Jean Crane

Jean Crane joined Insight Learning Academy January 2004 as the Course Tutor for ‘Caring 4 Young Children’. She brought with her more than 40 years of diverse experience in the field of Early Childhood and Adult Education. Her qualifications cover Early Childhood Education, Adult Teaching, Learning and Assessment, and NZ Community (Enrolled) Nursing.

Jean lived in Fiji for over 33 years and worked for 10 of those years for the University of the South Pacific in 12 Pacific Island Countries as the Coordinator of the Pacific Preschool Teachers Certificate Programme.

Prior to this appointment she managed, for many years, her own Preschool of 80 children. For fifteen years she presented for Radio Fiji, a twice-weekly Kindergarten of the Programme and for two years a children’s’ creative craft programme for Fiji TV.

Jean has conducted many ECE Workshops sand Seminars, presented papers at several International Early Childhood Eduction Conferences and had work published. She enjoys poetry writing and has complies a collection of poems reflecting her travels in the Pacific. In 2000 she worked with the Marshall Islands Government in the compiling of a Basic Curriculum for use in their Early Childhood Education Centres throughout the Republic. Since returning to New Zealand Jean has carried out ECE consultancy work in the Pacific region for NZAID.

During the time Jean has been with Insight Learning Academy she has worked hard at up-grading the ’Caring 4 Young Children’ course into a user-friendly programme. She is very involved in the progress of all her students and works closely with them to support and encourage them as they each embark on their own wonderful journey of discovery.