HEADTEACHER AND EDUCATION MANAGER

ŽIVA RIBIČIČ

  • holds a university BA degree in comparative literature and in teaching sociology;
  • certified Montessori educator for children aged 3 to 6;
  • twenty years of teaching experience;
  • years of management experience: headteacher of a public institute (2007 – 2010), completed headteacher training;
  • holds the title of Senior Fellow (since 2004), which places her among the 5% of Slovenian teachers and educators who hold this highest title; at the time of obtaining the title she was one of the youngest senior fellows;
  • certified interpreter for Slovenian sign language since 2007;
  • coordinator of "Tiny Signers", a European project that won the European Language Label award in 2012;
  • expert in the field of early communication with babies and toddlers;
  • co-author and editor of the quadrilingual handbook "Communication with babies and toddlers" and author of numerous articles published in Slovenia and abroad;
  • regular expert contributor to "Mama" magazine, author of the "Kotiček za jeziček" (Little Language Corner) column.