Hayley Harrison is a teacher, consultant, tutor, cycle instructor, wife and mum (not necessarily in that order of priority) and founder of the educational consultancy company: Connect Literacy. She has spent her career teaching in secondary classrooms and working alongside teachers and leaders across Australia to understand the literacy demands of their subjects and the ways they can explicitly teach, support, consolidate, transfer and extend student literacy skills and confidence within their school contexts. Hayley has authored several textbooks through Matilda Education, including Connecting Literacy and the VCE English and EAL series, and enjoys running student writing and exam workshops across Victoria, alongside her workshops and coaching with classroom teachers and leaders. She has more books and programs planned as she continues the journey of turning her passion and experience into words on the page that hopefully make teachers' lives that tiny bit easier.