learning edges
Learning Edges Australia aims to build the
capacity and enhance the potential of individuals, organisations and
communities.
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
With learning edges australia
§ Sustainable change
§ High level research and analysis
§ Strategic thinking
§ Action learning
§ Practical outcomes
§ Transformative facilitation methods
§ Creativity
§ Reflective practice
§ Strategic thinking
§ Deep learning
§ Collaboration
Clients have
come from
§ Vocational education and training
§ Higher education
§ Regional community health services
§ Manufacturing, automotive, water, transport, real estate
§ Government
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.
Career Highlights
§ Director, Learning Edges Australia Pty Ltd (1989- present)
§ Acting
Director University Teaching and Learning,
§ Teaching, program co-ordination and project management in TAFE Institutes and Victorian secondary schools (1973-1988)
§ Research
Assistant, Faculty of Education,
Qualifications and training
§ Master of Arts - Social Ecology (University of Western Sydney 2006)
§ Bachelor
of Education (
§ Bachelor
of Arts (
§ Diploma
of Education (
§ 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,
§ Technology
of Participation Group Facilitation Methods – Institute of Cultural Affairs,
§ Strategic
Dialogue as Core Business Process: The World Café Method of Facilitation,
Recent programs & projects for learning
edges
2009
Organisational review and change management consultancy for
Senior management coaching and strategic conversations –
Facilitation of the development of coaching & mentoring within six Victorian TAFE Institutes, TAFE Development Centre
Program evaluation - Diploma of Engineering (Advanced
Trades)
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
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,
Conduct of program reviews and development of continuous
improvement action plans against Australian Qualifications Framework (AQTF) in
preparation for audit -
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,
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,