Michael Bowden
Michael Bowden has been teaching in the Art and Fashion Design faculties at St Albans Secondary College since 1985, and has twenty years experience as a VCE Studio Arts Assessor and an exam marker. Michael has had a successful career as a painter and is represented by galleries in Melbourne and London with work currently in collections in Dublin, London, New York, Dubai and Tokyo.

Alma Tooke
Alma Tooke has been involved with Visual Arts education for over 40 years. She has worked both in the United Kingdom and in four states in Australia. Alma began her teaching at Marlborough College in Wiltshire and moved to Australia in 1982 taking up the position of Head of Art at Penrhos, College, Perth. Her final appointment was at Methodist Ladies’ College, Kew where she was Head of the Visual Arts for 11 years and then 3 years as Director of Learning and Curriculum. Alma has worked with the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority in various capacities as assessor, examination writer, art reviewer and has been a member of the study design review panel.

Deryck Greenwood
Deryck Greenwood is the Head of Visual Arts at Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School and has worked in secondary education for the past 33 years. Deryck began his teaching career in South Africa, where he taught at a specialist state arts school for 11 years. Since moving to Australia, Deryck has worked within the independent school system. He has taught VCE Art, Studio Arts and VCD, and currently teachers Art Creative Practice. Deryck has worked for the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority in various capacities including as State Reviewer, examination writer and assessor, art reviewer and as a member of the study design review panel. Deryck has presented a number of workshops on folio development and examination preparation for VCE students and teachers, was co-author of the VCE Art publication Art-iculate and wrote the Course Outline and Assessment Criteria for Monash College’s Diploma of Art and Design Studies.