Nadine Sorrensen

PLD Consultant

Nadine is an experienced consultant based in the Auckland office. She works with schools in the following areas:

  • assessment for learning

  • teaching as inquiry

  • data analysis

  • e-asTTle

  • Practice Analysis Conversations

  • acceleration of learning

  • literacy

  • accredited Ministry of Education facilitator of mathematics and structured literacy approaches.

Prior to joining the Evaluation Associates | Te Huinga Kākākura Mātauranga team in 2017 Nadine worked as a literacy facilitator at the University of Auckland for eight years.

Nadine works collaboratively with teachers and leaders to design and deliver professional learning and development programmes through a focus on developing cycles of inquiry that build evaluative capability at all system levels. She has a deep knowledge of the processes and learning necessary to support priority learners.

Nadine is interested in strengthening student agency and self-regulation through the use of student voice, scaffolding and the gradual release of responsibility model. Her strength is in literacy, where she supports teachers and challenges school leaders to design a school curriculum that best meets the needs of diverse students.

In her spare time Nadine enjoys watching house renovation programmes, travel and watching movies.