User:Jenniferkathleenphillips

Jennifer Kathleen Phillips won prizes and awards in art and athletics as a child and her writing and poetry began apearing in publications at the age of 12. She is currently a poet, artist, writer, webmaster, preacher and teacher. She completed 3 years at a New Zealand Teachers College majoring in Art and Maths and later completed a degree in Education for which she was awarded the title of "Massey Scholar" for graduating in the top 5%. She spent 8 years teaching Primary level children and then worked from home while rearing 3 children. During this time she spent 15 years as a preacher with the Methodist Church of NZ and started and supervised a licensed preschool. She wrote songs and poems, made art works and screen printed items, published 4 books and jointly owned and operated a printing business, bought and maintained rental properties and was on a number of voluntary committees. She returned to secondary teaching in 1995 teaching Art, visual merchandising, screen-printing and guitar. She also coordinated the religious education in schools and was on a number of committees including the Hawke's Bay Federation of University Women, Hawke's Bay Scripture Union Committee member, Churches Education Commission District Committee and CWSA Teachers Group (Children With Special Abilities). In 2000 she immigrated to Australia and began teaching IT. In 2003 as well as teaching, she completed an IT Diploma in multimedia integration and became president of the ACT branch of the Australian Federation of University Women. In 2004 she published her 5th book, began and later completed two certificate courses (Screen + Work Place Training and Assessment and made and exhibited her first piece of digital Art. She held her first solo exhibition of digital art in 2006. In 2012 she completed a Graduate Diploma of Theology.  For one of this degree subject (Church History)she was awarded the Victoria Gibbons Memorial Prize for academic excellence.  She continues to be involved on a number of committees and in sharing her poetry, photography, art works and her amazing experiences as well as teaching and studying. She also continues to publish books (8 to date) and achieve academic excellence for her study.