Roselie Gardner

Deputy Headteacher and ICT Manager, Ysgol Gogarth (Special School), Llandudno, Conwy

Cymraeg

"I qualified in 1977 and taught in both secondary and primary sectors before moving into Special Education.

I have been a teacher at my present Special School, Ysgol Gogarth, Llandudno, since September 1980.

In 1985 I gained the Advanced Diploma in Special Educational Needs. In 1990 I was awarded the M.Ed. in Severe Learning Difficulties and in September 1995 was appointed as Deputy Headteacher. In 2000 I gained the NPQH (National Professional Qualification for Headship).

At Ysgol Gogarth I have worked with pupils with SEN who, because of their particular difficulties, spurred me to develop skills in ICT so that I could enable them to access the curriculum and enhance their learning. I became ICT coordinator in January 1988, knowing very little about computers and was sent to Wrexham on a 'crash learning curve' day release for 6 weeks as well as North West SEMERC's 'Allen Hall' course. Here I learned a lot about the 'Beeb', blue file software and access devices! By this time I was 'hooked'!!! In September 1988 I was seconded to the LEA (Gwynedd) for 2 days a week for 2 years as an Advisory teacher for IT and SEN (Gest funding). I was also on the same course as Alan Nevitt mentions! I was also seconded for 3 days a week for 2 terms by the Welsh Office to translate BBC open-framework SEN software into Welsh, In 1990 I gained a further Welsh Office secondment as the North Wales IT Project Officer for MEU Cymru (The Welsh Microelectronics in Education Unit) which involved working with teachers to develop ICT skills in schools across North Wales. I returned to Gogarth in April 1991 happy to have gained all that experience and ready to use them within my teaching.

Within the LEA I represent SEN on Conwy's Primary Consultative Group for ICT and liase regularly with the ICT Advisory Teacher as well as the Advisory Team in Cynnal, Gwynedd. All schools in Conwy buy into Cynnal's ICT service for inset, purchasing and maintenance of equipment.

I am a fluent Welsh speaker and can provide training through the medium of Welsh or English".

"Wedi i mi sicrhau cymhwyster fel athrawes yn 1977 bum yn addysgu yn y sector uwchradd a chynradd cyn symud ymlaen wedyn i'r sector Addysg Arbennig.

Rwyf wedi bod yn athrawes yn fy Ysgol Arbennig bresennol, sef Ysgol Gogarth, Llandudno, ers mis Medi 1980.

Yn 1985 enillais Diploma mewn Anghenion Addysgol Arbennig. Yn 1990 enillais gradd M.Ed yn astudio Anawsterau Dysgu ac ym mis Medi 1995 penodwyd fi i swydd Dirprwy Brifathrawes yr ysgol. Yn 2000 llwyddais i sichrau cymhwyster `CPCP' (Cymhwysder Profesiynol Cenedlaethol I Penaethiaid ).

Yn Ysgol Gogarth rwyf wedi gweithio gyda disgyblion ag AAA sydd, oherwydd eu hanawsterau penodol, wedi fy sbarduno i ddatblygu sgiliau TGCh addas er mwyn eu cynorthwyo hwy i sicrhau mynediad at y cwricwlwm ac i gyfoethogi'u dysgu. Ym mis Ionawr 1988 penodwyd fi i swydd cydlynydd TGCh yr ysgol, gan wybod ychydig iawn am gyfrifiaduron, anfonwyd fi i Wrecsam ar gwrs `carlam' un-dydd am 6 wythnos ac ar gwrs `Allen Hall' Semerc. Yma ddysgu llawer am y `Beeb' ac am feddalwedd a dyfeisiadau mynediad o bob math! Erbyn hyn reoddwn wedi fy nghyfareddu'n llwyr! Ym mis Medi 1988 cefais secondiad 2 ddiwrnod yr wythnos am 2 flynedd gan yr AALl (Gwynedd), fel athrawes Ymgynghorol TGCh ag AAA dan fenter GCA. Yr oeddwn hefyd ar y cwrs y cyferir ato gan Alan Nevitt! Derbyniais secondiad hefyd am 3 diwrnod bob wythnos gan y Swyddfa Gymreig i gyfieithu meddalwedd AAA fframwaith-agored y BBC i'r Gymraeg. Yna yn 1990, cefais secondiad arall gan y Swyddfa Gymreig fel Swyddog Prosiect TGCh Gogledd Cymru ar ran MEU Cymru (The Welsh Microeletronics in Education Unit) gan gyd-weithio ag athrawon eraill i ddatblygu sgiliau TGCh mewn ysgolion led-led Gogledd Cymru. Fe ddychwelais i'r Gogarth ym mis Ebrill 1991 yn teimlo'n ffodus iawn i mi gael cyfle i sicrhau'r holl brofiadau gwerthfawr yma acyn barod i'w defnyddio i addysgu.

Rwyf yn cynrychiolydd TGaCh Grwp Ymgynghorol Cynradd AALl Conwy ac yn ymgynghori'n gyson gyda Athrawes Ymgynghorol TGCh Conwy a Thim Ymgynghorol Cynnal, Gwynedd. Mae pob ysgol yng Nghonwy yn buddsoddi yng ngwasanaethau TGCh Cynnal ar gyfer darparu sesiynau HMS a phrynu a chynnal a chadw cyfarpar.

Rwyf yn siaradwraig Gymraeg rhugl fyddai'n gallu darparu hyfforddiant trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg neu'r Saesneg".

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