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Rachael Guzman De Vlugt MSc, PGCE, ECMm
Commonwealth Scholar. Teacher’s Registration #32386
Ph.D. Candidate ID: T000988941 – Sustainability Education
#** ***** ******, ** *******, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. Email: *************@*****.*** (M) 868-***-****
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Curriculum Vitae
Mission: Dynamic Professional who is interested in contributing to Sustainable Development Personal information, areas of expertise and linguistic abilities Preferred contact number: 868-***-****
Language Skills
Native English Speaker: All Education completed in English up to Tertiary Level. Level of French: Basic – G.C.E O’Level – Grade C. Also Studied at A’ Levels. Level of Spanish: Secondary Schooling up to Form 3 Employment History
Ministry of Social Development and Family Services: June 4th 2019 to March 31st 2021 – Adult Education Programme: National Coordinator/Head of Division/Education Extension Facilitator London South Bank University Distance Learning: 2017 - 2020 – Student – Commonwealth Scholar MSc Education for Sustainability (EfS)
ZenoRadio of USA: January 2016 to April 3rd, 2017 – Brand Ambassador for Trinidad and Tobago International Youth Foundation, USA: January to February 2014 – Consultant UNESCO: Trinidad, Jamaica, Paris – Lead Consultant – July 2008 – December 2015: Training Caribbean New Media Group: June 2013 to October 2013 - Team Leader - Production Marketing Ministry of the People and Social Development: April 2009 to January 2013 - Liaison Officer Emmanuel Cablecom Limited: May 2004 to March 2009 - Marketing Manager Ministry of Social Development: April 2000 to October 2002 -Temp. Social Welfare Adviser RBTT Bank, Customer Service and Credit Card Unit, Park Street Branch: September 16th, 1998 – December 1999 Temp. CSR
Alexander, Jeremie and Company Alexander, (A-a-L): June 1998 to August 1998 Receptionist
/Typist (Leave Relief in the Secretarial pool)
Heavenly Early Childhood Care and Education Centre: 1995 to 2000: Founder/Principal Ministry of Agriculture: 4H Unit Farm Road, St Joseph 1993- 1994 - Field Placement Rachael Guzman De Vlugt MSc, PGCE, ECMm
Commonwealth Scholar. Teacher’s Registration #32386 Ph.D. Candidate ID: T000988941 – Sustainability Education
#12 Sixth Street, Mt Lambert, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. Email: *************@*****.*** (M) 868-***-****
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Elections and Boundaries Commission: November 1986 to January 1992 - Ag. Clerk 11 Ministry of Transport, Licensing Department: June 1981 to September 1986 -Temp. Clerk 1 Educational Level
Ph.D. Candidate Sustainability Education (part-time): Prescott College Online. Accepted - March 2021, Graduate Openhouse Online April 7, 2021. Online Webinars – August 2021. Course begins Online - Spring 2022. Work related project based. 72 Credits to be completed. 2017 – 2020: MSc Education for Sustainability – London South Bank University, UK. Awarded Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarship August 2020 – December 2020: Online Learning for TVET and CPE Trainers – The UWI Open Campus 2008 – 2012: Post Graduate Certificate in Mass Communications - University of Leicester, UK 2013: Certificate of Merit - Formative Research for Community Learning Programmes
(Management for Sustainability of Community Radio & Media) CARIMAC, UWI, Mona, COL 2013: Five Weeks E-Facilitator Training in Communication for Development (C4D) – Dynamind - New Zealand - Online
2008: Television and Video Production Training - Retraining Programme, Ministry of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education. Life Skills Training and Portfolio Completed. 2009: AIIM Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Master Certification 2009: Trainer of Users of Level of Service Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI) Certification
(MHS) Multi Health Systems of Canada (Trained and tested by Dr. Stephen Wormith of Saskatchewan. Certified by Drs. Andrews, Bonta and Wormith) 2009: Trainer of Trainers – Thinking for Change – National Institution of Corrections USA. 2005: PSY(2012) General Psychology Course including Industrial and Organizational Psychology
‘Grade - A’ Everest University (formerly Florida Metropolitan University) 2006: (DSC2812) Information Technology Security for Homeland Security Specialists Course ‘Grade
- A’ Everest University (formerly Florida Metropolitan University) 2004: Certificate of Achievement in Marketing - The National Entrepreneurship Development Company Limited (NEDCO)
1999: Certificate in Education – Early Childhood Care and Development (UWI, Trinidad) – incomplete Rachael Guzman De Vlugt MSc, PGCE, ECMm
Commonwealth Scholar. Teacher’s Registration #32386 Ph.D. Candidate ID: T000988941 – Sustainability Education
#12 Sixth Street, Mt Lambert, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. Email: *************@*****.*** (M) 868-***-****
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1989: Certificate in Youth Work – Commonwealth Youth Programme July 1983: Advanced Level General Certificate of Education History E, English O, General Paper B – St Stephen College, Princes Town
July 1981: General Certificate of Education, O’ Level - English Language B, English Literature B, History B, French C, Commerce C - St Joseph Convent, San Fernando 1981: CXC Secondary Education Certificate - English (A) 11, Geography 11, Mathematics 11 – Caribbean Examinations Council - St Joseph Convent, San Fernando AWARDS: 1976: Ministry of Education: Scholarship to St Joseph Convent – San Fernando 1986: National Youth Award for Community Service
1988: Commonwealth Youth Programme Scholarship – Certificate in Youth Work 2017: Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarship.
