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Programmes
Resource Teacher:Learning & Behaviour (G & PG); Specialist Teacher programmes; EEPISE professional development programme
Teaching Area/Interests
- Effective teaching practice; enhancing learning environments
- School effectiveness and improvement
- Inclusive education
- Professional development of teachers
Research Interests (area & methodologies)
- Effective consultant (RTLB) practice through collaborative problem solving
- Action research & teacher professional development; evidence based practice
- Enhancing teacher and school effectiveness through joint research projects
- Inclusive education
- Problem based methodology; mixed quantitative and qualitative methodologies
Professional Links
- Registered psychologist
- University consortium (Victoria, Waikato, Auckland)
- Member of RCITL (Research Centre for Interventions in Teaching & Learning)
- Reviewer for set articles, TEFANZ and AARE conference papers
- NZARE, AUS and AASE
University Committees served on
- Faculty of Education PG Programmes Board
- School of Teaching, Learning and Development Committee
- BEd review
Qualifications / Degrees
- B.A. (Education & Psychology) - The University of Auckland
- M.A. (Education. Honours) - The University of Auckland
- Dip Ed Psych (Honours) - The University of Auckland
- Advanced Dip Teaching - Auckland College of Education
- Dip Education of Deaf Students - Auckland College of Education
Previous professional experience (prior to present position)
- Primary teacher
- Itinerant teacher of the deaf
- Educational Psychologist
- ACE Lecturer, Teaching Experience Advisor and Coordinator (STN) course
- Head of Teacher Education (UNITEC)
- Researcher (several contracts)
- School consultancy
- Ministry of Education consultancy
Other information, interests or things that drive you
I am interested in working with teachers, special educators and schools to enhance learning environments and school systems in order to cater for the needs of a diverse range of students. I enjoy collaborative problem based research projects within school settings. Teacher professional development that leads to improved teacher and student outcomes.
