Member Details

Principal, Cavendish Road State High School 2014 – 25 Nov 2017; 2015 Acting Regional Director, Metropolitan Region, supervising 430 Schools in Brisbane Metropolitan Region; Principal, Glenala State High School 2011 – 2014; 2010 Principal, Bremer State High School; 2010 Principal Springwood Road State School; 2010 Principal Adviser Education Services - Metropolitan Region; 2009 Principal Wellington Point State High School; 2006 –2009 Principal – Illaweena Campus (Years 7-12) Stretton State College; 2004 –2006 Deputy Principal – Beaudesert State High School; 2000 –2003 Head of Department (HPE) - Beaudesert State High School; 1998 - 1999 Senior Education Officer, Teaching and Learning Branch - Education House; 1998 Education Advisor - Curriculum - Ipswich and West Moreton Districts; 1995-1997 HPE Teacher

Official Awards: 2011 Winner Regional Showcase Award for Excellence in Education; 2012 Winner of two Regional Showcase Awards for Excellence in Education, Finalist in State Showcase Awards for Excellence in Education; 27 July 2012 Appeared on front page of The Australian Newspaper as Glenala SHS was recognised as one of the most improved schools in Australia; 2012 – Glenala SHS Winner of a National Australia Bank (NAB) $50 000 Impact Award for business and learning partnership with Minter Ellison’s International Law Firm; 14th Feb 2013 - Report on Glenala’s success presented in Parliament and recorded in Hansard; 2013 - Named one of Queensland’s Most Inspiring Women at the 2013 Speaker’s Awards; 2013 - Awarded the Dr John Dwyer and Queensland College of Teachers, Excellence in Leadership in Teaching and Learning Award; 2013 - Received public recognition by the Prime Minister, Queensland Minister of Education and the Queensland Opposition Leader as Glenala SHS was recognised as one of the most improved schools in Australia; 2014 - Glenala SHS received “Outstanding” in all criteria and in all categories of the Queensland Schools Discipline Audit; 2014 - Winner Regional Showcase Award for Excellence in Education, Finalist in State Showcase Award for Excellence in Education; 2014 - Australian Council for Educational Leaders Commendation Award; 2014 - Admitted to the Rank of “Fellow” Australian Council for Educational Leaders; 2015 - Awarded a Sir Winston Churchill Fellowship; 2015 - Appointed as Justice of The Peace (Qualified); 2016 - Awarded a Public Education Foundation Australia Scholarship to study at Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Boston, USA.

Community Activity: Since 2015 - Member of the Brisbane South Community Policing Board; 2015-2017 - Board Member Mount Gravatt Show Grounds Trust; Since 2016 - Member Harvard University Club of Australia ; Since 2015 - Member of the Australian Council of Educational Leaders; 2015-2017 - Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority Committee of Principals; 2014-2017 - Member Department of Education and Training Indigenous Governance Committee; 2013-2017 - Department of Education and Training Council of Principals; 2012-2017 - Member of Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership Consultation Group of experienced school Principals and Co-Authored “National Professional Standards for Principals and School Leaders”; Since 1995 - Member of the Queensland Teachers’ Union; Since 2011 - Member of the Queensland Teachers’ Union Educational Leaders’ Committee; 2006-2017 - Member of Queensland Secondary Principals’ Association and The Australian Secondary Principals’ Association, Board Member Red Rose Foundation.