EMINA MCLEAN

Emina McLean is an Australian language and literacy expert with over fifteen years of experience across primary, secondary, and tertiary education. She holds qualifications in speech pathology, adolescent counselling, youth mental health (psychiatry), public health, and education, and she is currently completing her PhD (Education).

 

Emina is a lecturer, researcher, English and literacy leader, coach, professional learning provider and education consultant.  She works closely with the Victorian and Tasmanian state education systems  (currently focused on Lifting Literacy, Phonics Plus, the Year 1 Phonics Check and the Tutor Learning Initiative) and partners frequently with The Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership to deliver professional learning to leaders and teachers. Emina also works with key sector stakeholders such as the Australian Education Research Organisation, the Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority and Ochre, as well as schools, leaders, and teachers, to develop ambitious and rigorous assessment, curriculum and instruction practices in English and literacy.   

  

In 2022 Emina was named one of 52 Australian newsmakers by The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age for her contributions to Education and she won the Learning Difficulties Australia Mona Tobias Award for her research and practice contributions in the literacy domain. Emina is currently leading several small- and large-scale implementation projects across Australia, focused on building sustainable systems for quality literacy education delivery within schools.

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Emina hosts Heavy is the English Head, a podcast about the nitty gritty of English and literacy leadership.