To read about our Directors <click here>
To read about us on TV and in the Newspapers <click here>
To read about our Award for Excellence <click here> To read some articles written by Victoria <click here>
To read some of our Newsletters <click here>
To read about New Developments at ICE <click here>
ICE Directors:
VICTORIA CARLTON
Director of the International Centre for Excellence
Dip. Teach., B. Ed., M.A.C.E., A.I.L.D., AIMM .
Victoria Carlton has 30 years of teaching experience at all levels, from pre-primary to the tertiary entrance examination, specialising in remedial education, teaching dyslexic children, education programmes for gifted and talented children and language and literacy acquisition.
Victoria has taught in government and non-government institutions in Western Australia and over the last 15 years has conducted many in-service courses for teachers and parents in Western Australia and other Australian States, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Macao and India. Victoria is often a guest speaker at national and international education conferences. She presents many papers on improving standards in education, and her own research and methodology for ensuring full educational development for students.
Courses developed and delivered by Victoria include THE ACADEMIC STIMULATION PROGRAMME and a motivation course for teachers called REFOCUS.
Victoria was part of the ELIC program in W.A. (EARLY LITERACY INSERVICE PROGRAM) and worked with a small team to develop SCIFL- (SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM FOR FURTHER LITERACY). She is a FIRST STEPS presenter and has successfully used FIRST STEPS strategies at her teaching centres for many years.
She has also developed a specific course to help teachers identify and re-mediate children with learning difficulties within the classroom. Recently she has developed courses for teachers and parents of gifted and talented children.
She is currently giving courses on MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES and EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE to teachers in South East Asia and Australia and is developing a new test to help teachers determine children's talents and preferred learning styles.
Victoria recognises the need for quality teaching materials and fully endorses the JOLLY PHONICS and JOLLLY GRAMMAR approaches to early literacy. This method is used throughout her clinics and in her overseas work. For the past 9 years, Victoria has been running professional development courses for teachers in order to teach them how to use this effective literacy program. All parents of young children who attend her clinic are also taken through a JOLLY PHONICS training program in order to help them support their children's learning. Victoria met the writers and publisher of the program on a visit to England a few years ago and was able to examine research on the effect of the program in other countries.
Victoria has now been featured three times on the current affairs program TODAY TONIGHT. The first occasion was about the need for parents to read to their children, the second was about Jolly Phonics, as this program has caused such a large degree of acceleration of literacy skills. The last time Victoria was on this program concerned the successful EQ4KIDZ program which was running in Eleenbrook Primary School.
More recently Victoria appeared on the ABC Stateline program and was interviewed on the question of Was Tuition Necessary? Victoria has organised an International Conference in Phuket for teachers from Australia and South East Asia to come together to discuss learning difficulties and best practices to overcome them. She is currently planning another conference entitled GIVE THEM WINGS to be held in in the near future. This conference will address the issues and practices involved in ensuring that all children in schools are enabled to reach their full academic potential. She writes articles about current issues in education for educational journals and local and overseas papers.
Victoria is a past-president of the Guildford On Swan Business and Professional Women Club, a former member of the Equal Opportunity Consultative Council, Primary English Teachers Association, Special Education Teachers Association, Gifted and Talented Children's Association, Midland Chamber Of Commerce and the Australian Institute of Management.
Victoria recently written a new book titled "Ages and Stages" which will be published in March 2007. This follows on from the book she co-authored entitled WHAT DO I TEACH? which is now out of print. This earlier text was to help teachers and parents make sense of the new Curriculum Frameworks in Western Australia and ensure that basic teaching concepts are not missed. She has been also working on a book called THE TEARS OF DISCONSOLATE ANGELS- A FRESH LOOK AT LEARNING DIFFICULTIES. Her book EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE CLASSROOM will be released as soon as she can get around to finishing it and will be the text for her popular course -TEACHING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Recently Victoria has written a new THINKING SKILLS course for children which combines the techniques of Edward de Bono, Howard Gardner, Daniel Goleman and many other researchers into brain compatible learning. This course has been operating for 6 months and was officially launched in November 2002 in Western Australia.
She is passionate about the need for transforming schools into institutions where all children are challenged, motivated and encouraged to develop their full academic potential.
Victoria is now offering professional development courses for corporations to increase Emotional Intelligence and ensure companies and institutions are operating at maximum levels of productivity and have work environments that foster nurturing, positive relationships with staff and clients. She has recently delivered a course to AUSTRALIA POST.
She has written a new business seminar NOT SO SECRET WOMEN'S BUSINESS! This seminar will be offered to women in Australia and Singapore and will help women to be successful in their chosen businesses while maintaining healthy and happy relationships with family, friends and themselves! The course includes TIME MANAGEMENT, THE FEMININE WAY TO BUSINESS SUCCESS, RELATIONSHIPS AND NETWORKING, SETTING GOALS AND WRITING A BUSINESS PLAN and much, much more! This course was launched at the W.A. Business and Professional Women's State conference in 2001.
