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Dip T. (Primary), B. Ed., Gr. Dip (ICTE), M. Ed Studies Philip Callil is the Director of IT and eLearning at Yarra Valley Grammar. Prior to this, he has held positions as Director of Learning and Teaching at Mater Christi College, the Catholic Education Office Melbourne and was Faculty Head of ICT at Xavier College from 2001 to 2010. He is a passionate advocate of ICT innovation, the integration of digital learning in the curriculum and has extensive experience in the design of collaborative learning spaces. He initially trained as a primary teacher and was upper primary teacher for 12 years. Phil has taught subjects as diverse as Multimedia, Programming and Computer Studies in Year 10, Science, English and Maths Yr 5-8, ICT in Years 5 and 6 as well as Japanese. He was the President of the Victorian IT Teachers Association, the largest ICT in education group in Australia from 2010 to 2013. He has been an Apple Distinguished Educator since 2006. From 1999 to 2011, he had senior roles in the assessment management of the Learning Assessment Program (LAP), the Academic Improvement Monitor (AIM) and more recently in the English writing component in the National Australian Project for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) in Victoria. In 2010, he participated in a short course entitled “The Future of Learning” at Harvard. In 2013, Phil visited South Korea as a guest of Samsung and later in the year, after an invitation from the Chinese Government, presented on the subject of ICT innovation in Australian education at an international conference in Wuhan, central China. He has also presented at international conferences in Singapore and New Zealand and visited schools in the US, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden and the UK. In 2014, Phil was the Subject Specialist for the Australian Curriculum Review of the Technologies Learning Area.Director of IT and eLearning @ • Provide strategic and tactical planning, development, evaluation and coordination of information technology and eLearning • Acountable for the achievement of significant organisational objectives, bringing innovative management to the development, marketing and implementation of new services and policies, demonstrating a corporate perspective that is responsive to best practice in education. • Build a culture of ICT Professional Learning by enhancing the vision for the use of ICT of the academic and administrative staff to achieve the strategic goals of the school. • Advise and help to shape the vision for the use of ICT in the school's new Science and Mathematics centre. From January 2013 to Present (3 years) Curriculum Subject Specialist - Technologies Learning Area @ • Analyse the process of curriculum shaping, development, monitoring, evaluation and review of the Technologies Learning Area F-10. • Evaluate the robustness of the aims, values and principles, academic rigour and relevance of the content of the Technologies Learning Area. • Make recommendations of the Technologies Learning Area treatment of the cross curriculum priorities and General Capabilities. • Benchmark the Australian Curriculum Technologies Learning Area in relation to the treatment of technologies in curriculum documentation in Singapore, Finland and Canada. From March 2014 to June 2014 (4 months) President @ In 2013, VITTA was the largest ICT in education teachers organisation in Australia with over 1600 members. After running a very successful annual conference and an outstanding ICT Skills Week and working hard to post a healthy profit for our financial year, VITTA merged with ICTEV to create a DLTV - Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria. DLTV will have over 2000 members in 2014. From 2010 to December 2013 (3 years) Director of Learning and Teaching @ From February 2012 to February 2013 (1 year 1 month) Conference Director @ From 2010 to August 2012 (2 years) Education Officer (eLearning) in Curriculum and Innovation @ eLearning Team ICON Project Team From January 2011 to February 2012 (1 year 2 months) Professional Leader, NAPLAN Assessment Management @ From August 1999 to 2011 (12 years) Faculty Head ICT @ From January 1999 to December 2010 (12 years) Masters, Educational Leadership, Ed Technology, Literature @ University of Melbourne From 1994 to 1997 Philip Callil is skilled in: E-Learning, Curriculum Design, Teaching, Educational Technology, Teacher Training, Staff Development, Instructional Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Leadership, Leadership, Community Building, Conflict Resolution, Event Planning, Public Speaking, Blended Learning