Noosa Campus director to say goodbye to CQU
Published on 23 June, 2005
Foundation Campus Director at Central Queensland University Noosa, Professor David Lynch will say goodbye to CQU this September and take up his new appointment of Head of School of Education with Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory.
Professor Lynch has been the campus director and Sub-Dean of the Noosa Bachelor of Learning Management hub for five years and was responsible for writing the early, innovative BLM courses at CQU. He also undertook the setting up of partnerships with Education Queensland, more than 80 schools on the Sunshine Coast and vast numbers of supporting teachers.
“The fact that David’s energy, commitment and potential have been rewarded through the awarding of a professorial Chair at Charles Darwin – and a remit to establish a BLM degree – speaks volumes for both David’s calibre and the standing of our BLM offer,” Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Jim Mienczakowski said.
Professor Lynch said: “the BLM is the first major reform of teacher education in this country in 25 years. It’s all about preparing teachers for today’s changing world and ensuring that graduates have a seamless transition from university into the workplace.”.
“We no longer prepare teachers in the BLM, but learning managers.
“The enormous economic and social changes of the past few years mean that a different type of learning professional is required. The science of teaching and learning has changed dramatically in the past 10 years and thanks to some groundbreaking research in this area we have been able to achieve a greater understanding of exactly how people learn.”.
Professor Lynch said it was vital teachers were prepared properly. “Our aim is to prepare learning managers who can achieve outcomes for all children. We are about ensuring that no child in the classroom falls through the cracks.”.
Before CQU, Professor Lynch worked in the Queensland State School system for more than 13 years, starting as a primary school teacher, then as a principal of a one-teacher rural school, before three positions culminating in the principalship of a large urban primary school. He also spent three years in a strategic planning role as a manager for a Queensland company.