The Australian Women's Register

Summary

Pre-school teacher and educator Heather Lyon was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire on 11 June 1977 for her service to education.

Events

• 1952

  Principal of the State College of Victoria Institute of Early Childhood Development (formerly Kindergarten Training College)

• 1937

  Awarded Diploma from Kindergarten Training College, Melbourne

• 1953

  Awarded the Queen’s Coronation Medal

• 1944 - 1946

  Awarded the Free Kindergarten Union Travelling Scholarship for overseas study

• 1958

  Awarded the Fulbright/Smith Mundt Research Scholarship for study in the United States of America

• 1939

  Awarded Advanced Diploma from Kindergarten Training College, Melbourne

• 1946

  Gained Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Columbia

• 1959

  Member of the Australian College of Education (MACE)

• 1968

  Fellow of the Australian College of Education (FACE)

• 1938 - 1941

  Kindergarten teacher

• 1942 - 1944

  Director of the Ada Mary A’Beckett Kindergarten at Fisherman’s Bend

• 1947 - 1951

  Lecturer at the Kindergarten Training College in Kew

• 1948 - 1951

  Vice-principal at the Kindergarten Training College in Kew

• 1978 - 1981

  Member of the State Enquiry into Teacher Education

• 1978

  Member of the Church of England Kindergarten Council

• 1977

  Appointed a Member of the British Empire

• 1978

  Council member of the Graduate Association of the Institute of Early Childhood Development

• 1973

  Consultant to the New South Wales Teacher Education Board for accrediting pre-school courses

• 1975

  Member of the Accreditation Panel for the Western Australian Tertiary Education Commission to accredit Early Childhood courses at the Western Australia Institute of Technology

• 1973 - 1977

  Foundation member for the Senate of the State College of Victoria

• 1975 - 1977

  Member of the Victorian Standing Committee on Pre-School Child Development

• 1976

  Member of the Premier’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Schools

• 1960 - 1970

  Member of the Committee on Training Volunteers for Youth Work with the YWCA

• 1952

  Member of the Lyceum Club (Melbourne)

• 1974 - 1980

  Member of the Zonta Club of Melbourne