Sheena Hervey is Honored in New Zealand for Her Work in the Field of Literacy
As an organization we are honored and excited to say that our Chief Education Officer Sheena Hervey is in New Zealand to attend the New Zealand Reading Association Conference where she is receiving the National Citation for Outstanding Work in the Field of Literacy from the national executive of the association and was the keynote speaker on the second day of the conference. Sheena was on the national executive of the NZRA for a number of years when she was a classroom teacher and is also a past president of the association.
Her plenary (keynote) talk, reported in the Otago Daily Times, a national daily newspaper, was attended by 350 delegates. That morning Sheena had presented a workshop on comprehension to 120 and had been asked to repeat the workshop two days later as the first one was overbooked. Sheena said "Literacy is more than reading and writing. It's the whole exposure to literature, multi-literacies with technology, the instructional practice that goes on in classrooms and the research that informs practice."
It has not been all work and no play for Sheena, however. Her daughterand son-in-law live in the Queenstown-Arrowtown area, where the conference is being held and she has been lucky enough to get in some quality time with her two-year-old granddaughter, Emma. In addition, several former Dunedin College of Education colleagues made the four-hour drive from Dunedin to catch up with her and see her receive her award.
Sheena will be back in the big apple on Monday. Please join me in congratulating her on her success at the New Zealand conference - at the same time raising AUSSIE's profile in New Zealand - and for the honor of receiving the NZRA award!
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Chavi Schmell on October 7, 2009 said:
Congratulations Sheena!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I could've heard you speak. If it was taped, perhaps you could send it out to us online.
Sheena, congratulations on
Bas Stevenson on October 6, 2009 said:
Sheena, congratulations on receiving the National Citation for Outstanding Work in the Field of Literacy from the New Zealand Reading Association. As a long-standing member of the NZRA, I am well aware of how prestigious this citation is.
A recipient of this award is regarded as a literacy rock star, someone who has made a significant contribution to literacy learning in New Zealand and elsewhere through their experience in a variety of international settings.
I see the award is a recognition of all you have achieved in New Zealand (amazing), but also of all you have achieved in the United States. You have the remarkable capacity to continue to inform educators in different countries about how to mutually benefit from the different educational systems that you experience. Few educators can do this well. As result of what you do, AUSSIE benefits, as does New Zealand, and so will other countries in the future.
We are very proud!