Australia Day Honours 2012

ACE congratulates Fellows and past winners of the Sir James Darling Medal on being named in the 2012 Australia Day Honours list.

 

 

OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA

Emeritus Professor Kwong Chiu LEE DOW AM, 7 Victor Road, Glen Iris Vic 3146

For distinguished service to education in Australia as an administrator, scholar and contributor to major curriculum reforms, through executive roles with education advisory bodies, and to the community.

Emeritus Professor Lee Dow was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in The Queen's Birthday 1984 Honours List for his service to education.

The following summarises his service and involvement since then.

Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne, 2004; Deputy Vice-Chancellor, 1998-2003; Pro Vice-Chancellor, 1983-1986; Council Member, 1979-1986.

President and Vice-President, Academic Board.

Member, Council of International House, for 20 years; Chair, for 7 years.

Member, Board of Management, Melbourne University Press.

Chair, Board of Management, Asia Education Foundation.

Dean, Faculty of Education and Teaching, 1978-1998.

Interim Vice-Chancellor, University of Ballarat, 2006.

Director, Bond University, since 2010.

Adviser to the Victorian Government for the Tertiary Education Plan for Victoria, since 2009.

Deputy Chairman, Teaching Australia, 2003-2010; formerly the National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership.

Chairman, Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, 2001-2004.

Chairman, Board of Studies Victoria, 1997-2001.

Chairman, Commonwealth Review of Teaching and Teaching Education, 2002-2003.

Chair, Asia Education Foundation, 1992-2002; Patron, since 2003.

Member, Education Committee, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 1980-1986.

Member, Australian Multicultural Foundation, since 1998.

Chair, Victorian Migrant Skills and Qualifications Board, 1992-1994.

Other awards/recognition include:

University of Melbourne named an academic enrichment program in his honour, 2007.

Career Achievement Award, Carrick Institute, 2007.

Gold Award, Australian Council for Educational Leaders, 2005.

Sir James Darling Medal, Australian College of Educators, 1994.

 

Mr Stephen Hibbert NEWTON, Glen Iris Vic 3146

For distinguished service to education in the independent schools sector, through executive roles with professional organisations and advisory bodies, and to the development of educational development opportunities with China.

Principal, Caulfield Grammar School, 1993-2011; Mr Newton also established a campus in Nanjing, China (affiliated with Nanjing Normal University).

Principal, Hamilton College, 1986-1993.

President, Centre for Strategic Education, 2005-2010.

Chairman, Independent Schools Council of Australia, 1999-2002.

Chairman, Association of Independent Schools of Victoria, 1995-1998.

President, Incorporated Association of Registered Teachers of Victoria; Vice-President.

Executive, Victorian Branch, Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia.

Chairman, St Paul's Cathedral Education Committee.

Founding Board Member, Victorian Institute of Teaching.

Awards/recognition include:

John Laing Professional Development Award, Principals Australia, 2011.

Sir James Darling Medal, Australian College of Educators, 2010.

Jiangsu Friendship Award, Jiangsu Province of China, 2010.

Hedley Beare Educator of the Year Award, Australian Council for Educational Leaders, 1999.

 

MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA AM

Dr Michele Denise BRUNIGES, Sydney NSW 2000

For service to public administration through executive roles, and as a contributor to reform in the education sector at state and national levels.

Adjunct Professor, School of Education, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, from 1 January 2012.

Deputy Secretary, Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, 2008-2011.

Chair, National Strategic Policy Working Group, 2011,

Chair, National Assessment Program: Literacy and Numeracy, 2007.

Chair, National Advisory Committee, OECD Program for International Student Assessment and Trends in International Mathematics, 2006.

Chair, Board of Management, National Education and Training Statistics Unit, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2005-2007.

Board Director, Curriculum Corporation, 2005-2006.

Director, Australian Children's TV Foundation, 2005-2007.

Director-General of Education and Communities, NSW Department of Education and Communities, 2011.

Managing Director, TAFE NSW, 2011.

Regional Director, Western Sydney, NSW Department of Education and Training, 2004-2005; Assistant Director-General School Education Services, 2003; Director, Strategic Information and Planning, 2000-2003; Assistant Director, Assessment and Reporting Directorate, 1999, and Manager, 1995-1999; Chief Education Officer, Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Directorate, 1994; Senior Education Officer, Grade 2, 1993; Senior Education Officer, Grade 1, Curriculum Directorate, 1992.

Chief Executive, ACT Department of Education and Training, 2005-2008.

Board Director, ACT Tourism.

Fellow, Australian College of Educators, 2009.

Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Leaders, 2011.

 

 Mr Kenneth James McALPINE, PO Box 1074, Moss Vale NSW 2577

For service to education, particularly through executive roles with the New South Wales Secondary Principals' Council, as an educator, and to the community.

