Anna-Maria Telford
Diocesan nominee
Queensland Catholic Education Week 2011 Spirit of Catholic Education Awards
Anna-Maria Telford Anna-Maria Telford, Good Shepherd Catholic College Nominated by Rebecca Brock Anna Telford has been a teacher at Good Shepherd Catholic College for six years, working in a variety of KLAs with a focus on Drama: 1. Accompanied a student who won a week’s work experience with Bell Shakespeare Company (2006) 2. Directing school plays (2007-09) 3. Assisted students to raise funds and accompanied them to the ACU Enrichment Programme (2007) run by Tracey Sanders. 4. Assisted student to raise funds and accompanied them to Queensland Theatre Co’s Theatre Residency Week (September holidays 2008-11) 5. Facilitated performances at the local Rock Pop Mime Competition (2007-11) In addition to these extra curricular activities, Anna has developed an innovative drama programme finding opportunities to bring Artists in Residence and travelling performers to augment the students’ experience of theatre. Students have also had the opportunity to present units such as Children’s Theatre, College Drama and Puppets to parents and students from our feeder primary schools. Anna’s understanding of her subject area is recognised within the Queensland drama community and Anna has been invited to present at the Drama Queensland Conference in 2007, 2009, 2011. In addition to the work Anna has done with students from Good Shepherd Catholic College, she is also a member of the Mount Isa Theatrical Society, and runs Harlequins, a junior drama programme outside of school hours. The programme gives students an opportunity to compete at the local speech and drama Eisteddfod and also to prepare performances at the theatre for family and friends. Anna has also been proactive in her other teaching area, Religious Education: Year 11 Study of Religion = excursion with a Kalkadoon elder to various sacred and meeting sites around Mount Isa so they could understand the rituals that happened in those locations and the importance of land to the local Indigenous people. Year 12 Study of Religion = students to travelled to Townsville to meet with representatives of religions other than Christianity so that they could better understand how different Sacred Texts affect the lives of believers for their ethnographic report. As a teacher, Anna strives to make a difference in the lives of the students she teaches, looking to give them opportunities to extend themselves, find out something new about the community they live in, or simply be able to learn through a variety of experiences.
Catholic Education Week 2011 – Excelling in Education… Heart, Mind and Spirit
Queensland Catholic Education Week 2011 Spirit of Catholic Education Awards
Anna-Maria Telford Anna-Maria Telford, Good Shepherd Catholic College Nominated by Rebecca Brock Anna Telford has been a teacher at Good Shepherd Catholic College for six years, working in a variety of KLAs with a focus on Drama: 1. Accompanied a student who won a week’s work experience with Bell Shakespeare Company (2006) 2. Directing school plays (2007-09) 3. Assisted students to raise funds and accompanied them to the ACU Enrichment Programme (2007) run by Tracey Sanders. 4. Assisted student to raise funds and accompanied them to Queensland Theatre Co’s Theatre Residency Week (September holidays 2008-11) 5. Facilitated performances at the local Rock Pop Mime Competition (2007-11) In addition to these extra curricular activities, Anna has developed an innovative drama programme finding opportunities to bring Artists in Residence and travelling performers to augment the students’ experience of theatre. Students have also had the opportunity to present units such as Children’s Theatre, College Drama and Puppets to parents and students from our feeder primary schools. Anna’s understanding of her subject area is recognised within the Queensland drama community and Anna has been invited to present at the Drama Queensland Conference in 2007, 2009, 2011. In addition to the work Anna has done with students from Good Shepherd Catholic College, she is also a member of the Mount Isa Theatrical Society, and runs Harlequins, a junior drama programme outside of school hours. The programme gives students an opportunity to compete at the local speech and drama Eisteddfod and also to prepare performances at the theatre for family and friends. Anna has also been proactive in her other teaching area, Religious Education: Year 11 Study of Religion = excursion with a Kalkadoon elder to various sacred and meeting sites around Mount Isa so they could understand the rituals that happened in those locations and the importance of land to the local Indigenous people. Year 12 Study of Religion = students to travelled to Townsville to meet with representatives of religions other than Christianity so that they could better understand how different Sacred Texts affect the lives of believers for their ethnographic report. As a teacher, Anna strives to make a difference in the lives of the students she teaches, looking to give them opportunities to extend themselves, find out something new about the community they live in, or simply be able to learn through a variety of experiences.
Catholic Education Week 2011 – Excelling in Education… Heart, Mind and Spirit
