ACHIEVING RESULTS

Tony specialises in government liaison, educational project consultancy, educational strategic planning, educational technology, the development of teacher networks, systemic policy development, educational change and educational communication. He is recognised as a change agent, one who can manage large systemic change effectively, with process and within budget. He is recognised as a mentor and advisor in educational leadership.

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Tony possesses an in-depth knowledge of education, focusing on global education and digital technologies in learning. His consultancy experience is as a school principal, the chair of a national teachers’ association, an executive responsible for schools and principals and a project consultant focusing on system wide change. He has won many awards and is a Fellow of the Australian Council for Computers in Education.

30+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

Since 1976 Tony has been involved in education. He has been an educator in primary, secondary and tertiary education settings and has worked for teacher regulatory agencies, governmental authorities, not-for profit and for-profit corporations and has provided education consultancy worldwide. He is a strong project consultant and manager, specialising in educational strategic planning, policy development and large organisation transformation.

GLOBAL EXPERIENCE

Tony has worked in Australia, Bahrain Dubai, India, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Qatar, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States. He has provided consultancy to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, The International Society for Technology in Education, the Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States, Monash University and educational institutions around the world.

PROFILE

  • Tony specialises in government liaison, educational project management, educational strategic planning, educational technology, the development of teacher networks, educational communication and achieving results.
  • He is particularly interested in the management of education technology projects, principal and leadership development/mentoring in education technology and educational strategic planning.
  • Tony is an experienced, effective, intuitive manager with over thirty years experience in education.
  • He has held many positions focused on driving major change programmes. He possesses an in-depth knowledge of education, especially global education and the role of digital technologies in learning.
  • He is recognised as an experienced education negotiator and someone able to achieve results.
  • His education portfolio encompasses a variety of teaching experiences at all levels of education; he has been a primary school principal, university lecturer, education consultant and education project manager. He has worked in state and federal government agencies in Australia and internationally
  • He has managed a variety of large education projects. His past work includes a number of significant Australian government funded projects. He has also completed projects in the Middle East.
  • He is a past president of ICTEV, a Victorian Teacher Association and also Past President of ACCE, The Australian Council for Computers in Education, the peek body for ICT in Education in Australia. He served as an elected Director on the Board of ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education, based in Washington DC between 2011 and 2013 and is currently on the Horizon.K12 Advisory Board.
  • In 2005 he was presented with the Australian leader of the year in Educational Technology, in 2010, the ISTE making it happen award and also in 2010 was made a Fellow of ACCE. In May 2012 he was made a life member of ICTEV.
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SERVICES

Tony’s consultancy offers a comprehensive range of support to a broad range of educationalists. His preferred model is one of mentorship and partnership development. In most cases he will not do a one off professional learning activity, as his strong belief is that contemporary change to be successful is a process over a period of time.

  • Consultancy for Ministry of Education leaders - education technology.
  • Corporate consultancy - education technology.
  • Educational Leadership Strategic Planning
  • Mentoring of Education leaders, focus on understanding education technology.
  • Project Management of education technology projects
  • System evaluation and review (Technology)
  • School evaluation and review (Technology)

Presentation

REFERENCES

Educational Leadership / Mentoring

Dr Kecia Rae – Past Board Chair , International Society for Technology in Education (keciaray@gmail.com)
Professor Stephen Heppell (Stephen@heppell.net)
Mr Greg Lane – Principal , St Mary’s Primary School, Swan Hill, Victoria Australia.
(GLane@smswanhill.catholic.edu.au)
Dr Jason Zagami, Lecturer , School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (j.zagami@gmail.com)
Ms Julie Lindsay , Global collaboration consultant. (lindsay.julie@gmail.com)

Project Management

Professor Geoff Romeo, Honorary Professor of Australian Catholic University (Geoff.Romeo@acu.edu.au)
Mr Slawomir Klos, Digital Inclusion Section Head, ICTQatar, Doha, Qatar (sklos@ict.gov.qa)

Consultancy

Professor Geoff Romeo, Honorary Professor of Australian Catholic University (Geoff.Romeo@acu.edu.au)
Mr Slawomir Klos, Digital Inclusion Section Head, ICTQatar, Doha, Qatar (sklos@ict.gov.qa)

Character

Mr Mike Lawrence, Chief Executive Officer, CUE, Calafornia, United States (mlawrence@cue.org)
Mr Allan Hutchison, Senior Psychologist, Catholic Education, Ballarat Australia
(ahutchinson@ceoballarat.catholic.edu.au)
Professor Margaret Lloyd, Acting Assistant Dean, Teaching and Learning Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (mm.lloyd@qut.edu.au)
Mr Chris Robarts Educational Consultant, Catholic Education, Ballarat Australia
(crobarts@ceoballarat.catholic.edu.au)
Ms Gabrielle England, Education Manager (englandg@optusnet.com.au)

GET IN TOUCH

tony@tonybrandenburg.com.au
+61 428345001 (Australian Cell)
+62 82147553789 (Indonesian Cell)

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