Faculty Members

Fran Willis

francesj2@yahoo.com

Fran Willis is the Deputy Principal of an Education & Training Unit – a DET school servicing the educational needs of young incarcerated males. She has been working with Control theory for ten years, having completed her training in Australia and the United States. Fran has extensive experience K-12 and has taught gifted students in both OC and special group classes, as well as behaviourally troubled students. She has many years experience in student welfare and is the author of Starkers, a class management booklet for teachers, which is based on the concepts of Control Theory. Fran’s current focus is staff welfare.

Don White

tradon@bigpond.net.au

Don White has taught primary, secondary and adult education across the state. As a former high school Deputy Principal and Principal in Sydney's south-west, Don has implemented effective change through whole-school programs in violence prevention, conflict resolution and mediation, Control Theory, Restitution and leadership for Quality Learning Outcomes. He has presented many workshops and lectures throughout the state and interstate on these subjects. He is currently working with schools as a consultant in behaviour management and as a tutor at UWS in Student Educators and Society. He is an Act 1 Instructor and Faculty Member in The International Association for Applied Control Theory.

Judy McFadden

dietnomore@bigpond.com

Judy McFadden has worked as a teacher and counsellor in NSW schools, always interested in helping people find effective ways of getting their lives in balance.

She had already reached some understanding of internal control before she attended her first course with Glasser in 1980, and found Control Theory such an accurate explanation of behaviour that she became the founding President of the Australian Institute for Reality Therapy.

In 1997 she joined the fledgling International Association for Applied Control Theory, and is now a senior faculty member, as well as accepting the role of Chairperson for AACTA, the Australian Branch of IAACT.

She is the author of four books on effective behaviour: one for parents, "The Simple Way to Raise a Good Kid", two for teachers, "Junior Lifescience and Senior Lifescience" and one for yo-yo dieters, "Diet No More!" The Lifescience books are now out of print.

Judy has been teaching Control Theory and its applications throughout Australia and internationally since 1991, and by constantly thinking about what she can control and what she can't, at many levels, has found ways to achieve balance even when life is not going as planned!

Agnes Barna

agib@triode.net.au

"Boldly Live as You've never Lived Before" Life Lessons from Star Trek (and Control Theory) is how Agnes embraces the present and future, both personally and professionally. The internal journey has been and still is the most challenging and interesting one. When she first attended an introductory workshop on Control Theory she knew right away that this is where the action is, enrolled in the very next Basic Intensive and went through to Certification faster than a speeding bullet.

Now a Practicum Supervisor Agnes is committed to the concept of Internal Control as the prime agent for change. "The light bulb has to want to change". A teacher for 19 years, both in the classroom and as a behaviour specialist, Agnes has worked extensively with schools and individuals to help them deal positively with life's challenges. She has presented to both national and international audiences on behaviour management, whether it be related to public or private lives.