In June 2002, THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE received the prestigious GOLD BARTERCARD AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY.
Victoria travels to Singapore to conduct assessments, develop INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLANS for children and to deliver workshops and courses. Her work in Singapore has included the following-
- Workshop for SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT on REFOCUS
- Workshops for NTUC on REFOCUS and ACADEMIC STIMULATION PROGRAM
- Guest speaker at various early childhood organisations
- Workshops for parents in the academic stimulation area- held in early childhood centres and Singapore University.
- Workshops on Jolly Phonics for Chartsworth International School and Pan Asia publishing co.
- Course for parents on IMPROVING ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT for OASIS LEARNING CENTRE.
- Presentation for YBPW group on EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Her regular trips to Singapore includes workshops for parents about enhancing learning and thinking skills, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE workshop and presentations for JOLLY PHONICS.
MARTIN QUINLAN
Director International Centre for Excellence
Grad Dip Bus, Dip Health Sciences
Kinesiologist, Reiki Master and Administration
Martin looks after the administration and logistics of running the busy centre and will often be answering the phones, updating the web site, fixing computer problems and generally working with the ICE staff.
Martin brings to ICE his skills in Kinesiology and Reiki with a desire to help the children (and parents) overcome their problems - physical, psychological or emotional. Martin has recently added to his Kinesiology skills with the latest LEAP course - Brain Integration 1. This course is proving to get very good results with adults and children alike.
More information about Martin (and what kinesiology can do for you) can be found at his web site www.getbalance.com
BOOKS by Victoria Carlton
Ages and Stages: a guide to curriculum content
It is often difficult for teachers and parents to determine the basic concepts that need to be taught for the various age levels. The planning documents available are somewhat ambiguous and the demands on teaching time from areas that are not allied to basic teaching are myriad. Unfortunately, this can mean that important maths and language areas may not receive sufficient attention.
We have tried to address this situation as many of the children at our centres are lacking in the basic skills and we wanted to be sure that our teachers did have a very clear idea of which concepts needed teaching at each grade level.
Our new book "Ages and Stages: a guide to curriculum content" is due to be available at the end of March 2007. It will discuss curriculum content for each grade level, as well as giving practical strategies to parents and teachers for effective teaching. List of sitable books for children to read and learn to spell will also be included. The cost of the book is $30 plus a postage and handling fee of $4
This book replaces the now sold out "What Do I Teach" which is no longer available.
Another publication that Teachers and Parents will find useful is
THE CARLTON ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO TEACHING PHONICS. This book is part of the CARLTON APPROACH TO LITERACY EDUCATION.
Victoria Carlton has been trialling these methods for many years at her Tuition Centres and now offers teachers, parents and children the opportunity to teach and learn using these tried and proven strategies.
The approach is an eclectic one that offers balanced, effective strategies that will appeal to children of varied learning styles.
Victoria believes that learning should be relevant and fun. She has developed multi-sensory child-centred methods that focus on the child's individual learning needs rather than any particular philosophy.
This book is about phonics but as phonics cannot be taught effectively in isolation, some context for learning is provided. Some relevant grammar and punctuation conventions are also discussed.
Teachers and parents who would like to purchase the book can contact us on 9271 4200. Only PDF versions of the book are currently available The cost of the book is $10 for the downloadable PDF file.
TV and Newspapers
Read what Stateline on ABC TV said about us on 9th February 2007 <click here>
Read what Today Tonight on Channel 7 said about us on 25 July 2006 <click here> Read what the Sunday Times said about our EQ Courses on 30 April 2006 <click here, BIG file >
Commerce and Industry Award of Excellence 2002:
At a glittering awards and business dinner held at the Burswood Hotel Resort and Casino the International Centre for Excellence was the proud recipient of the "Bartercard Commerce & Industry Gold Award of Excellence"
The citation for the award was as follows:
"Each week 200 students can attest that learning does not always have to be a painful task! The International Centre for Excellence is passionate about the need to challenge, motivate and encourage children to develop their full academic potential.
ICE has a special interest in addressing children with special learning needs such as ADD, as well as gifted children. Its staff refuse to look at limitations of children - rather they focus on their potential. They each expect the very best of their students and always get it facilitated by multi-sensory and tailored learning programs.
ICE also offers professional development courses for corporations to increase Emotional Intelligence to ensure companies and institutions are operating at maximum levels of productivity and have work environments that nurturing, positive relationships with staff and clients. We celebrate excellence here this evening - International Centre for Excellence!"
Media Articles
These some of our media releases we've issued, click on the one you wish to see:
Newsletters
Click on a date to see selected newsletters and THE LINK
Some of these are a little dated, please ignore any addresses and phone numbers in them and use only those on the Contact Us page.
New Developments
NEW SCHOOL
The International Centre for Excellence is looking at setting up a small school based on the multiple intelligences model. It will cater for the needs of approximately 25 students and will also be a model teaching laboratory for student teachers and educators to come to, observe and learn from.
|
