Simmone Pogorzelski is an experienced teacher educator and researcher, with a deep expertise in how to support children’s development of literacy and language skills in the early years and throughout primary and secondary education. Simmone leads Knowledge Society’s education practice and development team. She brings extensive on the ground experience designing and delivering programs that have achieved national scale. Her experience working alongside many school principals and literacy coordinators to transform their educational outcomes through a focus on improving the origins of literacy and knowledgeability in schools drives her passion for sharing this capability in all Australian schools.