Sylvia Leck
During her 30-year career in Learning Support and Special Needs Education, Sylvia Leck has been an advocate for change and development in this important area of education.
In addition to her teaching activities, she has served on the Committees for Special Education for the European Council for International Schools and the International Baccalaureate Organisation.
She established the first branch of the British Dyslexia Association in Singapore and is a member of The British Dyslexia Association, The International Psychological Association (IPA) and The Orton Society (USA).
Mrs Leck has one son who is studying at University in the UK.
Foundations for Learning was founded in memory of Sylvia's husband, David Leck, who was a gifted and popular teacher at Zurich International School, and who died in 2008.
Teaching career:
George Mitchell School for Boys, English and Special Needs teacher
International Language School, Setubal, Portugal, English teacher
Greengates School, Mexico City, Head of Intermediate English and Special Needs
Northfleet School for Boys, Kent, English and Special Needs teacher
United World College of South East Asia, Singapore, Head of Special Needs
The Inter-Community School, Zürich, Head of Educational Services
Qualifications and professional development:
MA in Special Educational Needs
Postgraduate Certificate in Education, UK
Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Hornsby Diploma in the Teaching of Children with Special Needs, focussing on dyslexia (awarded with distinction)
Diploma in Teaching ESL in the Mainstream, awarded by the South Australia Department of Education
Diploma in Counselling
First Steps Reading Programme Certification
Schools Attuned Core Course for teaching students
Professional development, All Kinds of Minds, USA, 2002
Trainer for All Kinds of Minds, USA 2003
Trainer for Differentiated Instruction- Staff Development For Educators, Florida, 2008
Trainer for Brain Matters, Translating Research to Classroom Practice, California, 2009
TEACCH Course for working with children on the autism spectrum, 2010
Professional development, SpellRead, Halifax Learning Center, Canada, 2010
