DrKaye Scott

Kaye is a lecturer at Deakin University, teaching and researching literacy, deaf education, and inclusion. Her doctoral thesis examines the relationship between reading comprehension, Theory of Mind, and reading metaknowledge skills in deaf and hard-of-hearing students.  Kaye holds a special interest in linking research to policy, a passion sparked when completing an Executive Master of Public Administration degree at the University of Melbourne.

Before becoming an academic, Kaye built an extensive career across a range of educational settings in both metropolitan and regional Victoria. She has worked in general and special education as a classroom teacher, specialist teacher, and school leader. Her experience includes an extensive period as a literacy specialist and as a visiting (itinerant) teacher of the deaf. She established the Brighton Hearing Unit in Melbourne and was a founding member of the Victorian Deaf Education Institute (VDEI) in the Department of Education in Victoria.

Kaye is an Associate Review Editor for Deafness & Education International and reviews manuscripts for several international journals. She is the immediate past Chair of the National Association of Australian Teachers of the Deaf. Over the past fifteen years, she has presented her work at numerous national and international conferences, contributing to professional and scholarly discussions on literacy, deaf education, and inclusion.