Welcome

  • Kirra Smith, CAM team – great to see you again – welcome back 😊
  • Donna Hewitt – Acting Head of Department, Early Childhood Learning

 

Farewell 

  • Stafford Cameron, Lecturer, Leadership, Pedagogy, Diversity and Inclusion – we wish Stafford well in his retirement and we did manage to get a farewell in for him 😊.

 

SoE Representation at various events

  • Aquip (21 August 2024)
    • Sally Larsen and Carol Elder 
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  • Catholic Education Conference: Spirit on Country: Learning Together, Then, Now and Always (22-24 October 2024) – sponsored
    • Casey Mainsbridge and Maria Cotter

 

 

Congratulations to ASCILITE Spring into Excellence Research School scholarship recipients (to be held at UTS from 28-30 October 2024)

  • Stoo Sepp
  • Martin Levins

 

Quality Teaching Academy – Laureate Professor Jenny Gore, Dr Sally Patfield and Dr Matthew Harper

  • The academics in the School of Education had were privileged to have Jenny, Sally and Matt present and workshop the Quality Teaching Framework. This provided staff with a different perspective on their teaching, assessment and feedback. I believe many people enjoyed the opportunity to mix with their peers, tax their brains and learn from the best (Jenny received $17.5m in funding from 2019 to 2023 to implement this project – very impressive). See attached photos of Jenny, and Sally, Matt and Sue.

Professor Sue Gregory, Dr Sally Patfield and Dr Matthew Harper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professor Jenny Gore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recent visit from the Philippines National University (PNU)

  • Thank you to the following people who presented to the delegates from PNU (image below is of a gift from PNU to the School of Education – you can see the real things in the HoS office)
    • Casey Mainsbridge, Maria Cotter, Susan Moore, Stephanie Armitage, Martin Levins, Josh Matthews, Sue Gregory

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team from Early Childhood attended the Early Childhood Conference to market our courses – thank you Jo Bird, Caroline Cohrssen (and Somayeh Ba Akhlagh – photographer)

  • In Brisbane 16-18 September to promote UNE EC courses. I believe they were very successful in explaining our courses to prospective students.

Early Childhood team at work

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SoE Science Labs – we are moving

  • From T1 2025, our SoE Science labs are moving from Milton to Room 303, Building W55 (Natural Resources building). This is underway. The Creative Arts equipment is currently being explored.

 

Mixing it with the politicians

Dr Andrew Coote (with Principal Supervisor Sue Gregory), and NSW Premier, The Hon. Chris Minns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SoE Research Seminar 

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).