Michele Juratowitch
Michele has qualifications in counselling, mental health and gifted education and provides counselling for gifted youth and their families. She is Director of Clearing Skies and provides a range of services to meet the needs of gifted children, their parents and teachers. She worked in schools for over twenty years and has instituted a range of programs and provisions for gifted students.
Michele develops resources; provides training for teachers and parents of gifted children; lectured in the postgraduate course in Gifted Education at the Gifted Education Research, Resource and Information Centre (GERRIC) at UNSW; is a consultant to schools and member of advisory committees.
Michele regularly presents at national conferences, offers tailored educator professional development, and parent support workshops.
Michele has recently published a series of eBooks Raising Bright Sparks, supporting gifted students to achieve their academic potential.
Rosanne Blundell
Rosanne’s expertise comes not only from the classroom and across the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) teaching areas, but from the training of teachers at a tertiary level. Rosanne has a particular passion for implementing effective strategies for the education of gifted and talented children, converting theory into practice. She has played an active role in the Queensland Association for Gifted & Talented (QAGTC) association; running workshops, supporting parents and teachers; and presenting.
Rosanne designs and develops teaching resources and eLearning for schools and industry under various University of Queensland and University of Tasmania partnerships to improve their educational resources. She is highly experienced in middle-years education, problem-based and inquiry learning both nationally (Australia) and Internationally.
Rosanne is also the creator of AR by Teachers which brings augmented reality learning Apps to the classroom.