Dissertation: Serendipity in Adult Education: A critical analysis of economic policies and practice in Trinidad and Tobago using theories and perspectives on environment and development. London South Bank University (LSBU), UK. Repository: LSBU Library. Through the sampling of the research population from which the interviewees were recruited, the composition of the target group were Senior Policy Makers in the Public Sector, Practitioners of Public Sector Policies and Beneficiaries of Training from the Adult Education Programme (AEP). ABSTRACT
The focus on Education for Sustainability (EfS) has become the focus of the globe’s bane of existence within the last decade. The most essential component in achieving a sustainable life and protecting our planet and human habitats as the way in which the world population is educated to start and continue this ongoing process of sustainability. This research acknowledges that most of the literature on sustainable development in general and Education for Sustainability in particular is shrouded with a lot of confusion and misinterpretation regarding the concepts, themes, and goals of education for sustainability. The nexus of this research focused on Education for Sustainability and its applicability to the Adult Education Programme initiated on a national level by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. Using narrative research, the core concepts and themes of sustainable development were put into context as it relates to the Adult Education Programme. The research findings and the data analysis highlighted areas that need critical attention for Education for Sustainability to be efficiently and effectively implemented. Through the utilization of existing sustainable development frameworks, the analysis yielded the conclusion that a new conceptual framework aptly titled Sustainability Education Framework, which is composed of concepts derived from different disciplines, should be the framework used to guide the implementation of EfS into the Adult Education Programme. Rachael Guzman De Vlugt MSc, PGCE, ECMm
Commonwealth Scholar. Teacher’s Registration #32386 Ph.D. Candidate ID: T000988941 – Sustainability Education
#12 Sixth Street, Mt Lambert, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. Email: *************@*****.*** (M) 868-***-****
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COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Served as a Volunteer since 1983 at various Leadership Levels:
1983 - 1989 – Education and Information Officer – Uprising Sports and Cultural Club;
1984 – 1986 - Public Relations Officer – Victoria Association of Youth Groups;
1984 – Member of Catholic Youth Group in the Moruga Parish;
1985 – Panel member for discussion on Family Life with the Association of Social Workers and the Government Broadcasting Unit;
1985 – 1986 – Hostess of the Police Band Concerts in Victoria East;
1986 – Deputy Leader of the Trinidad and Tobago Delegation for the Regional Caribbean Youth Leadership Workshop and Chief Reporter for same. All reports compiled by me and hand delivered to Mr. Shiv Khare then Secretary General of World Assembly of Youth
(Certificate received);
1986 – Elected Secretary of the Caribbean Assembly of Youth;
1986 – 1989 – Chairperson of the Victoria East Association of Youth Groups’ Employment Generating Committee (Successful Request/recommendation made to Mrs. Jennifer Johnson to one; establish a Car Park in Princes Town where old Social Development, EBC and Youth Officer’s offices were located and two; to extend the ‘Summer training programmes’ to a yearlong cyclical programme (resulting in YTEPP);
1987 – 1989 – Member of the Victoria East Association Groups’ Fund-Raising Committee;
1986 – 1989 – Supplier of Literature on Youth to the Princes Town Central Library;
1986 – Winner of the National Youth Development Award for Community Services;
1987-1989 – Interim Chairperson – Victoria East Association of Youth Groups;
1986 – 1987 – Secretary of the National Youth Council;
1987 - National Youth Delegate in Trinidad and Tobago – National Youth Rally;
1988 – 1989 - Secretary of the Village Council (St Mary’s Village, Moruga);
1989 – Member of the Editorial Committee for the ‘Youth in Focus’ Magazine;
1991 – Member of the National Youth Development Award Winners’ Committee;
1993 – 1996 – Co-Leader of the Catholic Youth Group – Tunapuna Parish;
2009 – Volunteer in the Secretariat of the Association of Caribbean Heads of Prison Conference;
2005 – present - Volunteer in Trinidad and Tobago for the US Global Maritime Distress and Safety Systems (GMDSS) Task Force.
