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Teacher Training Programmes
Teaching new players is critical for achieving growth in the numbers of bridge players and ABF members. We need to produce teachers who are effectively trained.
In 2011, the ABF introduced Teacher Training Programmes (TTP's). These free seminars, sponsored by the ABF, with assistance from the State bodies, aim to both prepare prospective teachers for their first class, and to improve the effectiveness of experienced teachers.
The ABF National Teaching Coordinator, Joan Butts, conducts four of these programmes (TTP's) in different Australian states each year. They are based on Audrey Grant's Better Bridge Teacher Accreditation Programmes, (USA), and offer proven advice that, if followed, will give teachers the tools to deliver top-quality bridge lessons. TTP's, each lasting nine hours, offer a closer look at course content, resources, and teaching methods to best present the subject matter, for beginners and other levels of lessons. Teaching ideas are developed through discussion and practical demonstrations. Sample lessons illustrate how to implement the educational tips. There are also marketing and promotional tips, and ongoing support offered from the ABF National Teaching Coordinator. On completion of the 9-hour course, teachers are presented with a certificate of achievement. The road to becoming an experienced teacher will consist of years of self- and other- analysis, and trial and error in developing a teaching style, but the course encourages teachers to start on this road.
In 2011 ABF Teacher Training Programmes were held in Brisbane, Melbourne, Launceston, and Perth.
In 2012, they were held in Brisbane (February), in Adelaide (July 28,29), Taree (NSW) (August 11,12) and Sydney (November 3,4).
In 2013 they will be held in Brisbane, Melbourne, Orange, Kiama and Cairns.
Teacher
Training Workshops Schedule for 2013
Each person receives a Certificate for successfully completing the course, which is a 9-hour, three-session introduction to the principles and methodology of teaching bridge.
Congratulations to the following people, who have successfully completed the course:| Tasmania | Western Australia | Melbourne | ||
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| Jan Anderson Dallas Cooper Margaret Glasson Pat Beattie Barbara Briggs Janice Tongs Dave Shears Kay Decker Jeanette Harland Doreen Girvan Klaus Decker Ian Callahan Sandra Filler |
John Aquino John & Pam Beddow David Burn Mal Clark Richard Crooke Noel Daniel Patsy Davey Shirley Drage Jan Howell Maureen Knight Jan Morgan Maureen Phillips June Scott Sandy Sutton-Mattocks Helen Van der Waal Fiske Warren |
Pauline Beck Alfred Branicki Jan Clyne Mary Elson Elizabeth Friel Laura Ginnan Kevin Gunn Anne Gunst Jan Hackett Chris Hynd Jean Macleod |
Serita Mudford Liz Munro Jim Naughton Dianne Nicol Marjorie Phillips Derek Poulton Lorraine Read Trish Ritman Alex Smith Libby Thompson Bob & Shirley Weaver Peter Wells Margaret Wylie |
John Sojka Jane Lobo Mavis Willcox Chris Heesom Lou Sommer Pam Chambers Liz Haywoodv Joyce Garton Mary Lynch Irene Davey Jim Skeen Lorraine Robinson Ross Waddell Bill Jacobs Allan Sundbery Ella Pattison Lindsay Young Bertha Dembo Frances Engleman |
| Queensland 2007-2012 | ||||
| Lyn Adams Avra Bowler Barbara Horton Tony Byrne Pat Crowd Sue Dorrington Leslie Cheung Rebecca Delaney Denise Dodd Peter Evans Deirdre Giles Julie Jefferies Geoff Hart Ellie Sheffield Monica Pritchard Therese Tully Trevor Galletly Kaye Watkinson Yvonne McLeod Paul Rose Wendy Reid Gaylene Masters Judy Clifford Merryl Bailey |
Narelle Close Roslyn Purchase Lesley Focks Dorothy Gehkre Judith Payne Tim Runting Betty Wentzell Tony Treloar Malcolm Allen Susie Stevens Maria Ruttiman Jennifer Hollingworth Jeanette Roughley Richard Newman Jenny Newman Wendy O'Brien Ruth Mackinlay Jo McKitrick Noreen Everson Robert Fisher Lesley Fraser Betty Hobdell Claire Hyne Ned Kelley |
Rosemary Kelley Denise Kennealy Evelyne Mander Jenny McGrath Barbara Millican Sue Morgan Pam Murphy Pat Penberthy Jan Staunton Dawn Turner Daphne van Nooten Kemal Avunduk Birgitt Bingham Judy Clifford Mary Collins Neville de Mestre Margaret de Mestre Gerald Embery Noreen Everson Marie Filippini Charlene Frederisen Jenny Hays Paula Lennon Sandra Mulcahy |
Barry O'Donopghue Sandra Routley Kay Watkinson Jim Taylor John Reddin Shirley Reddin Sheryl Gardner Noreen Weyling Andrew McKee Pam Schoen Margaret Knox Tove Roberts Brian Lawley Barb Whippel Desley Mundell Rhondda Dean Anne Reilly Denis Moody Paul Brake Jessica Brake Rita Kahn Margaret Prentice Elizabeth Zeller Carmel Denaro |
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| NSW | ||||
| Kelly Barber Ken Bridges Fran Carroll Wayne Carroll Trish Carter Peter Cavanagh Gil Clarke Sandra Curran Sue Donohue Margaret Dunlop Margaret East Christine Edge Pauline Erby Leslie Falla Kevin Farrell Neville Farrell Pauline Gumby Di Hasler Patricia Healey Helen Jones Jennifer Kozman |
Christina La Ponder Warren Lazer Elaine Lockwood Alan Maher Jenny Maher Sue McGarrity Margot Nelson Stuart Packington Catherine Potts Paul Rooms John Scott Judy Scott Mike Siford Fae Skelton Michael Skelton Barbara Stephens Trish Thatcher Silvia van Rossum Pam Woodage Daphne Yarnold |
Cath Whiddon Phyllis Whyte Sue Crompton Craig Mietzke Karen Ody Donald Patterson Lucy Robinson Peter Kiernan Liz Wilkinson Kim Neale Bin Lin Joan McIlrath Stephen Cummins Carolyn Molloy John Pike Allan Rosenberg Peter Goddard Derek Browne Jennifer Goddard Norman Grech Ross Waddell |
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| Western Australia - November, 2011 | South Australia - July, 2012 |
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| Brisbane - 2011 | Tasmania - 2011 |
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| Taree - August, 2012 | Sydney - November, 2012 |
more Taree photos |
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| Melbourne - April, 2013 | |
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