Teacher-Librarian at Dept of Education & Training
Sydney Area, Australia
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Ian McLean’s Summary
Teacher-librarian working with primary (elementary) students and teachers on collaborative programs, using ICT (information communications technologies).
Ian McLean’s Specialties:
children's literature, ICT in education
Ian McLean’s Experience
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Teacher-Librarian
DET
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)
I am the teacher-librarian in a primary (elementary) school in Western Sydney. I coordinate the school's information skills program, manage the resource collection, and plan and teach collaboratively with the teachers to enable students to achieve the outcomes of K-6 syllabuses.
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Teacher
DET
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Education Management industry)
August 2002 — December 2006 (4 years 5 months)
Returning from secondment, I was a teacher in a primary (elementary) school in Sydney. Classes taught: supernumery relief (02), Stage 3, Year 5/6 (03), and Stage 1, Year 1/2 (04-06).
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Editor, Scan journal
DET
(Educational Institution; Publishing industry)
January 1998 — July 2002 (4 years 7 months)
As Editor, I was responsible for commissioning articles for a quarterly professional journal on teacher-librarianship, educational research and information technology issues. I also wrote and edited book reviews of children's literature and educational resources.
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Teacher-Librarian
DET
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Information Services industry)
January 1991 — December 1997 (7 years )
I was the teacher-librarian in a primary (elementary) school in Sydney. I coordinated the school's information skills program, managed the resource collection, and planned and taught collaboratively with the teachers to enable students to achieve the outcomes of K-6 syllabuses.
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Student, Cadetship
UTS, Kuring-gai
(Educational Institution; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1990 — December 1990 (1 year )
I was selected as a fulltime student on a cadetship to retrain as a teacher-librarian in primary (elementary) schools.
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Teacher
DET
(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)
March 1981 — December 1989 (8 years 10 months)
I was a teacher in a primary (elementary) school in Sydney. Classes taught: casual relief (various schools, 1981), Year 5 (82), Year 4 (83-84), Year 3 (85-87), Release-from-Face-to-Face teaching (88), teacher-librarian based in school library (89).
Ian McLean’s Education
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University of Technology, Sydney
Graduate Diploma in Applied Science , Information/Teacher-Librarianship , 1990 — 1990
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University of Sydney
Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies , Expressive Arts in the Primary School , 1987 — 1988
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Guild Teachers College
Diploma of Education , Primary School Education , 1977 — 1979
Additional Information
Ian McLean’s Websites:
Ian McLean’s Interests:
Star Trek, science fiction media, art, writing, reading, blogging
Ian McLean’s Groups:
Playtrek, Bloggers of Sydney Meetup Group, Sydney Webloggers Meetup Group
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Speakers and Panelists
Ian McLean’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- expertise requests
- business deals
- getting back in touch
