|
Presentations by
Christine Richmond
on behaviour management for teachers, school leaders and parents |
|
Profiles
|
Richmond Educational Consultants was established as a partnership between
Christine and James Richmond for the provision of professional learning in the
area of behaviour management for teachers, school leaders and parents.
Christine’s role involves presenting keynote address and workshops at
conferences, providing professional development to the teaching staff and
leadership teams in schools as well as care-giver groups. James, on the other
hand, is responsible for the administrative side of the consultancy, including
liaising with clients and handling the bookings.
|
Dr Christine Richmond
Dip Teach (MGTC), BEd (UQ), MEdSt (UQ), PhD (UNE), Dip Sc Counselling (UQ), Cert
Family Therapy (BFTG), RTC (IRT), FACEL.
Dr Richmond is a highly sought after and dynamic speaker in the field of
behaviour management in schools. Her expertise has been honed from practical
experience as a special, mainstream and tertiary educator. She has worked as a
senior guidance officer, family therapist and academic, and is an experienced
teacher of students with severe behaviour challenges in clinical and school
settings. Dr Richmond is well known in Australian education circles through her
research in behaviour management, her work in schools and as a speaker at
regional, state, national and international conferences. She was the travelling
scholar for the Australian Council for Educational Leaders in 2007 and appointed
to give the Annual Lecture for the Queensland College of Teachers in 2009. Dr
Richmond held academic positions at both the University of New England and Bond
University before moving into private practice.
Teachers are attracted to her pragmatic, minimalist approach because it provides
a clear pathway through the complex maze of behaviour management advice that is
currently available. Dr Richmond’s information relieves teachers of the anxiety
that is provoked when they are overwhelmed by the management task in a context
of escalating demand and accountability for student learning. The time and
energy thus saved can therefore be used more profitably for effective planning
and teaching. Her books, “Teach More, Manage Less: A Minimalist Approach to
Behaviour Management” and “Lead More, Manage Less: Five Essential Behaviour
Management Insights for School Leaders” are available from Scholastic Australia
(order forms are downloadable on the Contact page of
this website). |
Dr James Richmond
BA (University of Adelaide), MSc (Syracuse University, New York), PhD (The Ohio
State University)
James (Jim) Richmond has more than forty years of professional involvement as an
educator in primary schools, secondary schools and universities, with extensive
teaching experience in Australia, England and the USA. The main focus of his
teaching, research and publications has been in science education and
environmental education.
Over a period of twelve years he held teaching positions at St Peter’s College
(Adelaide), King Edward VI School (Norwich, England) and Culver Academies
(Indiana, USA). After completing higher degrees, he became a teacher educator in
the tertiary sector at The Ohio State University, Brisbane College of Advanced
Education and Griffith University. As a Senior Lecturer, he developed and
delivered many innovative courses for pre-service and in-service teachers in the
areas of science education and environmental education.
Other professional experiences include responsibility for the welfare of
tertiary students living on campus (as the Dean of Residence for six years), and
involvement in the organisation of several national and international
conferences as both convenor and committee member. Honours include a National
Science Foundation Fellowship awarded to study at Syracuse University (New
York), a University Fellowship at The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio),
and two Excellence in Teaching Awards conferred by Griffith University
(Brisbane). |
|
|
