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Associate Professor Anne Coffey

Associate Dean (Secondary)

Staff Member Details
Mobile: 0478 282 165
Email: a.coffey@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO8.418  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3314-6159

Anne is Associate Dean (Secondary) in the School of Education.

Anne has over twenty years of experience in teaching Health and Physical Education at the secondary level in a variety of metropolitan and country government schools. Anne has held positions at the district level for the Department of Education including Project Manager Local Area Education Planning and Manager Operations. Whilst in the School of Education at the University of Notre Dame Australia she held positions as Coordinator, Secondary Programs, Associate Dean and Deputy Head of School.

Professional associations

  • Australian Association for Educational Research
  • Western Australian Association for Educational Research
  • 2019-2021 - President; 2019-2022 - National Board member - Australian College of Educations
  • 2015-2022 - Adolescent Success (Management Committee)
  • Association for Middle Level Education
  • Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development


Awards and recognition

National and International Awards

  • 2018 - Association for Learning Environments - Innovative Education Initiative Award

University and National Teaching Awards

  • 2016 - Professional Teaching Council of Western Australia Professional Service Award
  • 2012 - Dean's Award for Excellent in Teaching

Research areas and interests

  • Transition of students from primary to secondary school
  • Early adolescence - particularly student engagement
  • Middle years student leadership
  • Service-Learning
  • Mental Health and Wellbeing

Qualifications

  • Master of Counselling, University of Notre Dame Australia, 2024.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 1999.
  • Master of Education, The University of Western Australia, 1989.
  • Graduate Diploma of Education Secondary, Edith Cowan University, 1979.
  • Bachelor of Physical Education, The University of Western Australia, 1979.

Research Student Supervision

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