Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
Misty Adoniou was a primary school teacher for 10 years before moving to Greece and teaching and consulting in the area of English Language Teaching for 7 years. She now lectures at the University of Canberra. She has received numerous Teaching Awards including the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence, and was the Lead Writer of the Federal Government's Teachers' Resource for English Additional Language/Dialect (EAL/D) learners. She sits on a number of national and international advisory boards, including:
Board of Directors, TESOL International
TEQSA expert in Teacher Education: Primary and Secondary, Curriculum Studies, Literacy and Numeracy;
Member of the English Language Proficiency Working Group – a national advisory board to the Australian Curriculum and Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA);
Member of the Equity and Diversity Advisory Group – a national advisory board on Gifted and Talented, Disability and English as an Additional Language;
Member of the Onshore Consultative Committee – a national advisory board providing advice on the needs of onshore asylum seekers to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
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