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Literacy Online. Every child literate - a shared responsibility.
Ministry of Education.

Meet the team

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Jacqui Goble - Secondary literacy facilitator

Jacqui is a Social Sciences teachers from Wellington East Girls' College, teaching Classical Studies, Tikanga ā-iwi and the recently established Anthropology (of Aotearoa and the Pacific) programme. She currently also has a role in a Kahui Ako which is centred on hub based learning in the junior programme. Previously Jacqui has worked within transition-based subjects including an integrated programme. She has a BA in English Literature (Victoria University of Wellington) and after training as an English Teacher through the Graduate Diploma programme, has studied further Graduate Diplomas in History and Classical Studies (Massey University). 

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Sue Bridges - Primary literacy facilitator

Sue has three decades of experience in supporting both emerging and experienced teachers in literacy - through face-face, blended and fully online teaching. Her background includes teaching in primary, secondary and tertiary settings, and she is also an experienced teacher of the Deaf. An ‘expert juggler of roles’, she currently works part-time as a literacy facilitator supporting learning with digital technologies; as a literacy support teacher in a Christchurch primary school,; and as an additional teacher supporting a Deaf student enrolled in Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu - The Correspondence School. She loves books and enjoys working alongside colleagues to embrace new tools and create balanced ways of learning for our active learners.

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Other community facilitators

English Online

David Schaumann.
David Schaumann - Secondary English facilitator

David is the Head of English at John McGlashan College in Dunedin. He has taught English in a diverse range of settings - ranging from Invercargill to Inner London. As a teacher and HoD, David is dedicated to the continual pursuit of excellence in practice - creating innovative and engaging programmes, and using diverse and effective strategies to deliver these. 

ESOL Online

Breda Matthews. Breda Matthews - Secondary ESOL facilitator

Breda has been a head of ESOL and has taught ESOL and English to students from a wide range of educational and language backgrounds. Breda worked as an ESOL facilitator, served on NCEA review panels and has written a number of resources including NCEA teaching and assessment materials. Breda has a B.Ed in History and Education (London), an MA in Historical Studies (Greenwich), a Dip TESSOL (ACE) and an MA in Applied Linguistics (Victoria University of Wellington).

Janet McQueen. Janet McQueen - Primary ESOL facilitator

Janet is an experienced primary and ESOL teacher, and ESOL PLD cluster leader. She worked as Senior Advisor Literacy/ESOL at the Ministry of Education. As part of this work she led the writing of ‘Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners’ to support implementation of National Standards, the online English Language Learning Progressions Professional Support Modules, contributed to the National Standards English Language Learners’ Guidelines, and managed the primary ESOL and Home-School Partnerships professional learning and development advisory service. She has a Graduate Diploma in Teaching ESOL in Schools (Auckland).

Literacy / ESOL / English Online team

Catriona Pene.

Catriona Pene - Project Lead 

Catriona has over 20 years experience in primary teaching, leading Curriculum and literacy teams and has a particular interest in e-learning and online communities of learning. Catriona is project lead for NZC Online and Literacy, ESOL and English Online. 

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Updated on: 28 Jan 2020




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