Jo Medlin
Jo Medlin has been involved in adult literacy and numeracy for almost 30 years. She describes herself as “a serial volunteer”: currently President of the Australian Council of Adult Literacy (ACAL), rural representative of the NSW Adult Literacy and Numeracy Council (NSWALNC), and a member of the national DESE Foundation Skills Advisory Committee, the Reading Writing Hotline Steering Committee, and the national Education IRC.
Her passion is teaching adult literacy and numeracy, but she has also taught the Graduate Diploma in Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy Teaching, Academic Foundation Skills, and a range of PD and courses for VET practitioners and volunteers to develop LLN knowledge. She has coordinated the LLN mapping of training packages and delivered and assessed TAELLN411.
Her areas of interest include curriculum writing, designing resources for students at pre-level ACSF to 3, youth at risk, and online learners. She holds a Masters Degree in Adult Education and was a finalist in the 2013 Australian Training Awards – Excellence in Language, Literacy and Numeracy Practice Award. She also has a qualification in archaeology and one day hopes to use it! Meanwhile, she loves to read and her passion for adult literacy is based on a belief that the world would be a better place if we could all put up our feet, read a good book, and escape our stresses for a while.