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Kylie Lipscombe is Associate Professor in educational leadership at the University of Wollongong. Kylie’s research interest includes middle leadership, school leadership development and collaboration. She serves on the editorial board of Leading and Managing (ACEL).

Sharon Tindall-Ford is Associate Professor in in the School of Education, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Wollongong, and her research has focused on making a positive change for school students, pre- and in-service teachers. Her work in cognitive load theory (CLT) has informed schools and teachers on evidenced informed classroom practices to support student learning. Her more recent research has focused on school leadership, policy and professional development.

Christine Grice is Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, and postgraduate coordinator of the Master of Education at the University of Sydney. Christine’s research is centred on the practices of educational leadership with a focus on leading pedagogy in schools and systems.

John De Nobile is Associate Professor and Director of Postgraduate Coursework at the Macquarie University School of Education. His recent research has focused on non-principal leadership with the goal of improving current theoretical understandings of these leaders and providing insight that may inform better leadership development practices.

Janelle Davidson is Sessional Academic working across both the School of Education, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities and School of Business and Law at the University of Wollongong. Her Ph.D. focused on practices of continuous improvement in the government sector using the ontological frame of the theory of practice architectures. Her research interest lies in field of learning and problem solving using critical reflection.