Tracy Redman is the Project Manager for ORICL supporting the work of the ORICL early childhood researchers. Tracy has almost four decades experience in the early childhood sector, including as owner/teaching director of a long day care service for 16 years, overlapping with over 20 years teaching EC students from certificate III to master’s degree levels. Tracy has written many units for TAFE NSW, TAFE Higher Education, and the University of New England as well as EC resources for government and non-government organisations. Her special research interest is in supporting educators to enrich their language interactions with infants and toddlers through targeted professional development. An advocate for life-long learning, Tracy holds a Master of Education (Information Technologies) from Charles Sturt University, and a Master of Early Childhood, Master of Research, and PhD from Macquarie University (Macquarie School of Education) and is an Associate member of the Centre for Research in Early Childhood Education (CRECE).
