M S PARER

Michael S Parer BA MSc MTh GDC PhD

115 Rickard Drive, Morwell Victoria 3840 Australia
t/f] +61 3 51 221 345, m] 0409 250 004

Professor, AusAid Adviser, Australian Business Volunteer, Indigenous Community Volunteer Chair to Governing Council, Norton University, international Medical University and Community Education

152 Street 19 118 Phsar Chas, Daun Penh, Phnom Penh. Cambodia
mobile phone in Cambodia (855) (0) 12 729 350 office (855) (0) 23 982 166 fax (855) (0) 23214158

Energetic, supportive, innovative, thoughtful, lateral problem solver, task oriented, interest in holistic, open, flexible, distance e-learning education and medical training, enjoys physical, mental and personal challenge, being with and relating to others, relish the outdoors and bush, organizational skills, interact with a variety of people, experienced broadcaster, writer and publisher.

2006

Cambodia March-May and October-November as Australian Business Volunteer, Norton University, Professor and Deputy-Chair Board of Directors

Ministry of Education Youth Sports, Department of Scientific Research, International Consultant and Research Adviser.
2002 - 2006 Chair, Board of Directors, College of Celebrancy
2005 Visit Cambodian and Philippines and collaborate with Associate Professor Marlene Drysdale, Director of Indigenous Health Unit, Monash School of Rural Health, Faculty of Medicine to set up a community population health program based on the indigenous Health model in Australia. This would be a non hospital disease centered approach for the outlying provinces.
2005 Prepare external report on the Ateneo de Zamboanga, Philippines in the southern area of Mindanao for the President and look to improving training opportunities and international linkages particularly in community health with their specialized medical and nursing programs.
2004 Marriage Celebrant registered number 6169 with the Attorney General department
2000 - 2004 Koori Elders Senior Camp with 130 Eastern Victorian Aboriginal Elders, and in planning for October 2005
2004 - 2005

Returned to Cambodia for thirteenth visit in five years as project leader for Australian Business Volunteers with a team of six to complete and initiate the following

  • Quality Management Systems (QSM) and Diploma of Foundation Studies (DFS).
  • Integrated Database
  • Handbook and Accreditation with the Accreditation Commission of Cambodia
  • Enhance the Cambodian Association of Higher Education
  • Develop and Extended Campus network to achieve greater participation in post secondary training and education in the provinces
  • Establish the Jayvoraman Open Univeristy of Cambodia and offer and international Graduate Diploma in Khmer Studies.
  • Prepare tour for President of Australian Open University systems
  • Investigate a community health program with Monash University School of Rural Health based on the indigenous Health model in Australia.
2001 - Current

Norton University, Phnom Penh Cambodia Project funded by International Finance Corporation (the commercial arm of The World Bank) and Mekong Project Development Facility (MPDF) Australian Business Volunteers of AusAID and to Auckland University of Technology for Quality Management Systems (QSM)and Diploma of Foundation Studies (DFS). The final Phases are currently under completion and expect to be extended to the Jayvoraman VII Open University of Cambodia to commence in mid 2006.

Activities have included:

  • With Professor David Brook Pro Vice Chancellor AUT to prepare documentation for AUT, IFC and MPDF for reform of Higher Education in Cambodia
  • To develop proposal for Research Center in Higher Education with UNESCO Research Chair in conjunction with the Royal University of Phnom Penh
  • Business Adviser to Norton University and Banana Centre IELTS English Language Institute, Cambodia.
  • Academic Professional Development for Khmer academic staff.
2003 - Current Project Leader for AusAID project funded by IFC of The World Bank to examine the feasibility of the Global Development Learning Network and the Cambodian Knowledge Centre for the Royal Cambodian Government. Working with the Council of Ministers, the Council of Administrative Reform, the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport, the Accreditation Committee of Cambodia and the Cambodian Higher Education Association.
2002 - Current Consortium leader of Institute of Open Learning China Australia with Boston Partners to develop ESL and exchange programs with Zhang Wen Bin of Western Hill Middle School, Fujian Xishan School, Fugin City, Fuzhu Province China to teach and establish an International language Institute.
2000 - Present  Chair, Australian and International College of Celebrants
2000 - 2003 Director and Publisher tain.net.au co pty ltd
1991 - 2000 Professor, Zimbabwe Open University. Advisor to Deputy Minister for Higher Education and Director of Regional and Rural Nurse education Program.
1998 - 1999 Principal Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine, Post Graduate Nursing. Developed courses on Case Management and Advanced Clinical Practice delivered internationally on the Internet.
1983 -1997 Principal Research Fellow and Head Educational Development and Research, Monash University.
1978 - 1982 Dean, Course Development, Deakin University, Geelong. Foundation Director of Deakin University Press
1978 Professor of Education, University of Tehran, Graduate School of Education and forced to leave during revolution.
1973 - 1978 Indiana University, Bloomington, Center for Innovation in Teaching the Handicapped, a Research and Development Center established by the Bureau for Education for the Handicapped, Washington DC, to service the training needs of teachers of the exceptional with innovative training materials.
1974 Australian Film and Television School. Grant-in-Aid to continue studies in the evaluation of film and television for education and instruction and for staff development training at Indiana University, Division of Instructional Systems Technology.
1973 Commonwealth Literary Fellow.
1970 - 1973 Director, Executive Producer and host of the Migrant Education Television Project for the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Canberra, to initiate a project with a staff of 22 and working through commercial TV to explore the potential of TV for migrant education and integration. Scripted and hosted 80 one-hour weekly TV programs of "You Say the Word" which reached 19.6 percent of the target audience in Wollongong.  The program was then extended on Channel 10 network throughout Australia.
1970 Established the registered business of Alella Books for publishing.
1966 - 1970 Australian Broadcasting Commission, Radio and Television Broadcast Officer, holding appointments in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Scripted, hosted and produced over one hundred radio and TV programs in education drama and current affairs. Reporter, Today-Tonight, Brisbane ABC.  In 1970 was one of three script writers selected by the ABC to develop a new drama series.

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Michael S Parer with CVT Chan Sok Khieng President Rector Norton University Cambodia 2005

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Michael S Parer with He Xiangyun and Zhang Wen Bin of Fujian Xishan School, Fugin City, Fuzhu Province, China 2004