Pat Slattery

Pat Slattery

Pat, a retired school principal, realized that there was one group of children for whom it was very difficult to provide. Her own experience and her children and grandchildren had found that being a different learner was not easy in a one size fits all environment.

Fast learners need more resources, faster paced lessons and more complex challenges in their learning experiences.

With other experienced and mentally-keen educational leaders Pat has built WiseOnes to a national service for schools and their fast learning pupils. WiseOnes provides the teachers, the appropriate curriculum and the resources for these small groups.  Pat upgraded her qualifications to include the COGE from GERRIC in 2000. She attends  national, state and world Conferences in Gifted Education and Educational Leadership. In 2009 Pat was honoured to become an Associate Fellow of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders.

Claudine Berman

Claudine Berman

Claudine was a retired principal when she saw an advertisement for educational leaders to work with WiseOnes. In 1998 she started to serve the needs of fast learners near where she lived. Now there are hundreds of children being assisted through her efforts.

Claudine loves the way her team of teachers and the WiseOnes programs make the children happier and more confident in their own natural identity. She is very empathetic with parents of gifted children and is the daughter, mother and grandmother of  fast learners.  For several years in a row Claudine won Licencee of the year award for her work in the Bayside area of Melbourne.

Pat Rogers-Truscott

Pat Truscott

When Pat Rogers-Truscott decided to retire after more than a decade as principal she thought that WiseOnes would give her a great interest and provide a way of serving needs that she recognized as important and unmet.  Pat joined the WiseOnes team in 1999 and has hundreds of children enjoying the programs presented by her team of teachers.Pat’s consistent, outstanding service to the schools to which she contracts shows in the happiness of the children and the way they always want to come back to WiseOnes. Principals enjoy her collegial experience and know how as she understands their position.

Pat has built a team of several teachers. Due to the multidisciplinary nature of WiseOnes all of their talents are used for the benefit of the children.

Pat won the Licensee of the Year awards for 2009 to 2011 as her business name Access Re-ed Services P/L.

Christine Ryan

Christine has taught in three states and is a specialist Music teacher as well as having taught adult business people to improve their businesses.  She also has experience as an Assistant Principal so is empathetic to school needs.

Christine is providing for well over 100 children in her Eastern areas of Melbourne.  Christine joined the WiseOnes team in 2004. In 2008 Christine completed her Masters in Gifted Education and she attends the VAGTC offerings.

 

 

 

Angela Katsos

Angela is mother to two boys in the WiseOnes program.  She started with WiseOnes as a contract teacher but soon decided that she could supply the progam in the north eastern area of Melbourne.  Angela has quite a bit of experience teaching and organizing for gifted education in the schools at which she has taught. She is till teaching at a school two days a week.

 

 

 

Jo Ferrara

                                                    Joanne started with Pat Slattery as a contract teacher. While travelling home with Claudine Berman after the 2010 WiseOnes Conference she was convinced that she had the ability to provide leadership for the program in her area.  Jo took over the management of the program at Amsleigh Park P.S. and wiil take over leadership of the program at Oakleigh Greek Orthodox College shortly.  Joanne is well qualified and is mother of four interesting young ones.

 

 

 

 

Myra Karantzas

Myra retired from a leadership position in her school to have more time for other life.  Being a WiseOnes Education Manager suits her well.  She has had experience teaching the gifted and understands their needs.  She is a great organizer and keen to assist in schools in the western area of Melbourne.

Michelle McGowan

Michelle ia an exhibiting artist as well as a qalified teacher and has extra qualificcations in other areas as well. She has the experience of being the parent of a gifted child.

Melissa Dornhart, Brisbane

Melissa had a child in the WiseOnes program when the teacher suggested she would suit working as an Education Manager since she was well qualified. Merlissa has taken on the challenge of getting WiseOnes going to help the children and families in Queensland.