Maree C. Email and Phone Number

During my time at Southern Cross, I coordinated the Japanese curriculum area from Years 7-12 and all associated programmes. I also developed a very successful e-learning programme that has been well received by other language teachers around the country.Other responsibilities included the biennial Japan Tour, Japanese Teacher Assistant Programme, Yr 7 Cultural Day, Inbound Study Tours (from Japan) and more.

I delivered lessons of a very high standard in the areas of Japanese, ESL and Information Technology that catered for the needs of a wide range of students in an organised and efficient environment.During my time at WMAC, I voluntarily redesigned the Languages Department and International School websites and, among other things, created an online environment where students could download lesson content in the event of absence or other circumstances.I also worked collaboratively with Roslynne Stannard (Former HOD: Foreign Languages) to modernise the Year 8 programme and assisted with preparations for additional support materials to be created and uploaded to the College intranet site. This saw the adoption and implementation of iPod Touch and other technology-based learning concepts in the Languages Department as language learning tools.

I taught Year 6-7 Japanese lessons across five separate Brisbane Catholic Education primary schools. I also participated in a number of projects and had the opportunity to visit Japan on scholarship where I studied at Ritsumeikan University for two weeks.