Learning Edges Australia
Director: Margaret Taylor
Margaret has been director of her own consulting company Learning Edges Australia for 20 years. Before that she held management and leadership positions in the education sector and was a teacher in secondary, TAFE and higher education. As a consultant, facilitator, coach and researcher she values working with clients to achieve positive and sustainable change. She brings to her work a commitment to rigorous research and analysis, outstanding project leadership skills,
innovative thinking, expert facilitation and collaborative practice. She has a particular passion for creative action learning – for individuals, groups and organisations.
Qualifications and training
- § Master of Arts - Social Ecology (University of Western Sydney 2006)
- § Bachelor of Education (Monash University 1977)
- § Bachelor of Arts (Monash University 1971)
- § Diploma of Education (Monash University 1972)
- § Certificate IV In Training & Assessment (in progress by RPL)
- § Certificate in Holistic Coaching (Metavision Institute – in progress)
- § Holistic Human Development Processes – Foundation for Mind Research, New York, 1994
- § Technology of Participation Group Facilitation Methods – Institute of Cultural Affairs, Seattle, 1995
- § Strategic Dialogue as Core Business Process: The World Café Method of Facilitation, Halifax, 2001
Career Highlights
- § Director, Learning Edges Australia Pty Ltd (1989- present)
- § Acting Director University Teaching and Learning, RMIT University (2002)
- § Teaching, program co-ordination and project management in TAFE Institutes and Victorian secondary schools (1973-1988)
- § Research Assistant, Faculty of Education, Monash University (1977).
Programs and services
- § Organisational reviews and change management
- § Coaching for effective professional practice
- § Facilitation
- § Strategic conversations
- § Enabling creativity and innovation
- § Leadership & management development
- § Best practice learning & assessment
- § Project management
- § Program and project evaluation
- § Applied qualitative research
Clients have come from
- § Vocational education and training
- § Higher education
- § Regional community health services
- § Manufacturing, automotive, water, transport, real estate
- § Government
2009 Programs and Projects
- Organisational review and change management consultancy for RMIT University Business TAFE School
- Senior management coaching and strategic conversations – RMIT University
- Facilitation of the development of coaching & mentoring within six Victorian TAFE Institutes, TAFE Development Centre
- Program evaluation - Diploma of Engineering (Advanced Trades) RMIT University
- Delivery of “Facilitate Action Learning” in the Diploma VET Practice for East Gippsland Institute of TAFE
- Implementation of best practice assessment/RPL for RMIT TAFE
2006-2008 Programs and Projects
- Facilitation of strategic planning - East Gippsland Institute of TAFE, Victorian Department of Sustainability & Environment, Gippsland Women’s Health Service
- Management training for Bairnsdale Regional Health Services: workshops, strategic conversations and project based learning
- Facilitation and coaching to implement new practices for recognition of prior learning, RMIT University
- Conduct of program reviews and development of continuous improvement action plans against Australian Qualifications Framework (AQTF) in preparation for audit - RMIT University
- Consultancy and project management for the development of policies, procedures & best practice for recognition of prior learning – RMIT University & East Gippsland Institute of TAFE
- Management & leadership development through coaching, creative training workshops & action learning – East Gippsland Institute of TAFE, RMIT University, South East Water
- Teacher training, professional development, and training of mentors & coaches - iGAIN Quality Learning Inc, East Gippsland Institute of TAFE, RMIT University, Baw Baw Shire and Mallacoota District Health & Support Service
- Evaluation of the TAFE Fellowship Program - TAFE Development Centre, Victoria