LENORA J.

SUNDSTROM

Mobile: 0407 307 749

Lenora.Sundstrom1@my.nd.edu.au

PERSONAL STATEMENT
I believe that, as an educator, it is my responsibility to cultivate and nurture intrinsic curiosity. It is my philosophy that
each child can learn and that each child has a right to learn. I aim to facilitate learning by establishing a collaborative
environment in which knowledge is co-created among students, parents, teachers and the community. My career
objective as a teacher is to maintain the highest standards of professionalism; to understand the life circumstances of
my students; to provide timely, constructive feedback; to seek out best practice; and to embrace failure as the first step
in the learning process.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

In Progress

2012
2003
2001
1999

The University of Notre Dame Australia (Fremantle): Graduate DiplomaSecondary Education

Teaching Areas: Science, Psychology, Health & Physical Education
Classroom Immersion: Byford Secondary College (Term 2)Science, Years 7-9
Student Teaching: Mandurah Catholic College (Term 3)Science (Y8-10); Psychology (Y11)
Victoria University (Melbourne, Australia): PhDSport Psychology
Minnesota State University, Mankato (USA): GPA 4.00, Master of ArtsSport Psychology
Cornell College (Iowa, USA): GPA 3.76, Bachelor of Special StudiesSport Psychology
Sheridan College (Wyoming, USA): GPA 3.83, Associate of SciencePre-Professional

RECENT EMPLOYMENT
2012-2014

Administrator & Stadium Manager: Cockburn Basketball Association, Hamilton Hill (WA)
Carry out all administrative tasks, including daily financial transactions and stadium management

2006-2012

Tutor; Research Assistant; Research Ambassador: Victoria University, Melbourne (VIC)

Weekly tutorials supplementing class lectures; marking assessments; assisting with exams
Quantitative and qualitative data analysis; completion of written report(s) and grant applications
Guidance, advice and support for research students and staff

LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

2014-Present Willetton Basketball Association, Lakeside Basketball Association & Wheelchair Sports WA
Referee: Junior and senior domestic; junior and senior state league; wheelchair state league
Statistics: Womens and mens state league, National League Wheelchair, Womens National League
Other: Representative Teams Committee, Associate SBL Director
2012-2014

Cockburn Basketball Association

Coach: U12 Girls WABL (2013), U14-2 Girls WABL (2014), disability basketball group
Referee: Junior domestic, senior domestic and junior state league (WABL) referee
Statistics: Womens and Mens SBL games, National League Wheelchair games, WNBL games

2012-2014

Coogee Junior Basketball Club: Coach

Girls: U10 (2013), U12 (2014)
Boys: U12 (2012), U16 (2013), U18 (2013)

2012

Freo Falcons Junior Basketball Club: Coach, U10 Boys

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
2005-2008

Weston County School District #1 (Newcastle, WY, USA):

Relief (substitute) teacher: Grades six through twelve (2005-2006)
Intramural basketball coach: Grade six girls, grade six boys (2006, 2008)

2003-2005

Hiram College (Ohio, USA):

Assistant womens firsts (varsity) basketball coach
Office and budget manager, Sports (Athletics) Department
Recruiter and admission counsellor
Informal sport psychology consulting

2001-2003

Gustavus Adolphus College (Minnesota, USA):

Assistant womens firsts (varsity) basketball coach; head seconds (junior varsity) basketball coach
Intramural recreation director (Graduate Assistant)

2003

Internship: Sporting Wheelies & Disabled Association of Queensland (Brisbane)

2000

Summer Recreation Director: Youth sport program (Newcastle, WY, USA)

QUALIFICATIONS
2015

Response Abilities Pathway training: Reclaiming Youth International (29-30 September)

2012-Present Working With Children Check: Western Australia, Notice # 1061828, Expiry 29 April 2018
2013-Present Referee Accreditation: Level 2 Referee (Association Representative)
Selected to WAs State Referee Development Program (2013-2014)
Level 1 Referee Coach/Evaluator (September, 2015)
2012-Present National Coaching and Accreditation Scheme (NCAS): Club Coach, FIBA ID # 1441884

SKILLS
ICT:

Social:
Workplace:
Personal:

Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint); education ICT and WebQuest (Seqta and
Coneqt; Weebly, Scootle, Prezi, SpiderScribe, Padlet, Survey Monkey, ClickView, QR codes); MYOB
Accounting; FIBA (Organiser, Stadium Scoring, Live Stats); Research Packages (NVivo, Qualtrics,
SPSS); Social Media
Excellent verbal, presentation and writing skills; professionalism
Ability to work independently or as part of a team; research, analysis and reporting
Strong work ethic, well-organised, attention to detail, intrinsically curious

INTERESTS
Sport:
Basketball, tae kwon do, biking, bushwalking
Personal:
Christian faith, travel, history, reading, music, trivia, photography
Social Justice: World Vision (child sponsorship); Locks of Love & Beautiful Lengths (hair donation)

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AWARDS AND HIGHLIGHTS

Refereeing
2015

2014
2013

Statistics
2014

2013

WABL Finals: U16-1 Girls gold medal game (September)

Draft Panel: State Basketball League (SBL)
U16 Australian Junior Championships (Ulverstone, July)
U16 Australian Junior Championships (Geelong, July)
Southern Cross Challenge: U15 Girls gold medal game (Melbourne, January)
State Championships (December) and WABL Finals (September): gold medal games
U14 Australian Club Championships (Darwin, SeptemberOctober)
Mens SBL grand final game
U18 Australian Junior Championships (Canberra, April) U18 Mens gold medal game
U20 Australian Junior Championships (Perth, February) U20 Mens gold medal game
Australian Boomers v China exhibition game
Womens SBL grand final game
Australian Boomers v China exhibition game

Coaching
2012-2013

Basketball WA National Intensive Training Program (NITP) network coach

Academic
2007-2012
2006-2010
2010
2009
2009, 2010
1999, 1998

Women in Sport Leadership Grant: Sport and Recreation Victoria ($60,000)

DEST Endeavour IPRS Post-Graduate Scholarship: Australian Government & VU
University Postgraduate Research Committee (VU): Student Representative
Faculty Graduate Studies Committee (VU): Student Representative
International Student Orientation (VU): Host
Distinguished Academic All-American: Sheridan College Womens Basketball

RESIDENCY STATUS
Birth:
United States of America
Citizenship: American
Current Visa: Student visa, expiry 31 December 2015 (eligible for a 485 Graduate Visa)

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