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CHRISTINE FRANCES HOGAN

CURRICULUM VITAE: June 2003

POSITIONS HELD

My work history has been organised under the following headings:

1.   Consultant and HR and Community Developer                          1980-2003

2.   Education Officer TAFE                                                               1980-81, 1983-85

3.   University, Senior Lecturer and Course Co-ordinator in HRD    1989-2002    

4.   High School Teacher                                                                         1972-1979

1.      Consultant and Community developer       1980-2002

Facilitator and consultant 1989-2002

In my roles as a facilitator and a consultant I have had substantial experience working with over thirty clients involved in a variety of social issues:

• Community relations (long-term unemployed youth, conflict resolution, land titling project & community liaison, media meetings in Lao PDR)
• Health (hospital and health care workers and their relationship with patients)
• Gender (domestic violence; women, work and land and inheritance issues)
• Cross-cultural (Australian Aboriginal and Maori issues, migrants: Vietnamese, internalised racism, return culture shock in Nepal, working with interpreters and translators)
• Development of HRD practitioners and facilitators to enhance group work and interactive learning (Lao PDR, Mongolia, Nepal, Malaysia, Australia)
• Development, use, monitoring and evaluation of appropriate media (Nepal, Lao PDR, Australia).

Consultant/facilitator, Vientiane, Lao PDR 2000-2002

Examples of participatory community development and education programs include:

Technical Assistance- Education, Land Titling Project, AusAID/World Bank project Lao PDR (December 2002-March 2003)

• Development of curriculum and interactive teaching materials in community participation and education
• Delivery of module “Customer service, gender and development” Polytechnic School, Sokpaluang, Vientiane, to surveyors/government officials from six provinces in the Lao Land Titling Project
• Analysis of current media materials video, radio, story pictures, newspapers and magazines, village meetings and creative design of new ideas eg Lao rap, songs, banners, slogans etc
• Mentoring of two Polytechnic staff who will teach the unit at the Polytechnic School
• Monitoring and formative, summative and long term evaluation of “Customer service, gender and development module”, teaching and learning materials.

Workshop for Save the Children: Australia, Denmark and UK to discuss future directions and merger. Udon Thani, Thailand, December 2002

• Responsible for workshop needs analysis, design, facilitation of workshop, evaluation and final report.

Community Participation Adviser, Land Titling Project, AusAID/World Bank project Lao PDR (January-June 2002) 

• Development of curriculum, teaching materials and delivery of course in Community Education and Participation at the Polytechnic School, Vientiane.

• Development of a comprehensive Operational Manual on the full Community Education and Participation cycle of activities to accompany the Land Titling Process for use by trainers and by operational staff. Includes guidelines for development of media campaigns to increase public awareness about Land Titling including video, radio, posters, puppetry and brochures.
• Development and delivery of training modules in ‘Developing a media campaign”, “Planning and budgeting”, “Monitoring”, “Village meetings”, “Women’s meetings” and “Customer service for Land Offices”.
• Delivery of workshops in “Planning and budgeting”, “Monitoring”.

Save the Children (SC) (UK) Lao PDR. (January-June 2001)

• Design and co-facilitation of “Participatory Planning Workshop for future directions of Lao kindergartens”. In my role as a change agent, I was responsible for liaison with SC Lao staff revision and rewriting of the Office Manual and Policy. The new manual was accepted and ‘owned’ by the Lao staff.

• Facilitation of training workshops on report writing, mind mapping and creativity. As a result, annual reports from all projects were professionally produced and uniformly formatted electronically.

Health Unlimited (UK NGO) Attapeu, Lao PDR. (February 2001)

·        Design, facilitation and evaluation of the Annual Evaluation and Planning Workshop Retreat for Lao and expatriate staff engaged in community training and research into traditional medicine.

AusAID, Programme Administrative Service Unit (PASU) Vientiane, Lao PDR. (October 2000-May 2001)

·        Design, facilitation, and evaluation of four workshops for Lao and Western staff.

Vientiane College, Lao PDR. (December 2000)

·        Facilitator of workshop on “Culture Shock and Life Transitions” for Lao AusAID students departing to Australia.

Mines Advisory Group (MAG) Vientiane. Lao PDR. (March-May 2001)

·        Mentoring of Lao staff for office closure. My role included liaison with various agencies and mentoring of Lao staff to develop job seeking and networking skills.

United Nations Development Project for Mongolian Lecturers (November-December 1997,  November-December 1998)  

·        Design and delivery of Module on Interactive Teaching and Learning Processes Based in the Institute for Administration and Management Development. Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia

Community researcher, based in MS Nepal, (Danida) Kathmandu, Nepal 1995. 

·        Interviews and focus groups with Nepalese students who have studied overseas to improve the transferability of Curtin University Management courses and “Going Home” workshops designed to reduce the impact of “Return Culture Shock”.

·        Filming of a video “Prem’s story: the hero’s return”, case study of a Nepalese student’s first two years after return to Kathmandu.

