Company Profile and JCL Team
J.C.L. Education (New Zealand) Ltd is an educational consultancy formed in 1992 as a response to many enquiries from overseas teachers and administrators to visit our classrooms in New Zealand and observe our reading and writing programmes in action.
As a result of this, over the last sixteen years, we have produced educational resources, including videos and teacher resource books; presented at international conferences and provided practical seminars and workshops for teachers and educational administrators throughout the United States of America, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Botswana, Africa and in New Zealand.
Seminars focus on specific components of balanced literacy e.g. reading, writing and oral language. They may be whole day, two day, half day or an evening session, can be planned to suit needs of participants as requested and cater for teachers, specialists, administrators and parents. Consultancy services are also offered to schools.
We also offer opportunities for educators, teachers and student teachers to experience and observe a New Zealand classroom in action.
Educators and teachers have the opportunity to stay with an experienced New Zealand teacher and participate in classroom programmes.
Student teachers from overseas Universities are offered the opportunity to spend five, seven, eight or ten weeks in a New Zealand primary or secondary school to observe and practise skills and techniques in New Zealand.
We are also able to offer teachers and educators overseas, art supplies and classroom stationery obtainable only in New Zealand
Current Activities
They have recently run a weeklong graduate credit class for teachers in Michigan and three days’ of professional development for teachers of Grades K-6 focusing on providing a well-organised physical environment, a programme of focused activities and well-established routines for the beginning of the school year in the Pittsburgh area of Pennsylvania.
JCL Director Profile - Mary McDonald
• Teacher Certification, Auckland College of Education, New Zealand.
• Twenty-six years experience in education as a teacher and Deputy Principal.
• Trained Reading Recovery teacher.
• Sixteen years experience as a literacy consultant in New Zealand and overseas.
• Extensive consulting in the training of elementary teachers in literacy and classroom management with schools and school systems in New Zealand, the United States, Asia, South America and Africa.
• Co-authored three educational management books for teachers of Grades K-6 entitled:
New Zealand Classrooms in Action
Independent activities in oral language, written language and reading.
Classroom Management and Organisation in a Balanced Literacy Programme – Grades K-2
Classroom Management and Organisastion in a Balanced Literacy Programme - Grades 3-5.
• Co- produced three educational DVD’s entitled:
New Zealand Classrooms in Action – The First Three Years
Guided Reading at Emergent, Early and fluent
Parents and Children Reading Together – Sharing the Reading Task.
JCL Director profile - Judy Knott
• Teacher Certification, Wellington College of Education, New Zealand.
• Thirty-seven years experience in education as a teacher and Assistant Principal.
• Trained Reading Recovery teacher.
• Sixteen years experience as a literacy consultant in New Zealand and overseas.
• Extensive consulting in the training of elementary teachers in literacy and classroom management with schools and school systems in New Zealand, the United States, Asia, South America and Africa.
• Co-authored three educational management books for teachers of Grades K-6 entitled:
New Zealand Classrooms in Action
Independent activities in oral language, written language and reading.
Classroom Management and Organisation in a Balanced Literacy Programme – Grades K-2
Classroom Management and Organisastion in a Balanced Literacy Programme - Grades 3-5.
• Co- produced three educational DVD’s entitled:
New Zealand Classrooms in Action – The First Three Years
Guided Reading at Emergent, Early and fluent
Parents and Children Reading Together – Sharing the Reading Task.
JCL Clients
• University of Waikato New Zealand (Gisborne, Tauranga, and Rotorua campuses).
• Wellington College of Education (Mana Campus)
• Dunedin College of Education (Otago and Southland campuses).
• Howick/Pakuranga Principal’s Association.
In the U.S.A.
California San Jose Unified School District.
Berryessa School District
Santa Clara School District.
California Reading Association.
Wisconsin Green Bay Schools – CESA 7
Oshkosh Schools
Michigan Northern Michigan University
Wayne State University
Macomb Intermediate School District
Jackson Public Schools
Lewis Cass Intermediate School District
Genesee County Intermediate School District, Flint.
Ingham Intermediate School District, Lansing
Wayne County RESA
Tuscola Intermediate School District
Walled Lake Intermediate School District
Lakeview Public Schools
Maryland Frederick Public Schools
Ann Arbor Public Schools
Prince George County Public Schools
Salisbury State University
Towson State University
New York Orlean Niagara Board of Education Cooperative Services
Niagara State University
New Jersey Princeton Public Schools
Whippany Public Schools
Pennsylvania Kiski Area School District
Greater Latrobe School District
Ohio Reading Recovery Council of America
Africa Westwood Academy, Botswana.
Asia
Manila, Philippines International School, Manila
Hong Kong Bradbury International School
Singapore Singapore International School
South America
Markham College, Lima, Peru.
Hiram Bingham College, Lima, Peru.
Peruano Britanica College, Lima, Peru.
