A languages graduate and qualified primary teacher, Lynne joined SCILT in August 2012 after more than twelve years working in schools in Dundee and West Lothian.
In her Professional Development Officer role, she enjoys collaborating with colleagues in SCILT and beyond, to develop and facilitate a wide range of professional learning opportunities for teachers, student teachers and local authority officers. In 2019, Lynne was awarded GTCS Professional Recognition: Supporting Teacher Learning. Her specific remit includes supporting early career teachers, knowledge exchange activities including the Scottish Languages Review.
Lynne is an active member of the SCILT/CISS Diversity Equality Inclusion (DEI) steering group.
Recent highlights include:
- The radical redesign of Scotland’s National Languages Leadership Programme involving a pivot online, integrating choice and involving previous programme participants as critical friends. In the first intake of the updated programme in 2021- 22, 60 Scottish teachers were awarded GTCS Professional Recognition: leadership in languages education.
- Pedagogy Lead 2019 – 2022 on the TeLT programme - Teachers Learning to Teach Languages in Primary Schools - a professional learning programme offered in partnership between the Open University and SCILT.
- Since 2019, supporting various iterations of the development of a creative puppetry, play-based approach to language learning in Early Years settings.
Lynne enjoys supporting educators at all stages of their career to:
- undertake practitioner enquiry
- develop socially just, anti-racist and inclusive language learning pedagogies, and
- explore creative ways to incorporate film into language teaching
Lynne completed a Masters in Teaching in 2015 with her final dissertation focusing on effective professional learning for languages teachers. She is now partway through her doctoral studies at the University of Strathclyde. Her EdD research explores how teacher leadership is understood and experienced in Scotland.
Beyond work and study, Lynne enjoys reading and world cinema, cycling and yoga.
Contact:
The Ramshorn
98 Ingram Street
Merchant City
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, G1 1EX
lynne.jones@strath.ac.uk
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