The Teacher Education Advisory Board, established in 2012, has a membership drawn from the broad community served by our teacher-education programs. The draft terms of reference for the board is:

• the nature and quality of the curriculum of the undergraduate, pre-service, and postgraduate teacher education programs (including approaches to professional experiences; directions for development of the structure and content of the courses)


• proposed development of new or revised courses including changes to professional experience to reflect emerging needs and opportunities


• any issues needing to be addressed arising from accreditation reports, student evaluation of programs and our own quality assurance processes


• issues arising from developments linked with national and state policy agendas and priorities


• innovation of our teacher education programs, potential collaborations, and strategic relationships between the faculty and our stakeholders


• strengthening our alumni connection.

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  Mr
  Tom Alegounarias
  President
  NSW Board of Studies

  Mr Tom Alegounarias is the President of the Board of Studies NSW. He was previously the founding Chief Executive of the NSW Institute of Teachers and was responsible for developing the Institute's policy and legislative framework. Mr Alegounarias is the NSW nominee to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Board. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney. Previously he has been Director of Equity and General Manager of Strategic Policy for the NSW Department of Education and Training where he was responsible for national, cross-sectoral and cross-agency policy and liaison. He has been Chair and Executive Officer to a number of national policy committees, including the Schools Resourcing Taskforce of the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA). He was co-founder and inaugural chair of the Australian Centre for Equity through Education.

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  Associate Professor
  Judy Anderson
  Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  Judy Anderson is an Associate Professor in Mathematics Education at the University of Sydney and is a past President of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). She is also Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching in the Faculty. Advocating for teachers of mathematics at all levels of schooling and promoting the need for a quality mathematics curriculum form the focus of her approach. She has coordinated syllabus development in NSW and has played an active role in supporting the development of the first Australian Curriculum for Mathematics. She conducts research into teachers' use of problem solving approaches to learning and into students' engagement in the middle years of schooling.

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  Ms
  Cindy Berwick
  President
  NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group

  N/A

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  Adjunct Professor
  Paul Brock AM FACE, FACEL
  Director of Learning and Development Research in the office of the Director-General
  NSW Dept. of Education and Community

  Adjunct Professor Paul Brock AM FACE FACEL, is the Director of Learning and development Research in the Office of the Director – General, NSW Department of Education and Communities; and an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Sydney. Professor Brock is also an Honorary Associate in the Centre for Values Ethics and Law in Medicine within this University's Faculty of Medicine. He is life Member of both the English Teachers Association NSW and the Primary English Teaching Association in Australia, and is the inaugural Honorary Life Member of the NSW Secondary Principals Council. Dr Brock is also a Vice Patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association, NSW. His 46 year career in education has included his being a school teacher, a deputy principal, an academic in Australian, British and North American universities, an education policy advisor at both Commonwealth and State government levels, as well as an author, editor and public speaker. His more than 130 publications include books, monographs, book chapters, refereed journal articles, and poetry. He has also delivered over 200 academic and professional papers to international and Australian conferences. The most recent of his awards in the field of education occurred in the latter half of 2012 when the Australian Council of Educational Leaders (ACEL) conferred on him the Patrick Duignan Award for Leadership, and the Hedley Beare Award for Educational Writing.

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  Mr
  Daniel Brooks
  Secondary teacher, M.Teach alumni
  Canley Vale High School

  N/A

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  Dr
  Jon Callow
  Senior Lecturer and Director of the M Teach Primary Program
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  Jon Callow is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney and the Director of the M Teach Primary program. He is an experienced teacher, having working in primary schools, universities and in professional development for teachers. Dr Callow has been teaching tertiary classes in the areas of primary English and multimodal texts, as well as areas of pedagogy and social justice.

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  Dr
  Susan Colmar
  Senior Lecturer and Director of School Counselling / School Psychology M Teach Program
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  Susan Colmar is a Senior Lecturer and a Program Director of the School Counselling / School Psychology program in the Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney. She has researched early language interventions, with additional interests in literacy, assessment, behaviour issues and therapeutic counselling. Susan is a registered psychologist with specialised endorsement in educational and developmental psychology.

