Associate Professor

• Director of the Office for Professional Learning

• Academic Board Member

• School of Education Executive Leadership Member

university of new england

2022 – present 

Lead, motivate and develop a focused team responsible to: develop and oversee professional experience

placements of internal and external students, engage innovative interaction with the academic staff, and

enhance engagement and research opportunities in the education sector.

Liaise and sustain links with relevant accreditation authorities such as the Australian Institute for

Teaching & School Leadership (AITSL), the NSW Educational and Standards Authority (NESA) and the

Australian Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority (ACECQA), and others as required.

Lead the design, development and implementation of solutions to complex technical problems/new

systems/significant projects relevant to professional experience and learning and its integration into and

relationship with teacher education courses.

Develop strategic plans to enhance and maintain strong partnerships with school sectors in the highly

competitive area of ‘student placements’ in schools.

Provide leadership in the pedagogy of professional experience to relevant committees.

Supervise staff in the Office for Professional Learning, nurturing and strengthening a collaborative team

environment.

Manage the Office for Professional Learning annual budget, in consultation with the Dean of HASSE and

Head of School, Education.

Act as HASSE Representative on the University of New England Academic Board.

Act as Head of School during September 2023 while Prof Sue Gregory was On University Business.

Senior Lecturer and Researcher

Griffith University

2019 – 2022 

Awarded numerous awards in 2020 and 2021 including the Internationalisation Allianz Care Grant and

being a Seeding Grant Recipient for Internationalisations, The Out-of-Field Phenomenon and AEL Grants

Effectively collaborated with staff to drive the implementation of a Work Integrated Learning Plan (WIL)

for preservice teachers replacing the Professional Experience Placement during the global pandemic,

COVID-19

Achieved a 4.8/5.0 scale percentage for Master of Teaching (Primary and Secondary) employing key

instructional strategies, skills and tactics including cooperative learning, inquiry-based and project-based

learning (PBL), framing questions, permitting wait time for responses, checking for understanding,

responding to learners with feedback and utilising Think/Pair/Share as a tactic for learning

Strategically led the stakeholder engagement, development of the theoretical concept based on

literature reviews and drove quality improvement results

Applied key effective research techniques for gathering insights and empirical evidence on students’

learning experiences to drive enhancements

Commended by the Department of Education (DoE) for my diligence and resilience during COVID-19

Played an important role as Chief Investigator for Out-of-Field research with preservice teachers

investigating perceptions of teaching workforce, attrition and retention, identifying key causes for such

and gathering insights for informed decision-making with quality education and enhancement strategies

Appropriately represented the leadership team of the School of Education and Professional Studies on

the Internationalisation Committee, the Teacher Education Industry Advisory Group (TEIAG) and the

QGCE Meeting

Gained valuable insight, knowledge and expertise on internationalisation of curricula and coordination of

postgraduate units in educational leadership

Invited and selected to review papers and manuscripts of staff based on my key editing expertise

Attracted national and international research funding being awarded key competitive grants

Strategically developed a new course for the Master of Education Program – Leadership and Wellbeing

Research Fellow

Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, Australian Catholic University

2015 – 2019 

Involved in assessment and teacher education space.

Integral to development of Graduate Teaching Performance Assessment (GTPA).

Received award from Australian Council Leadership for research in educational leadership as well as several awards from the Australian Catholic University for excellence in research.

Undertook Chief Investigator role of Beginning Teacher Workforce project.

Subsequently led development / validation of two survey instruments for the Beginning Teacher Workforce Planning project. 

Represented the Director of the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education of various committees. 

Selected to review papers and manuscripts of research colleagues, member of an Editorial Board.

Won early career research awards in 2017 and 2018. 

Informally supervising international post-graduate and PhD students.

Supporting teaching staff by providing insight into methodology and theoretical framing. 

Co-developing teaching resources specifically for the preservice teacher cohort. 

Conducting research in out-of-field classroom contexts and school contexts.  

Compiling research to deliver quality education and teaching workforce improvement plans.

Publishing scholarly papers, reports and books.

Collaborate in research team applications for research funding / grants.

Actively participating in committees and industry partner meetings. 

Complying with internal policies and industry regulations / legislation. 

Aligning practice with Code of Conduct.

Engaging with key internal and external stakeholders. 

Developing theoretical concepts, underpinned by (inter)national literature review.

Identifying key causes for teacher retention and attrition. 

Leading a research team of four researchers as part of the Beginning Teacher Workforce research project. 

Trained and accredited HDR supervisor.

Sessional lecturer as required for the completion of GCHEd

Student Teacher Supervisor, University of Western Australia, 2009-2010.

Teacher, Department of Education, WA, 2006-2010.

International Baccalaureate Teacher, International School of Tanganyika, Tanzania, East Africa, 2000-2006.

Head of Department, Line Manager, Sports Coordinator, South African Department of Education, 1980-2000.