BEd, MEd (Educational Psychology)

Tiffany has extensive knowledge and experience as a leader of educational professional learning, translation of research into practice, and developing and delivering innovative evidence informed projects and programs. She is passionate about building the research capabilities of schools and educators, empowering transformational change, which in turn enables students to thrive. She has broad experience in a range of educational contexts, both internationally and nationally.

BSocSci, MLitt

Crichton’s focus includes enrolment and school workforce trends, school funding, demographics and planning, and developing the potential of schools’ data. Before starting at AISNSW in 2019, Crichton worked for two decades in Catholic education researching educational inequality, funding, and the changing demographics of students. He has also completing more than 300 comprehensive school and community socio-demographic profiles for non-government schools across Australia. He is currently completing his PhD on the demography of Australia’s schools.

BEd (Hons), PhD, CELTA

Rachel has a wide range of experience across school education, academia and government. She believes strongly in taking an interdisciplinary approach to research and is particularly interested in supporting the work of teachers through individualised action research. Her past projects and publications explore situated learning, community entanglement, teacher professional learning, arts, creativity and the impact of new and emerging technologies.

BBusAdmin

Rakshinda is a committed, self-directed and highly skilled business support professional with exceptional administrative skill. She is proactive and reliable, with a meticulously detail –oriented approach to develop operation processes. Her past experience on Moodle, CRM, Basware, PEGA, Study Global & PRISM helps her to quickly adapt any IT systems. Rakhshinda has extensive knowledge and experience from working across the higher education’s admission and student services areas.   

DipTeach, BA (Hons), MEd (Leadership)

Sandra has worked in a range of independent schools as a teacher and leader. Whilst based in schools she contributed to various collegial projects, building networks with practitioners based on a deep respect for the role of context in understanding decision-making in schools. Her current work in school improvement and in data interpretation has emphasised to her the centrality of leadership in enacting positive educational change based on evidence-informed approaches.

BPsych (Hons), PhD

Priyanka has experience in academic research and teaching in higher education. She has a particular interest in using research to inform practice as it relates to education, enhancing critical thinking skills and wellbeing. Current projects focus on whole-school wellbeing and mental health, survey design and providing evidence-based recommendations to schools. Her PhD used social psychological frameworks to understand societal responses to climate change.

BSc (MathSc) 

Ayman is highly motivated and has extensive knowledge of mathematics and statistical programming. His previous experiences in a range of industries, including governmental organisations and pre-school education, have enabled him to adopt unique perspectives and solutions. While interning at United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia he became interested in visualising data and is highly competent in the use of Excel and R.