Sue West & Nina Mercep
Tumuaki - CEO & Tutor/Illustrator - Literacy Waitākere
Prior to working at Literacy Waitākere, Sue was the Executive Director of 20/20 Trust, focusing on digital inclusion. Sue developed the eLearning courses for Coastguard Boating Education and all digital contracts for The University of Auckland, Faculty of Education.
She is passionate about he power of lifelong learning. Sue has travelled extensively, and worked in Laos, Kiribati, Beagle Bay, an indigenous Australian community in Western Australia.
Nina is an ESOL teacher and artist who grew up in Auckland. She has family in Cyprus as well as Croatian roots in Aotearoa. Nina is a self-taught artist and is passionate about uplifting communities in creative ways as well as education and social justice. She lives with her son in Waitākere.
2:00 pm
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3:00 pm
Metting Room 5
Reciprocity - Creating and Publishing Learner Stories
Literacy Waitākere in partnership with Auckland Council Libraries has published nine books that are on the shelves of Auckland Libraries and many libraries across the motu. The books are graded to the TEC Learning Progressions and can be used for recreational reading as well as teaching resources. Sue West and Nina Mercep will take you on a journey into the stories of adult learners and how the books are developed with the learners. There are four more books currently in production and two larger format books funded by the Ministry of Ethnic Communities.