Misty Adoniou was a primary school teacher for 10 years before moving to Greece and teaching and consulting in the area of English Language Teaching for 7 years. She now lectures at the University of Canberra. She has received numerous Teaching Awards including the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence, and was the Lead Writer of the Federal Government's Teachers' Resource for English Additional Language/Dialect (EAL/D) learners. She sits on a number of national and international advisory boards, including:
Board of Directors, TESOL International
TEQSA expert in Teacher Education: Primary and Secondary, Curriculum Studies, Literacy and Numeracy;
Member of the English Language Proficiency Working Group – a national advisory board to the Australian Curriculum and Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA);
Member of the Equity and Diversity Advisory Group – a national advisory board on Gifted and Talented, Disability and English as an Additional Language;
Member of the Onshore Consultative Committee – a national advisory board providing advice on the needs of onshore asylum seekers to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
Experience
–present
Associate professor, University of Canberra
Education
2013
University of Canberra, PhD
2010
University of Canberra, MEd (Hons)
1987
University of Canberra, BEd
Publications
2017
Professional Standards for Teachers - what are they good for?, Oxford Review of Education
2016
Don’t let me forget the teacher I wanted to become, Teacher Development
2016
Spelling it out: how words work and how to teach them, Cambridge University Press
2016
Beginning teachers' responses to education reform agendas, School Leadership and Management
2015
EAL learners, multimodality, multilingualism and writing. , Looking back to look forward: Teaching writing in today's classrooms.
2015
It’s very much taken as an insult if I say anything’ - do new educators have a right to speak their mind? , Cambridge Journal of Education
2014
Language, Mathematics and English Language learners, Australian Mathematics Teacher
2014
Drawing conclusions: What purpose do children’s drawings serve?, Australian Art Education
2014
‘Teacher knowledge: a complex tapestry’ , Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education
2014
Teachers' awareness and use of scales to map the progress of children who speak English as an additional language or dialect, TESOL in Context
2013
"Drawing to support writing development in English language learners" , Language and Education
2013
"Preparing Teachers – The Importance of Connecting Contexts in Teacher Education" , Australian Journal of Teacher Education
2013
'Autonomy in teaching: going, going, gone' , English in Australia
2013
'Spelling knowledge all teachers should have', Literacy
Grants and Contracts
2016
An Evaluation of the Human Settlement Services Orientation for newly arrived refugees
Role:
Chief Investigator
Funding Source:
Department of Social Services, Australian Government
2015
An Evaluation of the Australian Culture Orientation (AUSCO) Programme
Role:
Chief Investigator
Funding Source:
International Organisation for Migration
2015
The Potentials of K-12 Literacy Development in the International Baccalaureate PYP and MYP Programmes
Role:
Chief investigator
Funding Source:
International Baccalaureate
2014
Moving from ‘Graduate’ to ‘Proficient’ – Phase 2 a quantitative study
Role:
Co-investigator
Funding Source:
ACT Teacher Quality Institute
2013
Supporting school-university pathways for refugee student access and participation in tertiary education
Role:
Co-investigator
Funding Source:
Office of Teaching and Learning
2013
Moving from 'Graduate' to 'Proficient' - an exploration of the process and impact of the National Professional Standards for Teachers for newly qualified teachers.
Role:
Chief Investigator
Funding Source:
ACT Education and Training Directorate
2012
The Refugee Action Support Project in two ACT schools - research and evaluation