Secretary | Board - Hau Ong (Andy) Ding
Achievement Leader for Art, Performing Arts and Technology | Gleneagles Secondary College
Board Member from August 2019 to August 2022
Acting Chair from Sept 2022 – Jan 2023
Secretary current
Hau Ong is an Expert Teacher in Residence at the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership. Previous to this, he held leadership roles in wellbeing, inclusion, the arts and technologies in mainstream and special schools.
He advocates for the lifelong participation of children and young people with a disability in the arts. He believes that all students can enjoy and achieve their personal best in the arts through accessing a learning community, where they can develop resilience, independence and interests in nurturing their skills and artistic voice.
Hau Ong is a long serving member of Art Education Victoria. He is proud to be a part of a professional association that empowers teachers and educators to provide quality art education to all students within the Victorian communities. He has developed resources for teachers and presented in conferences to build and extend the knowledge and skills of art educators to support students with a disability. His aim is to support and elevate Art Education Victoria’s commitment in working towards the goal of inclusion and diversity in art education, creating strength-based opportunities for all learners to access, participate, engage and find success in their arts learning.
Hau Ong undertook studies in visual arts, technologies, performing arts, community development and counselling prior to completing his Masters in Teaching from Monash University. He is also a dual qualified community services professional with Community Work Australia and a special education teacher with a Masters in Inclusive and Special Education from Deakin University.
These experiences lead him to develop and exhibit a portfolio of creative works, which explore the human condition, in galleries and sites across Melbourne and internationally. Hau Ong continues to make art for his ongoing professional learning.
