Elizabeth Wilson

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Student in Education, Massey University, 2024- current

• Bachelor of Arts with Honours (English and Classical Studies), 2006-2010 

• Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English Language to Adults (CELTA), 2011

• Graduate Certificate in Teaching (Secondary), New Zealand Graduate School of Education (NZGSE), 2013

• Master of Specialist Teaching (Gifted Education), Massey University, 2018

•  Boma Education Fellowship, 2020 Project - “LikeMindz” was created to be a student-centred and student-led movement within Kura to promote awareness and understanding of neurodiversity amongst teachers and peers 

I am a strength-based educator driven by educational equity for neurodiverse learners. I believe in an education system where all ākonga can access quality education and can learn and achieve, no matter how their brains work. I work to empower educators to be specialists within their classrooms to meet the unique needs of gifted and neurodiverse ākonga. I have been an elected Board member for giftEDnz, Gifted Aotearoa facilitator and consulted at kura throughout Ōtautahi Christchurch. I am currently the Director of Gifted and Talented and Learning Support Coordinator at Shirley Boys’ High School - Ngā Tama o Ōruapaeroa which can be described as “a lot of testosterone in a small space”. I am passionate advocate for neurodiversity, believing that we need different thinking to meet the challenges of a world changing at an exponential rate.