Our Team

BGKLLEN (or Bayside Glen Eira Kingston Local Learning & Employment Network) is helping young people stay engaged or reengage with schooling.

We do this by facilitating partnerships that help build the capacity of young people to attend education, build positive relationships with educators and develop the skills they will require to move on successfully to the next stage of their life. We are currently focusing on engagement in learning and school retention as well as professional development for staff and educators working with young people.

At BGKLLEN we are receptive and ready to listen and act. We are passionate, tenacious and care deeply about young people. We are fun to be around as we love what we do!

We are also very committed to Child Safety. To read our Statement of Commitment to Child Safety, click here.

Jayne Valle – Chief Executive Officer

Jayne has enjoyed working alongside Victorian schools and community services for over 25 years. Her practice focusses on advantage thinking, systems theory and applying evidence based work to achieve sustainable outcomes to ensure disadvantaged young people have equal access to opportunities to  thrive in school, work and life.  Jayne’s has worked in Disability Recruitment at a State level, has built the capacity of over 2000 teachers to apply Trauma Informed Practices to their work and worked in some of the most disadvantaged regions across Victoria.

Jayne bring with her extensive experience gained in management roles across Victoria and she loves leading the team at BGKLLEN.

Carolyn Langdon

Carolyn is the Partnerships and Pathways Manager at BGKLLEN and has been at the LLEN since 2019. With her passion to support young people, Carolyn trained as a primary teacher, achieving a Double Degree; Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Teaching. During her time teaching, Carolyn furthered her dedication to working with young people and completed her Masters in Student Wellbeing.

Using her educational background, passion and drive to help students, Carolyn is developing a range of partnerships with local stakeholders, offering schools first hand career experiences and programs aligned to the curriculum, to help secondary school students become more aware of the career possibilities and pathways available to them.

Liz De Nittis

Liz is the Pathways Business Engagement person at BGKLLEN and has only recently been appointed into this exciting opportunity!  Liz has been involved in local Youth Job Recruitment for many years and she has successfully seen connecting youth with like minded employers, who are also passionate about making a difference with employment opportunities.

Assisting young people has been a volunteer goal of Liz’s during her 16 year involvement with the Hampton Life Saving Club. This opportunity has seen her offer her time initially as Aged Nippers Coordinator on weekends, then coaching club athletes in sprints. The sprints has been a love of hers for her entire life and stems for her many years as a competitive athlete.

Rachelle Postregna

Rachelle is BGKLLENs Communications Officer. An avid lover of the arts, she has qualifications in Marketing, Graphic Design, Web Design and in Writing & Editing. Drawing upon her passion for photography, the moving image, illustration and animation there is nothing she enjoys more than the planning, designing and implementing of our promotional, digital and social media strategies.

Her goals in life include – to never stop being curious, to be kind and to remember that a series of small repeated efforts can add up to something really worthwhile over time.

Tara Davis

Tara is BGKLLENs Vet Cluster Coordinator and brings a wealth of knowledge into the role. With a Diploma in Education and a degree in Exercise Science Tara has worked both within the Tafe and private RTO sectors working with youth to help achieve both their educational and working goals. Her previous roles have seen her work with youth in VEDSS, traineeships and Vocational Major studies. She loves to see youth experience the opportunities that VET can offer, and she is looking forward to working with schools to create some great educational programs.

Maynard the Boxer

BGKLLENs insta-famous star employee, Maynard, is a therapy dog. He recently received his ‘Learners Jacket’ meaning soon he will have the opportunity to attend school workshops, expos and so much more. Once qualified he can’t wait to spread his affection, support and comfort throughout our community.