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Shona O'Callaghan

Lead Educational Consultant and Founder of ECM

Empowering Creative Minds

Shona O’Callaghan has been teaching both children and educators across Europe for almost 20 years. As a fully qualified and experienced secondary teacher with a Master’s degree in Education focusing on multilingual learning in mainstream classrooms, she is a specialist in her field. A certified Dyslexia and Literacy specialist teacher with ATS status she excels in driving the awareness of learning challenges and helping students and teachers realise their true potential. Having led English departments in schools, taught education courses at a university level, advised on IGCSE examination textbook material and delivered courses on teaching and learning to trainee teachers whilst acting as a mentor, she has curated extensive experience and knowledge. In 2019 she was published in the EAL Journal, presented a poster at the NALDIC annual conference 2021, published in The Chartered Teaching Journal (Impact) 2022, presented a poster at the Conference for Bilingual and International Education, Universidad de Atlantico, 2022 and published a joint reseach paper on Post-graduate Training in the Competence Development of CLIL Teachers (2023). Shona's ongoing pursuit of a PhD in Dyslexia and Multilingualism reflects her unwavering commitment to cutting-edge research, while her extensive experience as a teacher trainer, university lecturer, and esteemed education consultant for British and International schools underscores her profound knowledge and expertise.

SPEAKER SESSIONS

12 November, 2024 | 10:30 to 10:50
Why Inclusion Alone Isn’t Enough

This talk will bring a new perspective to the concept of 'Inclusion' in schools. What it truly means, why it is not the answer we think it is and most importantly, how we can achieve the aims and objectives of 'inclusion' without any of the pitfalls. This will be delivered through the art of storytelling with some interactive participation from the audience and visual images to support understanding and alternative needs. It will be lighthearted but impactful and memorable.