as a Victoria Team Leader at Mas National. Daniels role see him providing tailored advice to students and job seekers across all industries and levels including Apprenticeships and Traineeships. Daniel has worked in careers and Australian Apprenticeships (including traineeships) for 17 years through a variety of roles and has a passion for ensuring young people are aware of industry knowledge and facts, including that there are many different pathways to get to a career destination. Daniel will provide expert information on Australian Apprenticeship pathways along with workplace expectations and readiness.
www.masexperience.com.au
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Career Development Team Leader
MAS National
Daniel Santo
ICT and Digital Manager
Australian Centre for Career Education
Daniel is a qualified ICT professional specialising in project coordination, business and data analysis as well as building relationships with stakeholders. He holds a PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation & Practitioner Certificate in Agile Project Management. Daniel is responsible for the technical delivery of both My Career Insights (Department of Education and Training Victoria) and Jobs Victoria Career Counsellors Service (Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions).
https://ceav.vic.edu.au/tcs
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ICT and Digital Manager
Australian Centre for Career Education
Raquel Martins
Event Planner & Project Coordinator
Australian Centre for Career Education
Raquel has worked on delivering a number of key events and projects for the ACCE since 2017. She is a highly skilled event planner who has coordinated and delivered career education events across the state, working closely with international and Australian career education experts, industry partners and schools. Raquel is passionate about creating memorable and engaging events and experiences.
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Event Planner & Project Coordinator
Australian Centre for Career Education
Amanda Siva
Careers Practitioner
Carey Baptist Grammar School
Amanda is an accomplished Career Practitioner who continually seeks to refine and improve career programs and resources. She has experienced great success in the development of online programs during remote learning and has helped developed 'Careers Hub' with Trevor Black to support students and parents at Carey. She is keen to share what they have learnt with others looking to develop their online presence.
carey.com.au
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Careers Practitioner
Carey Baptist Grammar School
Liz Rundle
VET Coordinator
Fairhills High School
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VET Coordinator
Fairhills High School
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Naomi Corlett
CEAV Life Member
Career Education Association of Australia
Naomi Corlett is an experienced career development professional who has worked across many aspects of the career industry. Naomi was a school-based practitioner for 20 years and a consultant to a wide range of career development projects at both state and federal government level. Recently she has undertaken benchmarking school career services and contributing to the customisation of courses to develop indigenous career practitioners.
As a project officer at the CEAV she contributed to the development of a number of projects such as the Victorian Careers Curriculum Framework for Years 3 to 12 and the CEAV Benchmarking tool. In addition she has delivered professional development programs to career practitioners, regional careers groups, students, and parents both locally, interstate and internationally. She edited the CEAV Journal for a number of years and the first edition of the CEAV Career workbooks and teacher guides
Naomi has been a board member of community organisations and was CEAV President from 1995 – 1999. Naomi is a life member of the CEAV.
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CEAV Life Member
Career Education Association of Australia
Natalie Maharaj
Project Officer
Australian Centre for Career Education
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Project Officer
Australian Centre for Career Education
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Penny Hysen
RTO Trainer/Assessor, CEAV Institute
Australian Centre for Career Education
Penny Hysen is a professional member of ACCE and has a wealth of careers development experience in the education sector before commencing as a Trainer and Assessor for the CEAV Institute. Her professional life has been in teaching, year level coordination, curriculum development and Careers Education in TAFE, CAE and Secondary School sectors of education. Penny is committed to ensuring Careers Development has qualified practitioners delivering this vital service in both the education and private sector.
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Australian Centre for Career Education
Melanie Brooks
Education Specialist, Senior Secondary Certificate Reform
VCAA (Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority)
M.Ed, PgC.PP, B.Ed, B.Soc.Sc, Adv Dip. AOD
2018 VCAL Teacher of the Year
2018 Excellence Award – Integrated Program
Melanie has been working in the Applied Learning Sector for 20 years in a variety of settings including ‘mainstream’ secondary schools, community VCAL, TAFE and Juvenile Justice Settings. During that time, Melanie has taught every stream of VCAL at every level.
Melanie has had much success coordinating a number of re engagement programs, transforming reluctant learners into autonomous leaders through engagement in, and exposure to practical, authentic learning opportunities.
Melanie has extensive experience in both teaching and the coordination of a wide variety of VET programs. In 2018 Melanie completed a thesis entitled “The Impact of The Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning on Career, Further Education and Training Pathways”. The findings from this research provided valuable insights into how the VCAL experience influences young people’s education and career choices beyond secondary school.
Melanie is now a key member of the VCAA’s Senior Secondary Certificate Reform team where she has been a key member of the Vocational Major Certificate design team and is leading the curriculum development of both Personal Development Skills and Work Related Skills.
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Education Specialist, Senior Secondary Certificate Reform
VCAA (Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority)
Kim Coyne
Health and well-being coach
Kim is a trained registered nurse with 25years of experience working in a wide range of clinical settings such as medical, surgical and theatre, rehabilitation, remote indigenous communities, schools and outdoor education camps, hospital in the home, district nursing and community health. Kim is currently employed in the Community Health sector, as a Health and Wellbeing Coach, where she has successfully developed and implemented an award-winning health and wellbeing coaching program for unpaid carers. This current role allows Kim to utilise her depth of nursing knowledge and combine it with a passion for education and mentoring participants to build capacity to improve health outcomes.
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Leela Darvall
Department of Education and Training
Department of Education and Training
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Department of Education and Training
Scott Widmer
Assistant Deputy Secretary, Senior Secondary Pathways Reform Taskforce
Department of Education and Training
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Assistant Deputy Secretary, Senior Secondary Pathways Reform Taskforce
Department of Education and Training
Amanda McMahon
Key Account Coordinator
Head Start
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Key Account Coordinator
Head Start
Dr Deb Hull
CPTAV
Council of Professional Teaching Associations (CPTAV)
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Council of Professional Teaching Associations (CPTAV)
Stefanie Doyle
Department of Education and Training
Department of Education and Training
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Thomas Nice
Department of Education and Training
Department of Education and Training
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Department of Education and Training
Robert Pyers
Principal
Horsham College
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Horsham College
Cindy Giang
Teacher
Braybrook College
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Dean Atkinson made a name for himself after his appearance on Australia’s Got Talent. He appeared in the grand final and was awarded The Judges Choice for the whole season. Since then he has headlined on luxurious cruise liners and at major corporate events all over the world. Considered one of Australia’s funniest and most inventive corporate comedians he and his hilarious puppet characters will provide you with life long memories. CEAV welcomes Dean back as MC for the ACCE Awards following a laugh out loud performance in 2020.
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