2008 Awards
Teacher Award
Mrs Leonie Cecich
Music Teacher
East Victoria Park Education Support Centre, East Victoria Park, WA
East Victoria Park Education Support Centre caters for approximately 20 students with intellectual disabilities in the Canning District of Perth, and staff are specifically trained to support these students.
Leonie brings a wonderful, infectious enthusiasm to all her music classes in the school. Students and staff look forward to her music sessions which are always filled with fun, new learning and skill development. Wonderful, creative and innovative resources are used to promote and maintain interest and enjoyment and Leonie ensures that she accommodates different learning styles such as visual, aural and kinaesthetic modalities across the student group. A structured program is presented to students each week during which musical skills and concepts are taught with appropriate adjustments to meet the developmental level and needs of the students.
She has a wide variety of approaches to teaching new content and students are actively engaged throughout the entire session. Consideration is given to the cultural backgrounds of the students, in particular African drumming and Aboriginal rhythm sticks. Leonie works in conjunction with therapists and teachers to produce songs that are educational and motivating.