In August 2012, Lynne joined SCILT, Scotland’s National Centre for Languages based at the University of Strathclyde initially on secondment as a Professional Development Officer.  Prior to this, she worked as a primary teacher at schools in West Lothian Council and Dundee City Council for over 13 years, with a whole school remit for the teaching and learning of modern languages throughout.

In her current role at SCILT, Lynne facilitates a variety of professional learning opportunities for pre-service and in-service primary teachers around early languages education policy and pedagogy.  She has a particular interest in the use of film and visual texts to support the learning and teaching of languages and intercultural awareness.  Lynne's responsibilities include: joint coordinator of Languages Week Scotland, a national week of celebration and advocacy; SCILT lead on Scotland's Languages Leadership Programme team; editorial team for the Scottish Languages Review online journal.

Since 2017, Lynne has been a member of the Pedagogy Tutor Team on the Teachers Learning to Teach Languages programme, as Pedagogy Lead 2019-2022.  This programme is offered UK-wide in partnership between the Open University and SCILT, it carries GTCS Professional Recognition.

Lynne is a Critical Friend on Education Scotland Professional Learning and Leadership Team's Educator Leadership Programme.  Prior to that, she held various support roles on the Teacher Leadership Programme 2017-2022.

Lynne currently holds Professional Recognition: Supporting Teacher Learning from the General Teaching Council Scotland.

Research interests include learner voice, teacher learning and practitioner enquiry.  Lynne's Masters dissertation explored the professional learning experiences of primary and secondary teachers of modern languages in one local authority in Scotland.

Presently working on her EdD thesis, Lynne is using collaborative and digital methods to investigate how teacher leadership is understood and experienced in Scotland. 

2015 Masters in Teaching (MTeach) from the University of Edinburgh

1998 PGCE (Primary Education) with Merit from the University of Paisley

1994 BA (Hons) 2i French and Spanish from the University of Stirling