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  Adjunct Professor
  Lyndsay Connors AM FACE
  Chair, TEAB
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  Lyndsay Connors AM FACE chairs the Teacher Education Advisory Board at the University of Sydney.
  She was appointed to the Commonwealth Schools Commission in 1983 and, in that capacity, chaired the Curriculum Development Council. In 1988, she was appointed to chair the Schools Council of the National Board of Employment, Education and Training. In the early 1990s, she served as Deputy Chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and was a member of the Board of the Open Learning Technology Corporation and the Australian Children's Television Foundation. She subsequently worked in the New South Wales Department of Education and Training, first as director for inner city schools, then as director of equity programs and, later, of higher education. When the New South Wales Public Education Council was set up in 2002, she was appointed as its chair. She has been awarded honorary doctorates from the Universities of Canberra and South Australia; an outstanding service award from the Australian Council of Deans of Education; the Annual Medal of the Australian College of Educators; and appointment as a Member in the general division of the Order of Australia. She is the immediate Past President of the Australian College of Educators and is currently a member of the Council for the Order of Australia and the artistic advisory panel of Bell Shakespeare.
  As honorary Adjunct Associate Professors in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, Lyndsay Connors and Dr Jim McMorrow co-authored the 2010 independent report New Directions in Schools Funding. A Proposed Model, which is on the faculty website.

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  Dr
  Wayne Cotton
  Senior Lecturer and Director of Human Movement and Health Education Program
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  Dr Wayne Cotton is a Senior Lecturer and the Director of Human Movement and Health Education in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney in Australia. He holds a PhD in Educational Technology, and a Masters and Bachelor's degree in Physical and Health Education. Prior to his career in Academe Wayne spent 10 years working in high schools where he specialised in Experiential Education.

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  Ms
  Narelle Daniels
  Student
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  Narelle Daniels is a single parent, a proud Aboriginal woman from La Perouse and a current Education student in her 5th year of a Bachelor of Education (Sec:Humanities)/Bachelor of Arts (English/History) degree. She has a strong belief in equitable access to a quality education and believes that all Australians should have a knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture – just not the one pushed by the mainstream media. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be able to attend Sydney University without feeling like they don't really belong or that they are only here to make up numbers – this will require a concerted effort by they University to ensure all staff are educated in the diversity of students as well as dispelling the myths of what a "true/traditional" Aboriginal person is. For Narelle the retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students should be a priority for Sydney University.

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  Professor
  Alison Elliot
  Chair in Early Childhood Education
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  N/A

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  Associate Professor
  David Evans
  Associate Professor of Special Education, Course Coordinator of MEd (Special and inclusive Education), Director of Bachelor of Education Honours Program
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  David Evans is Associate Professor of Special Education in the Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney. As a member of the special and inclusive education team. they have developed pre-service teacher education units that have been recognised internationally for their design and delivery using of problem-based learning scenarios. The team is currently delivering the special education retraining program for the NSW Department of Education and Communities through innovative use of technologies to teachers on-campus, and peers in various locations around NSW. Dr Evans is currently a community representative on the Students with Disability Advisory group for ACARA, and has been involved in the development of materials that will facilitate access to the Australian Curriculum for students with complex education needs.

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  Professor
  Robyn Ewing
  Professor of Teacher Education and the Arts and Associate Dean, Academic Programs
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  Robyn Ewing is Professor of Teacher Education and the Arts. She teaches in the areas of curriculum, English and Drama, working with both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Robyn is passionate about the Arts and education and the role quality arts experiences and processes can and should play in pedagogy across the curriculum. In the areas of English, literacy and the arts, Robyn's research has particularly focused on the user of educational or process drama with authentic literary texts to develop students' critical literacies. She has been published widely in this area. Her current research interests also include teacher education, especially the experiences of early-career teachers and the role of mentoring; sustaining curriculum innovation; and evaluation, inquiry and case-based learning. She is particularly interested in innovative qualitative research methodologies including the role of the Arts in educational research. Within the faculty, Robyn was inaugural co-director of the innovative Master of Teaching degree and has also been Acting Dean; Associate Dean; Academic Programs; Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning; Director, BEd(Primary); and Director, Division of Professional Learning.

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  Dr
  Ruth Fielding
  Lecturer in Education – Languages and TESOL
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  Dr Ruth Fielding is a Lecturer in Languages Curriculum and TESOL within the Faculty of Education and Social Work. She is currently the Program Director of the Secondary Combined Degrees (BEd/BA; BEd/BSc; BEd/BScMaths) and in that role oversees close to 1000 undergraduate students in the teacher education programs. Prior to working in the Faculty Ruth was a Secondary teacher of German and French. She now researches and teaches in the areas of language teacher preparation, bilingual education and bilingualism and TESOL.