Membership: Member of the Copyright Music Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago (COTT). Four songs published including one original Jingle in February 2021 for the Adult Education Programme: ‘Learn to Earn’. One Music Video Produced in 2019 for my song “By 2020”. Rachael Guzman De Vlugt MSc, PGCE, ECMm
Commonwealth Scholar. Teacher’s Registration #32386 Ph.D. Candidate ID: T000988941 – Sustainability Education
#12 Sixth Street, Mt Lambert, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. Email: *************@*****.*** (M) 868-***-****
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ACHIEVEMENTS:
Successfully completed the 100 questions Technical Survey from GRALE on behalf of the GORTT in November 2020. The Online Survey was developed by UNESCO’s Institute for Lifelong Learning for The Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE) 2022. GRALE monitors whether UNESCO Member States are putting their international ALE commitments into practice. The results of the Survey will be published in 2022.
Successfully initiated discussions with UNICEF leading to collaboration on the completion of a National Draft Policy and Plan on Parenting Education. Hand Delivered same directly to the then Prime Minister, the Hon. Patrick Augustus Manning. Successfully completed the spearheading of the Community Multimedia Training Centre/Radio Broadcasting Training Facility at the Youth Training Centre (YTC) in collaboration with UNESCO, COL and the GORTT; (YTC now Youth Training and Rehabilitation Centre). Successfully established contact between the US Global Maritime Distress Task Force (GMDSS) and the Ministry of National Security, Trinidad and Tobago. In 2005, Planned and Hosted a sensitization seminar at the Kapok Hotel with all stakeholders in Trinidad and Tobago featuring speakers who set up the GMDSS in the USA and Canada. Three representatives were later sent to the GMDSS and RTCM meeting in Washington DC in 2006. Two from the private sector and a member of the National Coast Guard.
Successful Proposals, Powerpoint Presentation and writing expertise:
• My own speech as National Youth Delegate, Trinidad and Tobago;
• Minutes of all meetings for Mr. Shiv Khare then Secretary General of the World Assembly of Youth in my role as 1986 Regional Youth Conference Secretary/Deputy Leader;
• Concept Note - National Draft Policy and Plan for Parenting Education in conjunction with Milen Kidane, Child Protection Specialist. Hand delivered by me to former Prime Minister the Hon. Patrick Augustus Manning at White Hall;
• Concept Note – Proposal for the Establishment of a Millennium Development Centre;
• Concept Note – Introducing Faith Based Tourism;
• STEP UP/Motivational Interviewing Training PowerPoint delivered to executives and staff in the Ministry of the People and Social Development;
• Enterprise Content Management Master, ECM Business Case;
• Project IBIS Document (Integrated Biometric Information System) for Ministry of National Security;
• Marketing Plan for Emmanuel Cablecom Ltd;
Rachael Guzman De Vlugt MSc, PGCE, ECMm
Commonwealth Scholar. Teacher’s Registration #32386 Ph.D. Candidate ID: T000988941 – Sustainability Education
#12 Sixth Street, Mt Lambert, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. Email: *************@*****.*** (M) 868-***-****
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• Proposal Document for UNESCO to introduce Radio Broadcasting Training through Community Multimedia Centres to the Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service;
• Proposal Document to introduce the YTC Model of Radio Broadcasting Training to the Secondary School System;
• PowerPoint Presentation 2015 – San Fernando East, Garden City Plan for the Former Prime Minister Mr. Patrick Manning.
Key Achievements Marketing and Sales:
• Consistently achieve an increase in company revenue by ten percent annually for up to seven hundred and fifty thousand ($750,000.00).
• Within a four-month period at CNMG secured new business that was worth a potential fifteen million, four hundred and eighty thousand dollars ($15,480,000) over a two-year period;
• Within three months managed change and personally secured a contract worth (four hundred and eighty-five thousand ($485,000.00) for one Wireless System that marked a turnaround from a downward spiral for one company. Later successfully negotiated for the same company exclusive contracts with France Telecom (now Orange S.A.) – Paris; BlueBear Network International – Canada; Law Enforcement Agency – USA;
• Through Directorship of Non-Government Organisation secured and managed for new media development for ‘at risk youth’ and ‘youth at conflict with the law’, one million three hundred thousand dollars (TT$1,300,000) in cash and kind. TELEVISION, MOVIE & RADIO PROGRAMMES
2015 – Produced WIFI TT – Worship Intercession Fellowship International – W.A.C.K. 90.1 FM. 2014 -2015 – Laying the Foundation for Secondary Schools’ Radio Clubs/Station 2008 – 2014 Established Community Multimedia Training Centre CMC (Y.O.U.T.H. Radio) at the Youth Training Centre.
