Linda Henderson

Her initial doctoral research investigated the workplace politics for early childhood teachers located in a school setting. She continues to explore the early childhood-school relationship and particularly its impact on issues such as shared practices to support children as they transition into school. This has included working on a number of funded projects with key industry partners. One aspect of this work includes working with early childhood teachers and junior primary teachers with a focus on the development of pedagogical leadership. She is also very interested in the development of pre-service teachers praxis and has taken on key leadership roles in the area of professional practice. Through this work she has successfully developed partnerships with an early childhood providers to implement a cluster model for professional placements. A key aspect of this model inlcuded developing and providing seminar programs for mentor teachers and pre-service teachers whilst on placement. Research arising from this work has demonstrated significant improvement in pre-service teachers' experiences during their professional placements. Dr Linda Henderson has also acted as chief investigaotr on a number of contracts undertaking literature reviews and policy analysis for independent schools. This has included providing schools with accruate advise around issues such as single-sex schooling versus coeducation, use of learning spaces to enhance student learning and collaboration across sectors to develop strategic plans.