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  Mr
  Denis Fitzgerald
  Executive Director
  Centre for Professional Learning, NSWTF

  Denis Fitzgerald has taught in a range of public schools across NSW as a classroom teacher and in a variety of promotions positions. He was a foundation member of the NSW Board of Secondary Education, a member of the Curriculum Corporation of Australia and a foundation member of the NSW Board of Studies. Denis has also been the President of the NSW Teachers Federation, the Federal President of the Australian Education Union as well as a writer and speaker on educational and social issues. He has been invited to speak to educational conferences in Northern America, Asia, Ireland, England, Europe and in every state and territory of Australia. More recently, Denis was Director of Equity and Aboriginal Education in the NSW DET, a position he left in order to return to schools. Denis has written extensively on education matters, including a book on education history and ideas, Teachers and Their Times, published by the University of NSW Press. He has most recently taught at a number of PSP schools in Sydney's west. He is a member of the Board of Studies and chairs the Board's senior History Consultative Committee. He is also the Director of the Centre for Professional Learning.

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  Dr
  Peter Gould
  Group Leader, Mathematics and Numeracy
  NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre, NSWDEC

  N/A

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  Associate Professor
  Debra Hayes
  Director of Education I–IV Program
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  Debra Hayes is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work, at the University of Sydney. She has previously held posts at Griffith University and the University of Technology, Sydney. Her teaching fields include sociology of education, research methods, pedagogy and school leadership. Debra's research is located in contexts where there are high levels of poverty and difference. She draws upon systems of thinking that focus on the effects of disadvantage to examine how these are constituted by schooling discourses and teaching practices. Debra works closely with school and system–based educators in the public system, as well as community–based service providers. Debra is a former secondary school science teacher.

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  Dr
  David Hirsh
  Senior Lecturer in TESOL and Associate Dean, Postgraduate Programs
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  David Hirsh is Associate Dean (Postgraduate Programs) in the Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney, where he teaches on the MEd (TESOL) program and supervises PhD and MEd (Research) students. His research interests include second language vocabulary development, academic acculturation of international students, and language revitalisation in Southeast Asia.

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  Associate Professor
  Tom Hubble
  Pro Dean
  Faculty of Science

  Tom Hubble is an Associate Professor in Engineering and Environmental Geology and the Pro-Dean of the Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney. Tom Hubble's research has been mainly in the field of marine and riverine site investigation including a major regional geomorphic and sediment mapping project on the Hawkesbury-Nepean River for Sydney Water.

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  Dr
  Meredith Jordan
  ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  School of Chemistry

  Dr Meredith Jordan is a theoretical chemist with research interests in chemical reaction dynamics and quantum effects in chemical systems. She has taught chemistry in the Science Foundations course for Primary teachers for almost 10 years. She feels, in fact, that this is the most important course she teaches because these teachers have the ability to inspire the next generation. Dr Jordan is committed to improving science education for all stages K–12, but particularly in primary schools and, for a number of years, she has held hands-on science workshops for K–6 children, developing resources for both students and teachers.

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  Ms
  Laetitia Kilpatrick
  Assistant Principal
  North Sydney Demonstration School

  Laetitia Kilpatrick is an Assistant Principal and classroom teacher at North Sydney Demonstration School. Her specific areas of interest and expertise in primary education include pedagogical ICT integration, integration of teaching and learning in literacy through literature and the Arts and Gifted and talented leadership and differentiated learning. She has worked in curriculum development at NSW DEC state office, delivered varied whole school and regional professional learning through action learning in literacy and technology as well as GATE and has taught in the Masters and BEd programs at the University of Sydney in the areas of Digital Media, Linkages and literacy. Laetitia has been a consultant for ACARA in the development of the National Curriculum Arts and English. She has published papers in the areas of integrating early years literacy, ICT and the four resources model as well as the use of formative assessment in primary science and the interactive teaching model. She has also worked with PETAA in professional development and as a relieving member on the board of directors. Laetitia has a committed interest in sustained professional learning which supports improvements in programming, teaching pedagogies, resources and reflection to enhance student engagement and outcomes.

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  Mr
  Emerick Kovacs
  MTeach, Student, Social Worker
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  Emerick has had an interest in the study of teaching since the mid 1980's when he majored in education as part of Arts/Social Work Degree at Sydney University. He has worked as a social worker for over 20 years in mental health services including clinical work with children, adolescents and their families. During that time he has also participated in various teaching and training roles. Emerick is currently in his final year of a Master of Teaching (Primary) at Sydney University and so is a student representative to the Committee.