AUGUST 2008
Executive Producer/Host of the Television Workshop to celebrate National Family Month
‘Democratic Fatherhood’/“Mammy Where is Daddy?” DF = HFC, (Democratic Fathers, equals Healthy Families and Children). For the Ministry of Social Development. Assisted the Acting Head of the Faculty of Behavioural Sciences at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine. Drama Coordinators – The Interactive Team of “Roy” and “Gloria”. Special guest Erica Williams-Connell via telephone with anecdotes on the former Prime Minister Dr. Eric Williams. Special guests in studio, fathers from Trainline, Pinto Road, Arima. Rachael Guzman De Vlugt MSc, PGCE, ECMm
Commonwealth Scholar. Teacher’s Registration #32386 Ph.D. Candidate ID: T000988941 – Sustainability Education
#12 Sixth Street, Mt Lambert, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. Email: *************@*****.*** (M) 868-***-****
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JUNE 2008
Coordination and Management of the Media Launch of the documentary film CLR James: The Black Jacobin Sociology Series. 17th June 2008 at Cipriani Labour College. Highlights of the Media Launch Shown on: NCC TV Channels 4 & 16 from June 19th, 2008. CNC3 News – 18th June, TV6 and CNMG on an ongoing basis on “The Inside Story” – A Government Information Service Feature.
Co-ordinated broadcast of The Documentary Film: CLR James: The Black Jacobin Sociology Series. Premiered and serialized on NCC TV Channels 4 & 16 from June 19th, 2008. Broadcast every Thursday at 8.35pm. Re-broadcast every Saturday at 11.00am. Also, featured on BBC Caribbean.
MARCH 2008 –MAY 2008
Co-Producer – Nuff Said Time for Solutions –WACK 90.1FM RADIO
“SOCA POWER”, the Movie, featured Segments of the Launch of National Anti-Crime Music Campaign on the Praise Circuit. This was broadcast internationally to select audiences. FEBRUARY 2007 – NOV 2007
The National Anti-Crime Music Campaign on the Praise Circuit Serialized on NCC TV Channel 4 & 16. Executive Producer/presenter of nine programmes from March – November 2007 Special Episode filmed on location at JFK Lecture Theatre, UWI, St Augustine entitled-“YOUTH AND MUSIC MAKING A DIFFERENCE”.
NEWSPAPERS’ ARTICLES
The Trinidad Guardian – Wednesday 26th April, 2006 Article on Global Maritime Distress and Safety System Seminar. Planned, coordinated and managed. The Trinidad Guardian – Sunday Rachael Guzman De Vlugt MSc, PGCE, ECMm
Commonwealth Scholar. Teacher’s Registration #32386 Ph.D. Candidate ID: T000988941 – Sustainability Education
#12 Sixth Street, Mt Lambert, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. Email: *************@*****.*** (M) 868-***-****
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4th February, 2007. Letter to the Editor – emailed 3rd February, 2007 Published Unedited. Editor composed the Title only. http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/2007-02-04/letters.html The Trinidad Guardian – Sunday 25th February, 2007. Article on the Launch of the National Anti- Crime Music Campaign. On the Praise Circuit. The Ana-Culture Concert series was spearheaded In collaboration with the Ministry of Community Development, Culture And Gender Affairs with the support of the Ministry of National Security. The Trinidad and Tobago Police Band and Choir were an integral part of eight of the nine free public concerts. ttp://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/2007-02-25/news4.html. Trinidad and Tobago’s Newsday- Sunday 25th February, 2007. Article on the Launch of the National Anti-Crime Music Campaign On the Praise Circuit. http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,52905.html Trinidad and Tobago’s Newsday- Friday 27th July, 2007. Commentary published at no cost unedited. Subtitle composed by the Editor. The Trinidad Guardian – Sunday 23rd September, 2007 Feature on Rachael De Vlugt - Cover Story. Initiated by The Woman Wise Magazine. The Daily Express- Wednesday 11th, June, 2008 Assisted with the Press Release, poster and invitation graphics on the CLR James film media launch (a project of UWI St Augustine) All published at no cost unedited. The Daily Express- Tuesday 24th June, 2008. Feature on the Media Launch of the Film CLR James: The Black Jacobins Sociology Series. Published at no cost. Rachael Guzman De Vlugt MSc, PGCE, ECMm
Commonwealth Scholar. Teacher’s Registration #32386 Ph.D. Candidate ID: T000988941 – Sustainability Education
#12 Sixth Street, Mt Lambert, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. Email: *************@*****.*** (M) 868-***-****
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REFERENCES:
Mrs. Juliet Plaza
Retired Human Resource Consultant to the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago Email: *********@*****.***
Mobile: 868-***-****
Ms. Susan Shurland
Former Secretary General UNESCO NATCOMMTT
Permanent Secretary (Ag.)
Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries
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