About
LERNA assists organisations to design and deliver high quality digital learning.
We can help you understand your organisation’s or client’s learning needs and develop engaging and high quality digital professional learning experiences. We can assist you to understand the impact of your professional learning provision.
We can host learning on our platform, branded with your organisation’s livery, or create packages that can be hosted on your own platform.
Neil Barker – M.Ed Leadership, Grad. Dip. Special Ed., Dip. Teaching, FACEL
Neil is the former Director of the Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership. He has more than 40 years experience in the education, not-for-profit and arts sectors. He has worked in juvenile justice settings, specialist and primary schools, and at the Zoo Education Service in Victoria.
Neil has undertaken leadership and education roles in Emergency Management, in the Not for Profit sector, and in education policy. Neil was Principal at Wales Street Primary School between 1997 and 2007. He loves to design and deliver innovative professional learning. His passion is working with people and he is excited by new ideas and challenges.
In 2016 Neil was awarded an Australian Council of Educational Leaders Victorian Fellowship, and in 2019 a National Fellowship, for those who have made an outstanding contribution to the study and practice of educational leadership.
Neil Barker – M.Ed Leadership, Grad. Dip. Special Ed., Dip. Teaching, FACEL
Neil is the former Director of the Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership. He has more than 40 years experience in the education, not-for-profit and arts sectors. He has worked in juvenile justice settings, specialist and primary schools, and at the Zoo Education Service in Victoria.
Neil has undertaken leadership and education roles in Emergency Management, in the Not for Profit sector, and in education policy. Neil was Principal at Wales Street Primary School between 1997 and 2007. He loves to design and deliver innovative professional learning. His passion is working with people and he is excited by new ideas and challenges.
In 2016 Neil was awarded an Australian Council of Educational Leaders Victorian Fellowship, and in 2019 a National Fellowship, for those who have made an outstanding contribution to the study and practice of educational leadership.
Lisa Black – B.Ed (Arts), FACEL
Lisa has over 35 years of experience working at all levels in public education; schools, region, and central office and, most recently, eight years as senior manager at the Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership in Victoria.
With a background in teaching and school leadership in the Victorian public sector, Lisa is passionate about ensuring all students have every opportunity to thrive, regardless of their circumstances, through the professional development of leaders at all stages of their career.
Lisa led the development of broad range of education initiatives, including Communities of Practice strategy and professional learning for School Network Chairs, the WISE system leaders programs for senior principals and Senior Education Improvement Leaders, an online Literacy Leaders course for school literacy leaders and various train the trainer professional learning programs.
In 2019 Lisa was awarded an Australian Council of Educational Leaders Victorian Fellowship, for those who have made an outstanding contribution to the study and practice of educational leadership.
Lisa Black – B.Ed (Arts), FACEL
Lisa has over 35 years of experience working at all levels in public education; schools, region, and central office and, most recently, eight years as senior manager at the Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership in Victoria.
With a background in teaching and school leadership in the Victorian public sector, Lisa is passionate about ensuring all students have every opportunity to thrive, regardless of their circumstances, through the professional development of leaders at all stages of their career.
Lisa led the development of broad range of education initiatives, including Communities of Practice strategy and professional learning for School Network Chairs, the WISE system leaders programs for senior principals and Senior Education Improvement Leaders, an online Literacy Leaders course for school literacy leaders and various train the trainer professional learning programs.
In 2019 Lisa was awarded an Australian Council of Educational Leaders Victorian Fellowship, for those who have made an outstanding contribution to the study and practice of educational leadership.
Josh Valeri – BA (Classics), Dip. of Training Design and Development, Grad Dip. Secondary Education (Humanities), M.Applied Linguistics (Language Testing), M.Ed Policy (International)
Josh is an online learning expert who has overseen large scale digital transformations for educational institutions across K-12 and tertiary education. In both the public and private sector Josh has established and overseen digital learning teams spanning ecosystem design, learning design, multimedia development, course delivery and quality assurance.
Josh is passionate about excellence in digital learning and has been at the cutting edge of innovative, engaging, high quality digital learning. He loves a challenge and to create the new.
Josh has had a varied career across the professional learning sector with positions that include: GM, Digital Learning and Innovation, Navitas; Director of Professional Learning, NESLI; Manager, Digital Learning, Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership, DET; and Director, Education Design and Delivery, Australian School of Applied Management.
Josh Valeri – BA (Classics), Dip. of Training Design and Development, Grad Dip. Secondary Education (Humanities), M.Applied Linguistics (Language Testing), M.Ed Policy (International)
Josh is an online learning expert who has overseen large scale digital transformations for educational institutions across K-12 and tertiary education. In both the public and private sector Josh has established and overseen digital learning teams spanning ecosystem design, learning design, multimedia development, course delivery and quality assurance.
Josh is passionate about excellence in digital learning and has been at the cutting edge of innovative, engaging, high quality digital learning. He loves a challenge and to create the new.
Josh has had a varied career across the professional learning sector with positions that include: GM, Digital Learning and Innovation, Navitas; Director of Professional Learning, NESLI; Manager, Digital Learning, Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership, DET; and Director, Education Design and Delivery, Australian School of Applied Management.