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Personal profile
Biography
Fiona Longmuir (PhD), is a Lecturer in Educational Leadership in the Faculty of Education at Monash University. Fiona’s current research investigates interactions of school and system leadership with student engagement and agency. She explored this through her doctorate awarded by University of Melbourne in 2017 and is now interested in alternative settings for disengaged young people. Other current research interests are leading high needs schools, leadership for social cohesion, leading in times of crisis and principal and teacher career development and retention.
Fiona teaches in the Master of Educational Leadership in units focused on social justice and leading educational change. She was the program leader for the Graduate Certificate of Principal Preparation from 2019-2021. She also contributes to leadership programs for international school and system leaders. Fiona publishes on topics of leading schools in complex contexts, accountability, policy enactment and student agency in school change. Fiona also is the co-convenor of the Australian Association for Research in Education's Educational Leadership Special Interst Group.
For over ten years Fiona worked as Director of Research in Innovative Professional Practice at Educational Transformations. This role saw her lead and contribute to research projects that investigated education systems, school effectiveness and school leadership across Australia and around the world. Fiona also worked for over 15 years for the Victorian Department of Education and Training as a primary school teacher, curriculum and school leader, and leader of school networks.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- School Improvement & Effectiveness
- School leadership
- school reform
- Social Cohesion in Australia
- Leadership
- Leadership Development
- Leadership and professional learning
- Innovation
- School improvement and accountability
- Principal Preparation
- Principal Leadership
- Community and School Relations
- Student engagement
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Shaping our Future - National Children's Education and Care Workforce Strategy 2022-2031. Focus Area 4.3: Initiate and promote research monitoring the wellbeing of educators and teachers - Phase 1 Literature Review and survey design
Allen, K., Berger, E., McLean, L., Longmuir, F., Hammer, M., Li, L., Reupert, A., Fleer, M., Suryani, A. & Quiñones, G.
21/08/23 → 26/04/24
Project: Research
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Invisible labour: Principals’ emotional labour in volatile times
Wilkinson, J., Walsh, L., Keddie, A. M., Longmuir, F. & Grice, C.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
13/02/23 → 12/02/26
Project: Research
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Leading for social cohesion: Schools and communities facilitating ‘challenging conversations’ about social and political volatilities
Wilkinson, J., Walsh, L., Longmuir, F., Howie, L. & Keddie, A. M.
8/07/19 → 11/07/22
Project: Research
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Leading for social cohesion: Schools and communities facilitating ‘challenging conversations’ about social and political volatilities
Wilkinson, J., Walsh, L., Longmuir, F., Howie, L. & Keddie, A. M.
8/07/19 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Inclusion begins at home: gender equity as an imperative first step towards a truly inclusive academy
Allen, K-A., Grove, C., Butler-Henderson, K., Reupert, A., Longmuir, F., Finefter-Rosenbluh, I., Berger, E., Heffernan, A., Freeman, N. C., Kewalramani, S., Krebs, S., D'Souza, L., Mackie, G., Chapman, D. & Fleer, M., 2023, Research for Inclusive Quality Education: Leveraging Belonging, Inclusion, and Equity. Boyle, C. & Allen, K-A. (eds.). 1st ed. Singapore Singapore: Springer, p. 289-306 18 p. (Sustainable Development Goals Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Leading with students: relational focus of leading practices in alternative settings
Longmuir, F., 2023, In: Journal of Educational Administration and History. 55, 1, p. 54-71 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Responsive, adaptive, and future-centred leadership in response to crisis: findings from Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand
Striepe, M., Thompson, P., Robertson, S., Devi, M., Gurr, D., Longmuir, F., Taylor, A. & Cunningham, C., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: School Leadership and Management. 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
School alumni, transnationalism and Asian diaspora: an unexplored potential for researchers
Casinader, N., Prosser, H., Longmuir, F. & van Cuylenburg, P., 2023, Routledge Handbook of Asian Transnationalism . Sahoo, A. K. (ed.). 1st ed. Abingdon UK: Routledge, p. 171-180 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Australian Teachers' Perceptions of their Work in 2022
Longmuir, F., Gallo Cordoba, B., Phillips, M., Allen, K-A. & Moharami, M., Oct 2022, Melbourne Vic Australia: Monash University. 45 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other Report › Research
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Activities
- 1 Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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Submission in response to the inquiry into teacher shortages in New South Wales NSW Legislative Council Portfolio Committee NO.3 - Education
Fiona Longmuir (Fellow), Amanda Heffernan (Fellow), Beatriz Gallo Cordoba (Fellow), Kelly-Ann Allen (Fellow) & Michael Phillips (Fellow)
2022Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
Press/Media
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The price for our heads
Jane Wilkinson, Lucas Walsh, Fiona Longmuir, Christine Grice & Amanda M. Keddie
21/08/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
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New survey to explore impact of ‘emotional labour’ on principals
Fiona Longmuir, Lucas Walsh, Jane Wilkinson, Amanda M. Keddie & Christine Grice
12/07/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
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A matter of principals: ‘No improvement’ in the challenges facing school leaders
Jane Wilkinson, Fiona Longmuir, Lucas Walsh, Amanda M. Keddie & Christine Grice
6/07/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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What leaders need to know about teachers’ perceptions of their work.
Fiona Longmuir, Michael Phillips, Beatriz Gallo Cordoba & Kelly-Ann Allen
25/05/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Teaching profession becoming a hard sell
Fiona Longmuir, Lucas Walsh, Beatriz Gallo Cordoba, Kelly-Ann Allen & Michael Phillips
6/05/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature