Cathie Burgess - Lecturer

Cathie is currently (2008) on secondment from the NSW Department of Education and Training where she is the Head Teacher of Human Society and its Environment (HSIE) at Tempe High School.

She has been involved in Aboriginal education since 1983 while working in a range of positions in schools and the department including Information and Communications Technology, Policy research; Aboriginal education consultancy and through associate membership of the Inner City Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG). Cathie has worked for the Office of the Board of Studies as a syllabus and support materials writer, Exam Committee member and HSC marker and supervisor. She has also worked at the University of Western Sydney as the Aboriginal and Rural Education Program Coordinator.

Cathie is co-author of ten literacy-based blackline masters resources on Aboriginal issues and a chapter in a Stage 4 History text through McGraw Hill Education.

Cathie is well known across NSW for her work in teaching, resource development and promoting Stages 4, 5 and 6 Aboriginal Studies electives and providing professional development activities in Aboriginal education to staff and students in a variety of educational settings.

Contact Details

Phone: (02) 9351 7002
Toll Free: 1800 622 742
Fax: (02) 9351 6924
Location: Room 214A Old Teachers College
Email: cathie.burgess@sydney.edu.au