Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
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Research interests
- Educational Leadership Studies using an Equity and/or Equality Lens
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Educational Organisation Studies with emphasis on workplace wellbeing and its associated psychosocial factors
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Educational Management Systems that draws on both improving science and interpretative science research
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Educational Policy and Development - Nested Systems of Local, National, Regional and Global
- School Improvement and School Effectiveness with deeper understandings on agility and adaptability.
Monash teaching commitment
Teaching Commitments in 2013:
EDF5635: Leading Capable Organisations
EDF5636: Leading Organisational Decision-making
EDF5637: Inner Leadership - Understanding Self and Others
EDF6828: Resource Management
Teaching Commitments in 2014:
EDF6901: Inner Leadership - Understanding Self and Others
EDF6902: Leading Learning Communities
EDF5635: Leading Capable Organisations
EDF5636: Leading Organisational Decision-making
EDF5637: Inner Leadership - Understanding Self and Others
EDF6828: Resource Management
Teaching Commitments in 2015:
EDF5636: Leading Organisational Decision-making
EDF5637: Inner Leadership - Understanding Self and Others
EDF5670: Leadership Studies
EDF5678: Leading Learning Communities
EDF1303: Learning and Educational Inquiry 1
EDF1304: Learning and Educational Inquiry 2
EDF4611: Investigating Education Issues in Global Contexts
Teaching Commitments in 2016:
EDF5636: Leading Organisational Decision-making
EDF5637: Inner Leadership - Understanding Self and Others
EDF5670: Leadership Studies
EDF5678: Leading Learning Communities
EDF5693: Using and Evaluating Research Evidence
Teaching Commitments in 2017:
EDF5636: Leading Organisational Decision-making
EDF5637: Inner Leadership - Understanding Self and Others
EDF5670: Leadership Studies
EDF5678: Leading Learning Communities
EDF5691: Professional Project (Research-based projects)
Teaching Commitments in 2018:
EDF5636: Leading Organisational Decision-making
EDF5637: Inner Leadership - Understanding Self and Others
EDF5308: Leading Schools
EDF5309: Educational Leadership Project
Teaching Commitments in 2019:
EDF5635: Leading Capable Organisations
EDF5636: Leading Organisational Decision-making
EDF5308: Leading Schools
EDF5309: Educational Leadership Project
Teaching Commitments in 2020:
EDF5625: Educational Organisations, Culture and Change
EDF5635: Leading Capable Organisations
EDF5636: Leading Organisational Decision-making
Teaching Commitments in 2021:
EDF5625: Educational Organisations, Culture and Change
EDF5635: Leading Capable Organisations
EDF5636: Leading Organisational Decision-making
EDF5763: Social and Emotional Learning in Educational Contexts
EDF5764: Assessments in Education
Teaching Commitments in 2022:
EDF1061: Working in education: An introduction to the profession
EDF5625: Educational Organisations, Culture and Change
EDF5763: Social and Emotional Learning in Educational Contexts
EDF5764: Assessments in Education
Community service
2014
- Working on the Principal Preparation Program with the Monash team in partnership with the Department of Education and Training, Victoria and Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership.
2015
- Working on the Principal Preparation Program with the Monash team in partnership with the DEandT, VIC and Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership.
- Accredited School Reviewer, Monash University for Department of Education and Training, Victoria.
2016
- Working on the Principal Preparation Program with the Monash team in partnership with the Department of Education and Training, Victoria and Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership.
- Accredited School Reviewer, Monash University for Department of Education and Training, Victoria.
2017
- Working on the Principal Preparation Program with the Monash team in partnership with the Department of Education and Training, Victoria and Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership.
- Accredited School Reviewer, Monash University for Department of Education and Training, Victoria.
2018:
- Working on the Principal Preparation Program with the Monash team in partnership with the Department of Education and Training, Victoria and Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership leading to a Graduate Certificate in Principal Preparation from Monash University.
