2003 - 2004

Librarian

Crow Creek High School, Stepan, SD

2003

Tertiary Tutor

Tutored an Indigenous student from the University of Notre Dame Australia, Broome Campus.

Electoral Officer

Worked for a member of the state parliament.  Duties consisted of dealing with administrative matters and constituents concerns.

1997 - 2002    University of  Notre Dame Australia, Broome, W.A.

University Library Assistant 

Worked for six years as a library team member responsible for undertaking various library functions as follows:

·        Played a major role in the day to day running of the library with regard to circulation, general processing and maintenance      of library stock.

·        Utilized appropriate communication skills to deal with    students and staff who were from different backgrounds,    including more traditional Indigenous peoples.

·        Instructed students in library research using both the physical    and computer resources.

·        Undertook many and varied other responsibilities dealing with    the general maintenance of library services.

Tertiary Tutor

Tutored both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students in academic writing.

Employment

1996        University of Notre Dame Australia, Broome, W.A.

Adult Education Teacher 

Taught Aboriginal students enrolled through Certificates 11,111,1V and Diploma in Education through mixed mode delivery. Several times a year each of the student groups would undertake five day study blocks on the Broome Campus, having travelled from throughout the State and remote area Indigenous communities.  My duties were as follows:

·        To teach these groups while they were on campus subject   matter assigned by the Programme Coordinator and then      maintain follow-up work through email, phone and fax with      the students after their return home and their tutors.

·        Be responsible for grading both the assignments completed during the on-campus block study and the assignments         completed with their tutors at home.

·        Also participated in remote community visitations. Our faculty    visited remote Aboriginal communities by road and light       aircraft during which time individual tutoring was offered to    students and support was offered to remote tutors.

1995 Wirrumanu Adult Education & Training Centre, Balgo, W.A

Adult Education Teacher 

Taught adult Aboriginal women of this remote desert community in the Certificate of Education Practice offered through the University of Notre Dame Australia, Broome Campus.  Also participated as a team member in a range of cultural and adult education activities.

1994         Sisters of the Good Samaritan, Mt Magnet, W.A.

Primary & Secondary Tutor

Worked in conjunction with the Sisters of the Good Samaritan as a relief teacher for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students who were being educated on pastoral properties, through Distance Education or School of the Air.

Employment

Prior Dates

1993                            Substitute Teacher, Logan-Magnolia High School,                                       Logan, Iowa, USA (Also during 1979-1988 while resident in the USA)

1992 -1990   Graduate Student, University of Nebraska, USA

1990 - 1988  Chapter 1 Program Coordinator and Teacher, Crow     

                      Creek Reservation  High School, Stephan, South

                      Dakota, USA (Also taught summer school, 1991)

1987 - 1985   Volunteer Service in Israel

1984 - 1983   Holiday Coordinator in both Ireland and Spain

1982              Volunteer  Pre-School Teacher, La Grange

                      Mission, WA, Australia

1981          Secondary Teacher, St. Brigid's College, Horsham, Vic., Australia

1980                            Tutor and Boarding Supervisor, St Scholastica's College, Sydney, Australia

B.A., May 1979, Mount Marty College, Yankton, South Dakota, USA

Majors: History and Teacher Education.

Minors: English and Spanish

Graduate Studies:  Australian Indigenous Studies, Univ.of Notre Dame Australia (2002)

ESL, University of Nebraska (1990-1992)

English, Augustana College, South Dakota (1988 and 1997)

Teaching Certification:   USA States of South Dakota and Iowa

                                           Australian States of Victoria and  

                                           Western Australia