Abby Saleh

Abby is an Accredited Highly Accomplished Teacher, currently working as a Curriculum and Instruction Leader at Chester Hill North PS. Over the past 25 years, Abby has worked in both the independent and public education sectors in Sydney's South Western suburbs. Abby's pedagogical interests are in EAL/D education and building teacher capacity. She has held positions in the corporate arm of the NSW Department of Education as well as various network-based consultancy roles in Refugee and EAL/D education – drawing on her personal experiences as a former refugee. Abby article ‘the ABCs of EAL/D' was one of the most widely accessed AITSL publications last year. Her mantra reflects John Dana’s notion of ‘Who dares to teach must never cease to learn'.