·         Workshops entitled for MS Nepal

-Creative Visualisation Participatory Techniques to develop Desirable Futures for Nepalese Villages

-Cross-Cultural Communication between Danes and Nepalese development  workers

-Interactive meetings.

Consultant, The Australian Institute of Management, Perth, WA.

(Full time 1987-1989, part-time 1985-1993).

Development and delivery of courses for industry, government departments and secondary and tertiary educational organisations. Provision of consultancy and facilitation services for in-house programmes, including facilitation of problem-solving, planning and evaluation groups. 

Clients included: Department of Community Development, Australian Glass Manufacturers, City of Melville, Public Service Board, Department Conservation and Land Management, the Sheraton Hotel, King Edward Hospital, the Jesus People, Tubemakers and the Kimberly Aboriginal Health Department.

Long term involvement in organisational change in developmental facilitation roles with all levels including:

·        Education Department of Western Australia to train school Principals and staff how to develop their School Community Development Plans (long term project).

·        Australian Glass Manufacturers Workshop to develop each shift of blue-collar workers to manage their monthly meetings on organisational change and improvement (6 month project).

Video production

Initiator and Project Co-ordinator with private film company to produce "Making Meetings Work" (1989). This video helps groups to develop more interactive meetings.

Course facilitation and delivery include:

Education Officer, Technical and Further Education Division,

Participation and Equity Programme for unemployed youth (PEP) (1983-1985)

Community Needs Analysis

• Liaison with TAFE Colleges, Industry and Communities to initiate new courses for long-term unemployed.
• Initiation, monitoring and evaluation of TAFE PEP courses.

Video production

• Production of a video on “Interactive meetings entitled "Meetings that Work" with long-term unemployed youth.

Staff Development

• In-service training for lecturers in teaching, planning and evaluation methods; life skills teaching methods.
• Research into participative learning strategies, project conducted for the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission. Three-volume report included four case studies; evaluation of participatory innovations in South Australia, Victoria and Queensland The design and facilitation of workshops for PEP, Westrek and the Community Youth Support Scheme training officers.

Conference and Workshop Facilitation

• Search Conference for the Heads of Department of the Western Australian College of Advanced Education, (1984).
• “Linkage and Progression Conference” for the State and Commonwealth Departments and community organisations involved with Youth, (1985).
• “Search Conference” for the Department of Corrections Education Officers, (1985).
• Facilitation of “TAFE Student Participation Conference”, (1986).
• Facilitation of “Skillswest Evaluation Workshop” (Department of Employment and Training), (1985).

Education Officer, Technical and Further Education Division, WA.

Transition from School to Work Programme for long-term unemployed youth (15-24 year olds). (1980-1982)

·        Special responsibility for needs of young unemployed women

·        Liaison with TAFE colleges, industry and communities to initiate new courses for unemployed.

·        In-service training for lecturers in participatory teaching and learning strategies and evaluation techniques.

·        Facilitation of Search Conferences with industry, youth, and communities.

·        Establishment of a multi-media resource centre.

Tutor, Fremantle Maximum Security Prison School. (1980-1981 PT)

·      Responsible for short course co-ordination and for delivery of music programme.

Research Officer and Photographer  (1977)

Acres, Norr, Lea Consortium, Kathmandu Airport Project, (Nepal)

Responsible for data collection and analysis of passenger flows through Tribhuvan International and Domestic Airports and photography of changes to airport environments.

2.   Senior Lecturer, Course Co-ordinator in HRD (1986-2001)          

Lecturer 1989-1991, Senior Lecturer 1991-2002

School of Management, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

Co-ordinator of Masters of Commerce: Human Resource Development (HRD)

Co-ordinator of Graduate Diploma in HRD 1991 to present.

Co-ordinator of Graduate Certificate in Facilitation Skills 1996 to present.

These courses are major advancements for the professionalisation of HRD practitioners in Western Australia and for our visiting students from SE Asia and Africa.

Overseas students

Facilitator of “Going Home” Workshops for Overseas Students

Budgeting

• Responsible for preparation of budgets for and induction/mentoring of part time staff, audio-visual initiatives, equipment and teaching aids.

Evaluation

• Chair of Community Steering Committee of the Graduate Diploma in HRD
• Responsible for formative and summative evaluation of units in conjunction with representation from the student body.
• Students are encouraged to give regular feedback through student representative and mid semester, end of semester and post course evaluation.

Committee Work

·      Member of the Curtin Quality Committee (1994)

·      Member of the Curtin Business School Board (1995-97)

·      Member of the Planning & Promotion Committee and the Social Committee for the 2nd International Organisational Behaviour Teaching Society Conference (1992).

Academic Adviser

• Adviser and mentor to the Coordinator of First Year Management unit and junior staff in interactive teaching methods.

Video Conference Coordinator, Senior Lecturer. (1992)

Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia

A secondment to the Teaching Learning Group. Coordinator of interactive teaching/learning processes and meetings using videoconferencing between Curtin University, Bentley Campus and Muresk Agricultural College and the Western Australian  School of Mines.

