Carmel is an independent international literacy consultant, author and researcher. She works extensively in Australia, Canada, the UK, and the USA. Her focus is on helping systems align their assessment processes, instructional practices and instructional leadership at the school, district and system levels. She has pioneered new approaches to data-driven literacy instruction and has lead several large-scale school reform initiatives in Australia and the United States. She has 23 years classroom experience K–9, has been a school principal and director of the Reading Recovery training program at the University of Melbourne. Carmel is a passionate educator working at all levels to bring