President, NSW Secondary Principals' Council, 2006-2010; Deputy President, 2005-2006; Executive Member, 1998-2010; Member, 1990-2010.

National Vice-President, Australian Secondary Principals' Association, 2005-2006; Deputy President, 2007-2008; NSW Representative and active Member, 2004-2010.

Advisory Group Member, NSW Office of Educational Leadership, University of NSW, since 2010.

Chair, Digital Education Revolution Taskforce, NSW Department of Education and Training, 2008-2010.

Active Member, NSW Teachers Federation, 1970-2010.

Board Member, iNet Australia (International Network for Educational Transformation), until 2010.

Principal, Moss Vale High School, 2001-2007.

Principal, Tumut High School, 1990-2001.

Regional Field Officer, NSW Board of Studies, 1987-1990.

Head Teacher, Orange High School, 1983-1987.

Teacher, Springwood High School, 1974-1983.

Teacher, Nepean High School, 1970-1973.

Recruiting Coordinator, Australian School Principals' Tours of the Republic of Korea, 2010.

Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Leaders, since 2007.

Fellow, Australian College of Educators.

Awards/recognition include:

Meritorious Service to Public Education and Training Award, Department of Education and Training, 2010.

Honorary Korean Tourism Ambassador, 2007 and 2008.

 

Emeritus Professor Alan Duncan REID, 53 Dover Street, Malvern SA 5061

For service to education as an academic and researcher, particularly through contributions to the development of state and national curriculum policy, and to professional associations.

Emeritus Professor, School of Education, University of South Australia, since 2009; Professor of Education, Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, until 2008; Director, Centre for Research in Education, Equity and Work, Hawke Research Institute; Dean of Education, 1999-2001; Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning, 1996-1999; Head, Centre for University Teaching and Learning, 1992-1996.

National Research Fellow, Federal Department of Education, 2003-2004.

Current Member, 'The Public Purposes of Schools' project, Australian Research Council, Australian Government Primary Principals Association and Education Foundation.

Current South Australian Member, National Curriculum: Research and policy advice on national approaches to curriculum.

Member, South Australian Certificate of Education Review Panel, 2004-2005.

Director, South Australian Curriculum Standards and Accountability Framework, 1999-2001.

National President-elect, Australian College of Educators.

Member, Australian Council of Deans of Education.

National Executive Member, Australian Curriculum Studies Association, 1995-2009; Life Member, 2009.

Member, Advisory Board, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education.

Executive Member, Australian Association for Research in Educational.

Member, Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia.

President and Chair, South Australian Politics Teachers Association.

Chair, Northern Area State Secondary Schools Alliance.

Fellow, Australian College of Educators.

Fellow, Australian Council of Educational Leaders.

Awards/recognition include:

Alby Jones, Mary Mackillop Medal and Gold Medal, Australian Council of Educational Leaders.

 

MEDAL (OAM) OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISION

Mrs Janice Maree MILLIKAN, 42 Columba Street, Balwyn North Vic 3104

For service to early childhood education.

Former Associate, Early Childhood Education, Monash University.

Former Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, University of Melbourne; former Senior Lecturer, 1996.

Member, Inaugural Committee, Kindergarten Parents Victoria.

Member, Research Committee, International Baccalaureate Organisation, 1997-2002.

Member and former Chairperson, Victorian Education Panel, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia.

Founder and former Director, Reggio Emilia Australia Information Exchange, 1994-2007; Founder and Co-Editor, Challenge journal, since 1993.

Australian Representative, Reggio Emilia International Network, Northern Italy, since 2005.

Australian Representative, Reggio Children International Network, since 1994.

Fellow, Australian College of Educators, 2007.

Awards/recognition include:

Churchill Fellow, 1987.

 

 Mr Keith James BROWNBILL, Morwell Vic 3840

For service to the community of the Morwell region through a range of organisations.

Former President, Rotary Club of Morwell; Member, since 1965; former Chairman, Chinese Youth Exchange Project; former District Committee Chairman, National Science Summer School; former Chairman, Gippsland Education Awards Committee; Member, Royce Abbey's delegation to China, 1988.

Former President, Rotary Club of Kaniva; former Chairman and Vice-Chairman.

Publicity Officer, RoadSafe Gippsland.

Secretary, Advance Morwell, since 1999.

Course Coordinator, University of the Third Age, Latrobe Valley, since 1988.

Secretary/Treasurer, Australian College of Educators, Gippsland Chapter, for 12 years; Member, since 1978.

Involved in the setting up of the Oral English Program, Xingtai Vocational and Technical College, Hebei Province, China, 2001.

Member, Academic Board, Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education.

Gippsland Representative, Victorian High Schools Principals Association, 1975-1982.

Principal, Morwell High School, 1972-1988.

Principal, Kaniva High School, 1969-1971; Teacher, 1946-1988.

Awards/recognition include:

Centenary Medal, 2001.

 

SOURCE: www.gg.gov.au