Gaylene Heise

Mrs Gaylene Heise
...
Gaylene, a graduate from the Avondale Secretarial Certificate in 1969, is an experienced executive secretary, who has worked in four countries, and taught at Andrews University (Computer Lab Coordinator) and La Sierra University, Riverside California (Admin. Assistant and Laboratory Coordinator).She enjoys juggling a busy life of wife to Lyell, Director of The Institute of Worship, and mother of two (Leighton, and Chantal).

Gaylene completed her teacher's degree (BVET - Vocational Education Training) at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, in April 2000.

Gaylene's interests are people.She loves the challenge of watching students in her class blossom as they create on the computers and learn new things and shortcuts each day in the Information Technology class.Gaylene also teaches Bookkeeping, Supervision, Office Skills and Management, and Train Small Groups.She uses a keen sense of wit and humour to teach basic and necessary skills."To work with young people is to keep in touch with needs for their generation", she says.Gaylene says, "It is an honour to be teaching at Avondale, which taught me."

Gaylene Heise, course coordinator for business studies, writes of meeting Cherie after climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
...
"We had friends from the United States with us and they were amazed--we'd met an Avondale graduate in the corner of the bridge's southern pylon," says Gaylene.
...
"I felt proud," says Gaylene.
...
Caption: Gaylene Heise (left) speaks proudly of the people skills Avondale College graduate Cherie Bowman (right) is using to further her career.