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It offers 'start to finish' production and management of internet conferences, which include 'real time' online discussions and the opportunity for professionals to connect with colleagues, both nationally and internationally. Cybertext International also provides website management, electronic newsletters and Internet video production. Cybertext International has long-term experience in the production and management of professional journals and newsletters. We offer a full range of editorial services, such as freelance journalism, proofreading, cartoons, desktop publishing, graphic design, online video and photography. Cybertext International also specialises in travel writing and photography for newspapers and magazines. Please contact Ms Debra Crouch if your organisation, school or company would like to discuss the provision of any of the above services. Mrs Debra J. Crouch is a former primary and secondary school teacher, who was born in Australia and now resides in Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates. She travels frequently to Europe, Asia, other countries in the Middle East, Australia and England, United Kingdom. After completing a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History at the University of Melbourne, Mrs Crouch was awarded a Rotary Graduate Scholarship in 1983, to become the first western student at the University of Kashmir, in Srinagar, northern India. She maintains a strong interest in inter-cultural and international issues. Mrs Crouch has visited schools in Nepal, India, New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Thailand, South Africa, Malaysia and the United Kingdom, and welcomes the opportunity to meet educators from all countries. Technology Colleges Trust, TIPD, the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust and iNet (England, United Kingdom) In 2001 Mrs Crouch managed the first internet conference held by the Technology Colleges Trust, in the United Kingdom, for the professional development of school heads. In 2001, she also managed an internet conference for the Teachers' International Professional Development (TIPD) program, in the United Kingdom. From 2002, Mrs Crouch has continued to manage internet conferences for the Technology Colleges Trust (which evolved to become the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust and its international arm, iNet (International Networking for Educational Transformation) in the United Kingdom. These e-vents feature international online discussion and debate on key education topics for principals, school heads teachers, education academics, education policy makers and students. The first international online conference for students commenced in March 2006. Mrs Crouch also made presentations to educators in Amsterdam at iNet’s first global conference in 2005, and in Birmingham, England, UK, at the Specialist Schools and Academy Trust’s national conference in 2005. She also addressed workshop participants at the iNet global conference in Mauritius in 2009. International Internship Programs (Japan) For three years, from 1996 to 1999, she was the Australian Locator for International Internship Programs, in Tokyo, placing over 350 Japanese interns in Australian schools and some businesses in New Zealand. International Confederation of Principals (Global) Mrs Crouch was also founding editor of ICP Online, the website for the International Confederation of Principals, in 1999 and managed this until 2005. Mrs Crouch has made presentations to school leaders at the International Confederation of Principals conventions in Helsinki, Finland and Kyonju, in Korea. Victorian Association of Secondary School Leaders and the Victorian Principals Association (Australia) For the past 20 years, Mrs Crouch has been involved in editing and managing publications specifically for educational leaders, and has published her own articles in some of these publications. At present, she is Executive Editor of Principal Matters, the official professional journal for secondary principals in Australia. Mrs Crouch is also the Executive Editor of Leadership in Focus (formerly Prime Focus), a professional publication for Australasian P-12 school leaders. ACEL (Australia) From 1992 until 2009, Mrs Crouch was the Managing Editor of Directions in Education, an education policy advisory service for the Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL). From 1993 to 1997, she was the Managing Editor of International Directions in Education, which was produced by the then ACEA on behalf of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration. From 1996 to 2009, Mrs Crouch produced Ed-Vine, a monthly international education news publication for the ACEL. From 2006 to 2009, an e-news service, ACEL FastNews, was added to the services supplied to the ACEL by Cybertext International’s e-news division, FastText. In 2010, Mrs Crouch commenced management of a new service ‘ACEL Online’, a comprehensive online information and ideas service for the ACEL. This includes a weekly e-newsletter and a supporting, interactive website containing blogs, videos, podcasts, reflective articles, education news and the facility for readers to comment on all of these online. In 2004 Mrs Crouch was awarded the title of Fellow by the Australian Council of Educational Leaders in 2004. APAPDC (Australia) In 2000, Mrs Crouch, through her company Cybertext International, managed the first internet conference held by the Australian Principals Associations' Professional Development Council (APAPDC). In 2001, she managed an internet conference on Civics and Citizenship education, for the New South Wales branch of the APAPDC, which involved principals and school heads from all over the world. ICSEI (International) From 2007 to 2009, Mrs Crouch published ICSEI Express for the International Council for ICSEI. This was a monthly online e-newsletter that was produced for financial members of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement. It included international education news updates and current information about forthcoming ICSEI conferences, groups and activities. General In 2007, Mrs Crouch addressed teachers and school principals in Recife, Brazil (Pernambuco state) about online learning opportunities for students and in 2009 she visited schools in Qatar and the UAE to promote student online conferences in those countries.. |
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Welcome!
Cybertext International is an international company that provides
Internet and paper-based publication services for the education and
travel sectors.