I am a Lecturer in Education within the School of Education, College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences at Adelaide University. I course coordinate the new TEEP Classroom management in the secondary context and the Critical pedagogies in the secondary years courses. I am a Student Experience Leader for preservice teachers within the secondary teaching level. My background is performing Arts teaching, Inclusive Education & Wellbeing Leadership at school, state and national level. I am passionate about supporting both student teachers and experienced teachers to enhance their professional skills and knowledge, to be effective, informed and intentional teachers.   Research As Senior advisor and education lead for the education department, primarily within education reform in, inclusive education, school resourcing and attendance. I have conducted research on behalf of government departments and prepared case studies, reports and briefings for incumbent government in support of decision making impacting public education initiatives for the past 7 years. As part of The Commonwealth initiative on the reduction of teacher workload, I facilitate a pilot program to explore the impact of various mechanisms to support the workload around attendance.