Project Team (2014)
This TeachSign website has been made possible by the TAB Book Project Committee.
This website consists of created materials and content to support NZSL teachers to teach Level One in community education. The TAB Book Project Committee and New Zealand Sign Language Teachers Association supported the development of these projects. Special acknowledgement goes to Shona McGhie and Lynette Pivac on behalf of the TAB Book Project Committee for their key role in the initiation of TeachSign projects.
Sara Pivac Alexander was the Project Leader for this overall project. Have a look at the list below which acknowledges all people involved with this work.
TeachSign Logo
Graphic Artist
Victoria Lessing
Advisors
Lynette Pivac, Sara Pivac Alexander
TeachSign Website
Web Content Developer
Sara Pivac Alexander
Web Designer/Developer
Kirsten Morgan, SUTHERLANDesign
Advisors
Lynette Pivac, Victoria Lessing, James Pole
Copy Editor
Rohani Alexander
Video Editors
Keethan Sundar, Mark Berry
Graphics
EK Photography, Deafradio
Special Thanks
MTG RM, AUT University, Victoria University of Wellington
Learning Outcomes
Project Leader and Writer
Sara Pivac Alexander
Advisors
Rachel McKee, Lynette Pivac, Victoria Lessing, Shona McGhie, Susie Ovens, Darryl Alexander
Tutor's Guides (Units 1 & 2)
Resource Developer
Susie Ovens
Special Thanks
Sara Pivac Alexander, Shona McGhie, NZSLTA Executive Committee, Maureen Green, Catherine Greenwood, Kaye Bird
Copy Editor
Rohani Alexander
PowerPoint
Resource Developers
Susie Ovens (units 1-2, 4), Sara Pivac Alexander (units 3-9)
Illustrations
Shaun Fahey
Graphics
Victoria Lessing, Karishma Mohan, Hinal Keshav
Activity Sheets
Resource Developers
Victoria Lessing, Susie Ovens
Illustrations
Shaun Fahey
Advisors
Sara Pivac Alexander, Lynette Pivac, Shona McGhie
Copy Editor
Rohani Alexander
Special Thanks
Special acknowledgement and thanks go to all NZSL teachers who have contributed their materials, ideas and feedback on the development of these projects. Much gratitude and appreciation to Lynette Pivac for allowing us to adapt contents from the Handbook Guide for NZSL Tutors (TAB, first edition, 2005; NZSLTA, second edition, 2008) for the TeachSign website.
Also, special thanks to Darryl Alexander for his assistance with various TeachSign projects.
Drawings Project (2018)
TeachSign Website Drawings
Project Leader
Susie Ovens
Website Developer
Kirsten Sutherland, SUTHERLANDesign
Assistants
Nicki Morrison, Lynette Pivac, Sarah Mason Burrell
Website Restructure Project (2019)
TeachSign Website Restructure
Project Manager
Sara Pivac Alexander, CreateNZSL
Web Designer/Developer
Kirsten Morgan, SUTHERLANDesign
Web Content Writer
Sara Pivac Alexander, Lynette Pivac (history)
Filming/Editors
Victoria Lessing & Jaime Brown, Merge NZ; Daniel Harborne, Signability
Signing models
Julie-Anne Taylor, Rachel Walker, James Pole, Marianne Spencer, Victoria Lessing, Lynette Pivac
Copy Editor
Catherine Greenwood
Special Thanks
Theresa Cooper, NZSLTA Communications Coordinator; Rachel Noble, Ennoble; Sonia Pivac
Funder: NZSL Board
