Committee Members 2007 - 2008
Committee
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Chair
Vice-chair & Leaflets Coordinator
Secretary & Newsletter Editor
Treasurer
Membership Officer
Classes Information Officer
Catchword Editor
Minutes Secretary
Webmaster
Events Coordinator
Ordinary Committee Members
Officers
Chair: Bert Smale
Qualifications:
Qualified as a tutor of lipreading to adults at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh in 1995.
Experience:
Member of ATLA since 1995, and Scottish representative to ATLA Committee since 2000.
Member of the Management Committee and a core tutor of the Scottish Course to train Tutors of Lipreading to Adults.
Former Social Worker with Deaf People.
Vice-chair: Bill Allen
Also acts as Leaflet Coordinator.
Qualifications:
Cert. H.E. Teaching Speechreading (Lipreading) to Adults
Experience:
Teaches five lipreading classes in the High Peak area
ATLA Newsletter Editor until 1997
Previous ATLA Committee member
Serves on several other committees, including Hearing Concern (Education Committee) & CAMTAD (North Derbyshire)
Secretary & Newsletter Editor: Mary Bayntun
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Experience:
Treasurer: Janet Thomas
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Experience:
Membership Officer: Pat Tester
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Catchword Editor: Maggie Short
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Classes Information Officer: Gill Girling
Qualifications:
RSA Certificate in Teaching Lipreading Skills to Adults with an Acquired Hearing Loss
CGLI 7307 Further and Adult Education Training Certificate
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Minutes Secretary: Tracey Carroll
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Experience
Webmaster: Heidi Walsh
Qualifications:
RSA Certificate in Teaching Lipreading Skills to Adults with an Acquired Hearing Loss, 1996
CGLI 7307 Further and Adult Education Teaching Certificate, 1997
CGLI 9282/9283 Initial Teaching Certificate in Teaching Literacy and Numeracy to Adults, 1999
Cert. Ed. (Post-compulsory education and training) - Huddersfield University 1998
OCN level 3 Webdesign and Software 2000
Member of the HTML Writers Guild
Currently working towards MA (Education and training)
Experience:
Until January 2002, taught 10 lipreading classes per week, at a range of ability levels.
Senior Tutor for Wakefield Adult Education Service, teaching 3 lipreading classes per week together with the teacher training programme and the staff development programme.
Previously Scheme Assistant for CAMTAD(ND).
Events Coordinators: Philippa Cornforth & Jean Wells
Email: events@lipreading.org.uk
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Experience:
Ordinary Committee Members
Carol Riley
Qualifications:
Cert. H.E. Teaching Speechreading (Lipreading) to Adults 1989
CGLI 7307 Further and Adult Ed. Teaching Certificate 2005
Experience:
Member of ATLA & Teaching since 1989.
Currently teaching 6 classes in Lancashire.
Joined ATLA C'tee 2006.
Ex-officio Committee Members
Ex-officio committee members are members of the Committee by virtue of a post which they have been appointed to by the Committee.
The Committee tries to fill these posts from amongst the members of the Committee, but where no Committee member has the relevant skills, then a full member of ATLA may be appointed to the post.
Posts which may be ex-officio include:
- Membership Officer
- Catchword Editor
- Classes Information Officer
- Newsletter Editor
- Webmaster