The Association for Language Learning (ALL) is delighted to announce the appointment of Jane Harvey as President Elect. The President Elect sits on the Association’s board of trustees, its Management Board, which comprises three elected Officers: Honorary Membership Officer; President Elect; President and up to five invited Trustees.
A member of ALL since the 1990’s, and ALL Council since 2014, Jane set up a local ALL Network, based in Monmouth, which was the first in Wales. Jane’s experience on ALL Council has encouraged her to contribute further to ‘‘shaping the strategic direction of ALL, to understand its members’ needs and how it should respond, as well as continuing its important role as a body which is consulted by government.’’
As President Elect Jane will serve a one year term 2017-2018, and will be supported by the serving President and fellow trustees, after which she will assume the Presidents’ role from 2018-2020, when Dr. Anna Lise Gordon concludes her term.
Dr. Gordon, commented that she is ‘looking forward to working closely with Jane, to further the aims of the Association, supporting language teaching, and promoting a passion for language learning.”
Jane’s career spans the teaching of French and Italian in both state and private sector secondary schools and in Further Education, for vocational students and adults. She is passionate about the importance of language learning across the curriculum, both vocational and academic, and its availability to all pupils and sees language knowledge as an essential life skill for professional and personal purposes. Jane is deeply concerned with the continuing fall in numbers of language learners.
Find out more about Jane and her appointment by reading the full Press Release here.