Lessons on the Telly.

The lessons we had so capably delivered by Alanna from Griffith TAFE were via "the telly" (or I should say -video conference facility) generously supplied after hours, by Hillston Central School.

Alanna in full flight during our lesson. (Note the students
 in the small screen top left)

One of the issues for working in rural areas,well, anywhere in Australia really, is distance. When time costs money and you want to make the best use of grant budgets the use of a video conferences gives good "bang for your buck."

Many of the current volunteers work during the day so day time training is not an option. But how do you ask a TAFE teacher to risk the 'roos on a 1 1/4 hour trip to the teaching venue in the dark? She was willing to do it but a better solution was to use the video conference facilities available in most rural schools and TAFEs.

This way Hillston volunteers could get lessons in their own town - a real treat! and the teacher put in one to one and a half hours in the classroom plus preparation time, instead of  four, on top of a day's teaching and prep. time.

Volunteers give of their time to be trained for tutoring or conversation groups.