Staff
Office locations
Stòrlann's head office is located at Cromwell Street Quay in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis where the Chief Executive, Administrative staff, Project Officers, gaelic-on-line and An Seotal are all based. There are other staff in Inverness, Portree and Benbecula.
Donald John MacRitchie, Interim Chief Executive/Project Officer
Donald John has responsibility for all Storlann's operations in his role as Interim Chief Executive and Director of the Limited Company.
Donald John also produces a number of primary school projects including phonic resources, GLPS (Gaelic Learners in the Primary School) and multi-media resources for white boards such as Taigh Lachaidh (Lachie's House) and Kar2ouche. Donald John came to Stòrlann from BBC Craoladh nan Gàidheal in Glasgow where he worked on children's programmes.
Margaret MacLean, Office Manager
Margaret directs the administrative functions of Stòrlann and she is the initial contact for any enquiries or requirements. Margaret came to Stòrlann from Comhairle nan Eilean Siar.
Johanna MacMillan, Project Administrator
Johanna co-ordinates publishing rights and the distribution of resources as well as providing support to the development officers. Seonag came to Stòrlann from Gravir School in Lochs, Isle of Lewis.
Màiri T MacDonald, Clerical Assistant
Mairi assists in distributing resources and providing administrative services. Mairi has been involved in a variety of Gaelic projects, particularly media related.
Morag MacDonald, ‘Gàidhlig on-line’
Morag works at Stòrlann in collaboration with Learning and Teaching Scotland; she co-ordinates development work on the localisation of some LTS sites. These include On the Money, Climate Change, Scottish History and Learn Listening Online. Morag came to Stòrlann from Ireland where she ran her own independent IT company which produced resources for Gaeilge schools.
Chrissie MacRae, ‘An Seotal’
Chrissie co-ordinates development work on the An Seotal website as well as dealing with suggestions and enquiries related to terminology which are submitted as part of the project. Chrissie has been involved in language development for many years and she came to Stòrlann from Bòrd na Gàidhlig where she was a language planning officer.
Morag Maclean, Translator
Morag undertakes the translation of print and other resources on Stòrlann's publication programme. One of the agency's primary aims is to support learners through the use of both rich and comprehensible language and Morag is committed to monitoring style and level in our resources. Before joining the Stòrlann team, Morag worked for many years on a self-employed basis as a translator and she was also involved in the delivery of the GLPS initiative in the Western Isles on behalf of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar.
Anne Marie Henderson, Support Officer www.gaelic4parents.com
Anne Marie works with Marina on the on-line service www.gaelic4parents.com answering questions about Gaelic homework each 'school night'. As a Gaelic teacher with young children, Anne Marie is also ideally suited for the work!
Sarah MacEachen, Project Officer
Sarah runs the www.gaelic4parents.com project and she welcomes any suggestions or enquiries related to the site. With regard to school projects, Sarah deals with resources for spelling, maths and early years as well as primay school fiction. Before she came to Stòrlann Sarah was involved in Gaelic development and life-long learning wth the organisation Clì.
Neil Smith, Web Designer/IT Development Officer
Neil oversees the organisation's IT systems and designs resources, particularly those related to technology and the internet. Neil came to Stòrlann from the Skye based company Sitekit where he was involved in designing web-sites and software interfaces for organisations such as DMG Worldwide Media, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Calmac, ADT, VisitScotland and Northlink.
Angus John MacDonald, Secondary Subjects Development Officer
Angus John came to Stòrlann from Portree High School where he was head of Gaelic and Gaelic Medium Education. Angus John co-ordinates development of resources for high school subjects with input from a panel of teachers.
Shona NicCarmaig, Secondary Gàidhlig/Gaelic Development Officer
Shona came to Stòrlann from Portree High School to co-ordinate the development of secondary resources in Gaelic and Gàidhlig. She has been very much involved in the development and implementation of Ceumannan, the new Gaelic learners’ course. She has co-ordinated the development of new materials for Gàidhlig including topic packs, drama scripts and a book of short stories with online support materials.
Emma Burrows, Writer
Emma Burrows is the course writer of Ceumannan – a new series of five textbooks for Gaelic learners in secondary school covering S1 – S5/6. Emma came to Stòrlann from Portree High School, where she was a Gaelic teacher.
Catriona Murray, Development Officer (Quality Assurance)
Catriona came to Storlann from Tain Royal Academy and provides support to the team and external contractors regarding language, presentation and style. Catriona welcomes enquiries and comments related to quality assurance from contrators and teaching staff.
Anne McCormack, Principal Designer (Publications)
Anne undertakes the design of both Stòrlann's originated Gaelic materials and of resources versioned from other languages. Stòrlann is committed to excellence in design and Anne came to the company from a commercial agency where her clients included the national education development agency Learning and Teaching Scotland. Anne has won a number of awards for her design work during her career.