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  Adjunct Associate Professor
  Phil Lambert PSM
  Regional Director, Sydney
  NSW Dept. of Education and Community

  N/A

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  Mr
  Patrick Lee
  Chief Executive
  NSW Institute of Teachers

  N/A

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  Dr
  Tony Loughland
  Director of Professional Experiences
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  Tony Loughland is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, Australia. Tony has worked in a diverse range of teacher education and primary teaching positions throughout NSW, Australia. Tony's research interests include action learning, professional learning pedagogies, teaching for social justice and primary science pedagogies.

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  Ms
  Maria McQuilty
  Student Administration Manager
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  N/A

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  Dr
  Janet Mooney
  Director
  Koori Centre

  N/A

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  Mr
  Ross Morrison
  Manager
  NSW Dept of Education and Community Sport Unit–HMHE

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  Mr
  Maurie Mulheron
  President
  NSW Teachers Federation Union

  Mr Maurie Mulheron has been a teacher for 34 years beginning his teaching career in the outer south-western suburbs of Sydney as a casual relief teacher. His first permanent appointment was to Finley High School, NSW, as an English/History teacher. Since then Maurie has taught in a number of schools in south-western Sydney and the Illawarra. For 10 years, until 2011, Maurie was Principal of Kiera High School in Wollongong. Maurie has been a NSW Teachers Federation State Councillor and member of the Federation's Executive for many years. He is also a member of the Federal Executive of the Australian Education Union (AEU), the NSW Secondary Principals' Committee. During Education Week of 2012, Maurie received a regional award from the NSW Department of Education and Communities for "Excellence in Leadership Demonstrated by a Principal". In late 2011, he was elected to the position of President of the NSW Teachers Federation and took up this position from the beginning of the 2012 school year.

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  Associate Professor
  Armstrong Osborne
  Associate Professor of Science Education, Director BEd Primary Program
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  N/A

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  Ms
  Vicky Pogulis
  Principal
  Glebe Public School

  N/A

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  Professor
  Jo-Anne Reid
  Associate Dean, Teacher Education
  Charles Sturt University

  Professor Jo-Anne Reid is Associate Dean, Teacher Education at Charles Sturt University. She is past president of AARE and completed her term as Vice President of the World Association of Research in Education [WERA] in 2012. Beginning her career as secondary English teacher in WA, she worked as Curriculum Advisory Consultant for rural teachers before being appointed to Curriculum Branch as Language and Learning Officer. From there she moved to the university sector as teacher educator at Murdoch University and completed her PhD in curriculum programming at Deakin. She has since worked as a literacy teacher educator in three rural universities (Ballarat, New England and Charles Sturt) and is committed to improving the preparation of teachers for schools in rural and remote locations. She has been in receipt of a range of National Competitive Grants over her career, which have focused on English teaching, teacher education, including overseas–born and education non-native English–speaking teachers, the career pathways of indigenous teachers, literacy an the environment and rural teacher education. She is currently working on an ALTC project looking at the assessment of graduate teacher standards related accessing community resources for Indigenous and Non–Indigenous preservice teachers.

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  Associate Professor
  Liam Semler
  Associate Professor
  Department of English

  Liam Semler is an Associate Professor in the English Department, University of Sydney, and is Director of the Medieval and Early Modern Centre (SLAM). He is NSW Board of Studies Chief Examiner for English Extension 1 and 2 and project leader of a collaborative research partnership with Barker College (Hornsby) called, 'Better Strangers: Complexity and Creativity in Literature and Drama Learning'. He is author of Teaching Shakespeare and Marlowe: Learning vs The System (Arden, forthcoming) and co-editor, with P.Gay and K.Flaherty, of Teaching Shakespeare beyond the Centre: Australasian Perspectives (Palgrave, 2013).

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  Ms
  Christine (Tina) Sims
  HMHS student
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  Christine (Tina) Sims is currently in her third year of Human Movement and Health Education, and although she is a relatively inexperienced teacher, she is passionate about the profession and issues associated with Indigenous education. Tina has worked with children of all ages and is looking forward to developing her knowledge and skills through academic work and further practical experience, as well as mentoring from experienced teachers.

