Mel Stopford is a full time Education Consultant based in Rangiora, Canterbury.
She currently works across New Zealand coaching experienced Principal and Leadership Teams, as well as facilitating long term, site based professional learning support in primary and secondary schools.
An experienced coach, classroom teacher, conference presenter and eFellow, Mel is passionate about providing engaging, fun and motivational professional learning.
Work Experience
2009 - 2010 - Education Consultant
2009 - 2010 - Associate, Hands On Consultancy
2009 - 2010 - Affiliate, CORE Education
2005 - 2008 - CORE Education Project Leader PLOT NZ
2004 - eFellow
1999 - 2003 - ICTPD Facilitator
2003 - Online Tutor (Part Time)
1994 - 1998 - Classroom Teacher
Conferences / Seminars
ULearn 1999 - 2009 (Presenter)
Learning@School 1999 - 2008 (Presenter)
National Staff Development Council 2007 - (Delegate)
Art of Facilitation 2006 - 2010
Michael Fullan 2009
Julia Atkin 2001 - 2003
Awards
2004 Inaugural eFellow - Award
The e-Learning Fellowships Initiative was launched in 2003 by the Ministry of Education. Annually, up to ten teachers in early childhood primary and secondary are released from the classroom to conduct a e-fellows with academic support and mentoring including professional learning workshops for two weeks each term and participation in an online learning community.
The fellowship recognises those teachers who are already leaders in utilising e-learning in their schools and enables them to have professional development in this area to futher their understanding and share their knowledge.
e-Learning fellows have presented and disseminated their research findings at conferences such as Learning at School (Rotorua), Navcon (Christchurch and Bendigo, Australia), ULearn (Auckland and Christchurch), TUANZ tours and Microsoft Innovative Educators (Singapore and Korea) since 2004.
