Lia Tedesco

Lia Tedesco began her involvement in languages education as a teacher of Italian at secondary level. She has been involved with numerous state and national level curriculum development projects and policy initiatives, including the Australian Language Level (ALL) Guidelines and the National Statement and Profile for Languages Other Than English.

She was the Manager of Languages with the South Australian Department of Education for many years, prior to her appointment as Principal of the School of Languages in 2000.

Since that time, she has been seconded on two occasions to undertake projects for the Ministerial Council of Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) – namely, the 2003 Review of Languages Education in Australian Schools; which then led to the development of the National Statement and Plan for Languages Education in Australian Schools.

In addition to her ongoing role as Principal of the School of Languages, she is currently serving as Executive Officer to the MCEETYA Languages Education Working Party, which is the ministerial group charged with the responsibility of overseeing the implementation of this major national initiative. She assumed the role of President of the Australian Federation of Modern Languages Teachers Associations in June 2006.