May 2024 Update

Welcome

• Jasmin Webel, Administrative Assistant
• Solina Quinton, Researcher, working with Associate Professor Brendan Jacobs

Farewell

• Leanne Lockrey leaves us on 1 May 2024 – we wish her well in her next venture. 
• Georgia Christiansen leaves us on 13 June 2024 – after 15 years in in the Office for Professional Learning. We wish her well.

Happenings

UNE Student Teachers Society (UNESTS) talks event

“Teacher Self Care: Talking about all things self care, behaviour management and working in schools” presented by Jane Weier and Jim White.

Thanks to Anna du Plessis, Maria Cotter, Caroline Cohrssen, Casey Mainsbridge, Seonia Wark, Mutuota Kigotho and Sue Gregory for attending.

Big Ideas Debate: Technology and social media are ruining our brains – 9 May

Dr Cat Volpe (panellist against contention)

Open Day – 3 May 2024 

Thank you to the following people who welcomed our protentional future students: Anna du Plessis, Maria Cotter, Rose Mutuota, Caroline Cohrssen, Casey Mainsbridge, Stafford Cameron, Kristy O’Neill, Mutuota Kigotho, Martin Levins, Jo Bird, Brendan Jacobs, Angel Mok, Helen Harper, Rachael Adlington, Darin Gorry.

Congratulations 

To the successful staff in the Collaborative Research Fellows from the School of Education:

• • Teach for the Country Project: Casey Mainsbridge, Sally Larsen
  • Digital Futures Research Hub: Stoo Sepp

Autumn Graduation 2024 – 12 May 2024 

Thank you to the following people who processed: Anna du Plessis, Brendan Jacobs, Mutuota Kigotho, Nadya Rizk, Cat Volpe, Sue Gregory, Angel Mok 

Congratulations to the following who received T3 2023 Overall Student Satisfaction commendations

Skye	Playsted	EDEE351: English in the Primary Years 1 (External)
Haoran	Zheng	EDEC317: Science and Technology in Early Childhood Education (External)
Haoran	Zheng	EDEC315: Mathematics and Engineering in Early Childhood Education (External)
Katy	Walsh	EDUC540: Classroom Management and Research: Online PrEx 10 days (External)
Maria	Cotter	EDCX310: Learning in Social Movements (External)
Ben	Thorn	EDEC303: Performing Arts (External)
Ben	Thorn	EDEC304: Visual Arts (External)
Seonia	Wark	EDIT521: Designing Effective Learning Experiences with Technology (External)
Casey	Mainsbridge	EDPE314: Health and Physical Education in the Primary School (External)

SoE Research Seminar 

• Provisional Multimodality and Provisional Multimodal Research (PMR) – 15 May 2024 – Associate Professor Brendan Jacobs, Head of Department, STEM, School of Education and Ms Solina Quinton, Undergraduate student (BASc in Environmental Engineering), University of Waterloo
• View SoE Seminar presentations https://www.une.edu.au/about-une/faculty-of-humanities-arts-social-sciences-and-education/school-of-education/research/seminar-series

Other 

• ASCILITE – free membership for all in the university, please complete this form – join a SIG, social media, monthly newsletters, webinars, research schools, CMALT, TELAS, AJET, mentoring – community and women in academic leadership, grants, awards, bursaries, peer-assisted learning and AJET. 
• PPDR – Please start thinking about your 2024 goals and begin meeting with your Head of Department. Ensure you discuss Teaching, Research and Service/Leadership outlining SMART Goals (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timebound).