Angie Simmons

Our high-quality resources are strongly grounded in what works in the early childhood setting and the classroom, giving educators tools and strategies they need to make a difference. Written by highly-experienced educators and authors, they are well-designed and easy to use.

Designed to maximise young children’s potential and extend educators professional practice, our early years resources offer essential information, guidance on management and professional development, advice, innovative ideas and inspiration.

Our high-interest primary and secondary school resources have been developed to provide students with the skills necessary to become analytical thinkers, problem solvers and idea generators, and succeed in a multinational work environment.

Angie Simmons

Angie Simmons is an experienced educator who has broad experience in the educational sector of New Zealand. She is interested in current best practice learning approaches that encompass thinking skills, collaboration and problem solving. Angie has owned and operated an early childhood centre, taught at primary schools for many years and worked as a university lecturer, heading an educational technologies programme and teaching prospective teachers. She was also contracted by the Ministry of Education to integrate e-learning into the school curriculum as an ICT professional development facilitator. Angie was the writer for the APN Newspapers in Education programme. View Angie’s blog at http://angelasimmons.blogspot.com

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