Deb Sukarna is an Educational Consultant, and a leading educator for over 43 years. Deb has an expertise and passion for Literacy learning and teaching and her workshops are based on her own classroom practice from Early Learning to Year 9.  Deb works in schools with leadership teams and in classrooms, modelling practice in Literacy. She presents and creates school based professional development programs for State, Catholic and Independent schools. Deb’s real love is working with kids and learning from them, as she continues to research effective teaching of Literacy. She works closely with a school to establish, and translate a common pedagogy, into consistent classroom practice throughout the primary years.  In 2011 Deb was the recipient of the Australian Council of Education Leadership Hedley Beare Educator of the Year Award and received a Fellowship in Leadership from ACEL in 2014.  Deb has been both a Primary Principal and Principal of a Balinese Community School.  Deb was Head of Plenty Campus (Foundation to Year 12) and Deputy Principal of Ivanhoe Grammar School (2004-2016).  Deb has worked in the United States and has co-authored several books on literacy education.