This is a change agent and innovative position required entrepreneurial and marketing skills to initiate and deliver a new project for the five campuses of the University. I was also required to monitor and evaluate use of the new technology

Coordinator of Organisational Behaviour  (1989-1991)

School of Management Curtin University

This unit of study is undertaken by 1,500 students annually in Perth, five country centres and Sunway College in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

During the two years in the coordination role responsible for monitoring staff and student work at Sunway College, Kuala Lumpur 1989-1992.

Staff Development

• Chairing of beginning, mid and end of semester staff meetings to initiate curriculum change and enhance the interchange of innovative teaching/learning techniques.
• Introduction of Semi-Autonomous Study Groups to replace mass lecturing.
• Introduction of creative journal assignments and mind mapping techniques for observing own thinking, behaviour, group dynamics and stimulating creativity.

Course Co-ordinator of and Lecturer in the Graduate Diploma in Career Studies. (1986-1987)

WA College of Advanced Education (now Edith Cowan University). 

Coordination role

This course was designed for community, youth workers & teachers and required close collaboration with community groups in my role as Course Coordinator. Other duties included staff supervision, budgeting, development of new units, monitoring and evaluation and updating of current units.

Innovation and development of new courses

• Women and Work
• Management of Life Transitions

Lecturing responsibility in courses designed for community, youth workers & teachers:

• Communication in Organisations
• Sociology of Work
• Teaching Life and Social Skills
• Unemployment and Work Alternatives
• Interpersonal Skills
• Community Development.

Committee  work   

• Member of the Committee responsible for the initiation and development of undergraduate and post-graduate courses in Women's Studies.
• Chairperson of the Community Advisory Committee for the Graduate Diploma in Career Studies.

Programme Development Officer (1981-1983)

Education Technology Unit, Hong Kong Polytechnic

Staff Development

• Lecturer on the Teaching Methodology Course for Chinese and European lecturing staff
• Monitoring of staff developing distance learning materials
• Field experience supervision and assessment of new lecturers
• Lecturer in Town Planning.

Innovation  and new course development

• Development and implementation of the new Liberal Studies Course using the Search Conference process for the first time with Chinese students.
• Developing of interactive, self-paced learning materials including Viewdata (Prestel).

3.   High School Teacher 1972-1979

Head of Department, Geography and Media Studies (1978-1979)

Christian Brothers College, Leederville, Perth.

Responsible for establishment and development of the Geography and Media Departments in an inner city high school with a high percentage of migrant students.

Head of Department Geography and Photography (1974-1976)

Christian Brothers College, Highgate, Perth. Western Australia.

Responsible for establishment and development of the Geography and Photography Departments in an inner city school with a high percentage of migrant students.

Teacher, Social Studies and English (1972)

Narrogin Agricultural Senior High School, Western Australia. 

Form teacher with special responsibilities for remedial tuition of Aboriginal girls who wished to gain entry into tertiary education.

4.   Books

Hogan, C. F. (2003) Practical facilitation: a toolkit of techniques. Kogan Page, London.

http://www.kogan-page.co.uk/asp/bookdetails.asp?key=3899

Hogan, C. F. (2002) Understanding facilitation: Theory and principles. Kogan Page, London.

http://www.kogan-page.co.uk/asp/bookdetails.asp?key=3910

Hogan, C. F. (2000) Facilitating empowerment: A handbook for facilitators, trainers and individuals. Kogan Page, London.

http://www.kogan-page.co.uk/asp/bookdetails.asp?key=3007

Hogan, C. F. (1999) Facilitating Learning: Practical Strategies for College and University. Eruditions Publications, Melbourne. Australia.

http://www.eruditions.com/hogan.htm#Top

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6.     VIDEO PRODUCTIONS (Please click for details)

7.     PHOTOGRAPHY (please click for details)

8.     CONFERENCE PAPERS (Please click for details)

9.      Interests

Playing English traditional music on hammered dulcimer and accordian: founder member of the “Band of Hope and Glory”, and “The Rusty Wok Ceilidh Band” in Hong Kong.

Dancing: member of a belly dancing group and women’s Morris dancing team.

Other interests include clown doctoring in hospitals, bush walking, silk painting, travelling.

10. Referees

Mr Chris Grant

Director

Land Equity International

PO Box 798 Wollongong

NSW 2520

Australia

Phone: +61 8 9203 5578 (Perth Office)

Mobile:       0438 363 127

Email:         cgrant@landequity.com.au

Profesor Eamon Murphy

School of Media, Society and Culture

Curtin University of Technology

Perth

Western Australia

Email:         E.D.Murphy@curtin .edu.au

Professor Peter Frost

Executive Director of the Organisational Behaviour Teaching Society

Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

University of British Columbia

2053 Main Mall

Vancouver

British Columbia  V6T 1Y8

Canada

E mail:       peter.frost@commerce.ubc.ca