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  Ms
  Shona Smith
  Faculty Manager
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  N/A

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  Dr
  Louise Sutherland
  Senior Lecturer in Science Education
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  N/A

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  Dr
  Charlotte Taylor
  Director of Learning and Teaching
  Faculty of Science

  Dr Charlotte Taylor is the Faculty of Science Associate Dean for the Student Experience, and has over 20 years experience in developing and researching first year curricula in biology, for which she received a university excellence award and an ALTC national citation. Her research focuses on an integration of urban ecology, scientific literacy and biodiversity education, and in 2008 was awarded a national Eureka Prize for Environmental Sustainability Education. Current research projects are investigating how students, and schoolchildren, understand difficult biological concepts and cross 'learning thresholds'. She is currently collaborating with Birdlife International, and the Encyclopaedia of life project at Harvard University, to develop learning activities on biodiversity and science inquiry for schools, universities and public education programs.

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  Professor
  Rob Tierney
  Dean of Faculty
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  N/A

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  Mr
  Steve Waser
  Deputy Principal
  Sir Joseph Banks Secondary School

  N/A

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  Associate Professor
  Fran Waugh
  Pro Dean
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  Following over 20 years professional experience as a registered nurse and then a social worker, this is Associate Professor Fran Waugh's 13th year working as an academic in the Social Work and Policy Studies programs in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney. She has taught across most units of study in the undergraduate program and Social Research in the postgraduate coursework program. She is currently the Prof Dean of the Faculty. Additionally she has had various roles including: Program Convenor, Postgraduate Coursework Coordinator, Coordinator of the Doctor of Social Work, eLearning Academic Convenor, the Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching) and Associate Dean (Academic Programs). Her practice research has focused on child emotional abuse, child protection and domestic violence, paediatric palliative care, and older people with dementia. Her scholarship in teaching research includes practice learning, blended learning, embedding diversity. internationalisation and leadership in mentoring. Associate Professor Waugh has a strong interest in collaborating with and learning about Social Work education and practice in China from Social Work academic colleagues, especially Professor Agnes Koon-Chui Law and Sun-Yen University Guangzhou. She currently (2012) a member of an Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) research project on Authentic Assessment of Students in Practice Settings: A Design-Pattern Approach.

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  Dr
  Jennifer Way
  Senior Lecturer of Mathematics Education and Associate Dean, Undergraduate & Preservice Programs
  Faculty of Education and Social Work

  Jennifer (Jenni) Way is a Senior Lecturer and a researcher in effective pedagogies for mathematics education, with particular interests in educational technologies and the role of motivation and engagement in student learning, and lecturers in primary and early childhood mathematics curriculum and pedagogy. A major research and development achievement has been the design and development of numerous multimedia learning objects to promote mathematics engagement and learning in Australian and New Zealand schools, through the federally funded project – The Learning Federation (DEST 2002–2006). Subsequent major contributions have been made to projects focused on the pedagogically sound use of digital technologies, including the national online–resource initiatives Teaching Teachers for the Future (2011) and Top Drawer Teachers (2012). Jenni is currently an Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs) and is a member of the University of Sydney Academic Board (Undergraduate Studies Committee).

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  Dr
  Frances Whalan
  Teacher Accreditation Consultant
  Association of Independent Schools of NSW

  Dr Frances Whalan, in an extensive career in school education, was a secondary teacher for 23 years followed by several roles in managing large scale nationally funded programs of professional development for teachers. Dr Whalan is currently a consultant with the NSW Association of Independent School in teacher accreditation. Prior to this appointment Dr Whalan was the NSW State Coordinator for the implementation of the Smarter Schools National Partnership on Literacy and Numeracy and the NSW State Manager for the Australian Government Quality Teacher Program (AGQTP) supporting both the government and non-government sectors. Frances has provided leadership to implement innovative programs for school-based professional learning for teachers in NSW schools aligned to the professional teaching standards. Frances' PhD investigated the development of teachers' collective responsibility for student learning and was completed in 2010.

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  Mr
  Greg Whitby
  Executive Director of Schools
  Catholic Education Office, Diocese of Parramatta

  Greg Whitby is widely acknowledged as an innovative educator who is passionate about ensuring schooling meets the needs of today's learners. For the past 14 years, Greg has led a system of Catholic schools in both the Dioceses of Wollongong and now Parramatta. Greg has developed a strong national and international profile and regularly presents on educational change and leadership, school innovation and technology. He was nominated to deliver the prestigious AW Jones Oration in 2011. In the same year, Greg was appointed to the Federal Government's Digital Education Advisory Group. Greg is Fellow of the Australian College of Educators, the Australian Council for Educational Leaders and The Australian Institute of Management for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of education. In addition to his blog, bluyonder and Twitter, Greg is the author of Education Gen Wi-fi, which argues for the need to radically rethink the nature of learning and teaching in a connected world.

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  Mrs
  Christine Wilkinson
  President
  Independent Education Union

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