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 LLOYD
CAMERON
Lloyd gained an Honours degree in
English and a Diploma in Education from the University
of New England. He has undertaken postgraduate study
and he is a member of the Australian College of Education.
He has taught in both state and private systems,
at co-educational schools and single sex schools.
He is experienced at teaching English, History and
Drama at both Junior and Senior levels and he has
marked the NSW Higher School Certificate for nine
years. He was appointed to the position of Head Teacher
English and he has given many lectures to students
on HSC texts.
Since
1994 he has been New South Wales Debating and Public Speaking
Co-ordinator. In this
position he
manages several state wide programs, open to government
and non-government schools at secondary and primary
levels. He has served as a Council Member of the
English Teachers’ Association and has organised
seminars to assist in the professional development
of teachers. Over the past decade he has represented
New South Wales in meetings of the National Council
of the Plain English Foundation and in 2000 he
was elected National Chairman of this body. As
part of
his responsibilities in this position he attended,
as Australia’s representative, the International
Final of the English Speaking Union in London in
2001.
Lloyd
has contributed articles and reviews to the journals of the
English Teachers Association
and
the History Teachers Association and he has written
over thirty study guides on senior English and
Drama texts. He has made several sets of videos
intended
as teaching aids. One, aimed at debating coaches,
featured two world champion debaters and the
comedian Judith Lucy. A second, devoted to drama skills
such as characterisation and movement, received
an award
from the Victorian Education Department in 1996.
A third, entitled ‘Speaking To Make A Difference’ was
directed at primary school teachers wishing to
improve the verbal competencies of their students.
This video
was distributed to every primary school in New
South Wales.
Lloyd
has compered concerts of massed school choirs at the Sydney
Opera House and directed
plays with
students from Sydney Grammar School, Kambala
and SCEGGS Darlinghurst. In recognition of
his ability
as a communicator the Sydney Theatre Company
commissioned him to write their guides for
students attending
the plays in the 1993 Education series. This
involved interviewing the directors and designers
of the
productions and writing a commentary appropriate
to HSC students.
In 1994 and 1995 as Education Adviser for News
Limited publications he promoted performing
arts activities
in dance, music and drama and provided advice
on English texts to junior and senior secondary
students,
parents and teachers.
In
recognition of his skills in co-ordinating the Plain English
Speaking Award,
The Sydney
Morning
Herald asked him to co-ordinate the judging
of another program they sponsor - the Young
Writer
of the Year
Award. He has arranged state and national
events at venues such as the Powerhouse Museum, Government
House and the National Maritime Museum. He
has also helped in the provision of material
for
the Optus
Education Channel, as well as co-ordinating
a number of programs in conjunction with
the
Centenary
of
Federation, the Anti-Discrimination Board
and the Botanic Gardens Trust.
Lloyd
has written texts with staff from the Universities of Sydney
and New England and
he is co-author
of a booklet entitled ‘Taking the Initiative’,
distributed to all schools in the state that
enter debating competitions. He has also
co-operated with
the Multicultural Education Unit to increase
student and community understanding of cultural
diversity
by implementing the Multicultural Perspectives
Public Speaking Competition for primary school
students.
This program was nominated for a NSW Premier’s
Public Sector Award in the category of Social
Justice and Workforce Diversity.
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