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=Welcome to Lucas Consola's e-portfolio.=

**I studied commercial cookery in Argentina and worked in the industry from 1998, I started from the bottom and worked my way up to head chef in various restaurants in Buenos Aires.**
====**I came to Australia in 2003 to marry my now wife, Melanie. Since then I have worked in the hospitality industry as a chef in Brisbane and Darwin. I completed a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment in 2007 in order to further my interest in training apprentices in the workplace. At the beginning of 2008 I decided to start my education degree so as to be able to teach high school students, and to share with them my passion for the food and hospitality industry.**==== ====**My personal teaching philosophy is founded in the belief that it order to engage and inspire students a teacher must not only know but be passionate about the subject area they teach. I believe it is important to get to know students as individuals and to negotiate with them the most effective learning strategies to reach their set outcomes. I endevour to be flexible in my programming in order to respond to the changing needs and interests of my students. In addition to this I strive to stay abreast of changes in the industry so that I can always deliver the most up to date information to my classes.**====

====**During the course of my degree I have completed practicum placements at two schools, Nightcliff Middle School during 2008 and Darwin High School in 2009, these two schools gave me a lot of opportunities to learn how to be a great teacher.**==== ====**At Darwin High School I have had the chance to develop as a teacher. I have had the opportunity to learn under three mentor teachers, each has contributed to different aspects of my learning. My mentors are:**====
 * **Mrs. Penny McIntyre: Year 11, Food Studies; Year 11, Family and Child Studies.**
 * **Mrs. Tonia Folino-Driver: Cert.I in Commercial Cookery (VET in Schools)**
 * **Ms. Tina Sketchley: Year 10, Stylish Food.**