- Accredited School Reviewer, Monash University for Department of Education and Training, Victoria.
Supervision interests
Supervision interests include the following: School Improvement & Effectiveness, School improvement and accountability, Educational Leadership Studies, Data-improved Decision making in Schools, Business Improvement Models in Education, Organizational Theory and Behavior, Evidence-based Organisational Change and Development, Social Justice Leadership.
Research interests
Venesser Fernandes' Research Interests include the following: School Improvement & Effectiveness, School improvement and accountability, Educational Leadership Studies, Data-improved Decision making in Schools, Business Improvement Models in Education, Organizational Theory and Behavior
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):
External positions
External Masters Thesis Examiner, Victoria University
2015 → 2018
External PhD Thesis Examiner, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan
2014 → 2018
External PhD Thesis Examiner, Iqra University
2014 → 2018
External PhD Thesis Examiner, University of Karachi
2014 → 2018
Research area keywords
- School Improvement & Effectiveness
- School improvement and accountability
- Educational Leadership Studies
- Data-informed Decision making in Schools
- Business Improvement Models in Education
- Organisational Theory and Behavior
- Social Justice Leadership in Education
- Evidence-based Organisational Change and Development
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Change and Improvement in Girl's Experience
Wescott, S., Roberts, S., Fernandes, V. & Lea, S.
1/08/23 → 1/12/23
Project: Research
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Leadership amid the pandemic – an exploration of principals’ experience and agility leading through crisis.
1/11/20 → 30/04/21
Project: Research
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Effectiveness of the Korin Gamadji REAL Program
Walsh, L., Anderson, P. J., Fernandes, V. & Zyngier, D.
1/12/15 → 30/06/16
Project: Research
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Developing adaptability and agility in leadership amidst the COVID-19 crisis: experiences of early-career school principals
Fernandes, V., Wong, W. & Noonan, M., 22 Mar 2023, In: International Journal of Educational Management. 37, 2, p. 483-506 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus) -
Globalizing higher education through internationalization and multiculturalism: the case of Indonesia
Sibawaihi, S. & Fernandes, V., Apr 2023, In: Higher Education Quarterly. 77, 2, p. 232-245 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Numeracy gap between government and private schools: the role of funding
Gallo Cordoba, B., Fernandes, V., Macdonald, S. & Gindidis, M., 1 Dec 2022. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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The kitchen table: mother-academics reconfiguring their emerging identities while aligning family and work
Adams, M., Longmuir, F., Fernandes, V., Almeida, S. C. & Li, L., 2022, Research and Teaching in a Pandemic World: The Challenges of Establishing Academic Identities During Times of Crisis. Cahusac de Caux, B., Pretorius, L. & Macaulay, L. (eds.). 1st ed. Singapore Singapore: Springer, p. 343-358 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Under the sword of Damocles: exploring the well-being of university academics during a crisis
Subban, P., Laletas, S., Creely, E., Southcott, J. & Fernandes, V., 16 Nov 2022, In: Frontiers in Education. 7, 13 p., 1004286.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Globalisation, Leadership and Policy Academic Community Innovative Ideas in Education Programme
Chan, Wing (Recipient) & Fernandes, Venesser (Recipient), 31 May 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Recipient of the ACEL New Voice in Educational Leadership Research Scholarship 2015
Fernandes, Venesser (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 1 Hosting an academic or industry visitor
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Dr Anthony H. Normore
Venesser Fernandes (Host) & Wing Keung Chan (Host)
30 Oct 2017 → 5 Nov 2017Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic or industry visitor
Press/Media
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Should students be taken out of school for family vacation during school term?
15/08/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Should we be celebrating the improved NAPLAN 2023?
15/03/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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The NAPLAN is trying to do too much. It needs urgent reform to be a ‘diagnostic’ test only
31/08/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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COVID-19 offers opportunities to consider ‘NAPLAN 2.0
12/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature