Rosemary Cathcart - BA, DipTchg, DipEd

Rosemary Cathcart's career in education began with a very strong belief in education as an effective agent for achieving social change - a belief that she still maintains.

She became involved in gifted education in 1981 after becoming aware of schools' lack of capacity to recognise, let alone provide for, the needs of gifted children.

Rosemary was influenced by the late Professor George Parkyn and his scholarship in this field in the development of the REACH model, which now serves as the basis for the One Day School programme.

She became very actively involved in professional development in this field, serving as a conference and workshop presenter, college of education tutor and advisor. Rosemary also wrote the teachers' manual They're Not Bringing My Brain Out and other assorted material.

In 1995, Rosemary set up the George Parkyn National Centre for Gifted Education. She now serves as its national director.

Rosemary received the Queen's Service Medal for public services in 2004.