Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Nicola Sum is a lecturer within the Faculty of Education at Monash University. Her work in the faculty draws on over twenty years of school experience, having worked in the Victorian, UK and International school systems. Nicola is a school principal, who returned to Melbourne to undertake further study. She completed her doctoral studies on the inter-connected nature of glocalisation and educational leadership practice. She is passionate about the voice of educational leaders in the field.
Research interests
- Leadership
- Education systems
- Global and local contexts for leadership practice
- International Education frameworks and implementation
- Teaching and learning
Monash teaching commitment
- Educational leadership
- Principal preparation
- Teaching Partnerships- Working with families & communities
- Expertise in Teaching
- Learning & Educational Inquiry
Research area keywords
- Leadership
- Education and Globalisation
- Comparative and International Education
- English Medium Schools
- Social justice and education
Projects 2016 2019
- 3 Finished
Professional Development Program for Indonesian School Principal and Supervisors - Cohort 1, 2019
4/03/19 → 15/03/19
Project: Consultancy
Professional Development Program for Indonesian Schools Principals and Supervisors
Brooks, M., Sum, N. & Mutohar, A.
Ministry of Education and Culture Republic of Indonesia
19/08/18 → 1/12/18
Project: Consultancy
Leadership for Learning in Victoria: Exploring the Effectiveness of the Unlocking Potential Principal Preparation Program
Brooks, J., Wilkinson, J., Rickinson, M., Clemans, A. & Sum, N.
1/08/16 → 31/01/18
Project: Research
Research Output 2017 2019
Leading for Social Cohesion: How Principals Respond to 'Challenging Conversations' About Social and Political Volatilities and Disharmonies
Wilkinson, J., Walsh, L., Keddie, A., Howie, L., Sum, N. & Longmuir, F., May 2018, Clayton Vic Australia: Monash University. 60 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other Report › Other
Open Access
File
The unlocking potential program: navigating complexity and co-constructing leadership preparation
Sum, N., Brooks, J. S., Wilkinson, J., Rickinson, M. & Heffernan, A., 2019, Who Controls the Preparation of Education Administrators?. Danzig, A. B. & Black, W. R. (eds.). 1st ed. Charlotte NC USA: Information Age Publishing, p. 219-244 26 p. (Research and Theory in Educational Administration).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Glocalization and school leadership: the case of Bangladesh
Sum, N. & Brooks, J., 2017. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
Open Access
Activities 2017 2017
- 1 Contribution to conference
Australian Association for Research in Education: Educational Leadership Special Interest Group (SIG)
Nicola Sum (Member of programme committee)2017 → 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference