John Walters - School Mates Goonellabah RC)

John Walters is 
• a reading specialist - focusing on
pre-literacy & reading-readiness,
• an international researcher &
• an award-winning children’s author.
In a previous life he was …
• a school principal
• a curriculum consultant
• a lecturer at the University of NSW
During the past 10 years he has been working with teams at
multiple Australian universities, along with universities across the
United Kingdom.
John speaks locally and internationally about early literacy, and
most has recently returned from speaking engagements in
England, Denmark and Finland.
He is the founder and coordinator of Rotary’s School Mates
program, which supports disadvantaged children in local schools.