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Associate Professor
Rebecca Spooner-Lane
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Education
Biography
Dr Rebecca Spooner-Lane is an Associate Professor in Education. As a teacher educator and registered psychologist, Rebecca has a keen research interest in the professional development and career progression of teachers from graduate teacher through to lead teacher. Her research has led her to explore the impact of a Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA) on graduate teachers' classroom readiness.Rebecca has a keen interest in induction and mentoring, school leadership, and teacher’s mental health and well-being. Some of her career highlights include
- collaborating with Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ) to support their Highly Accomplish and Lead Teachers and researching how teachers represent their impact on student learning.
- understanding school improvement processes and its impact on school leadership in Queensland on an Education Horizon Grant project.
- delivering podcasts facilitated by Madonna King on teacher stress and well-being
- working with the Department of Education to support experienced teachers throughout Queensland through the Mentoring Beginning Teachers project
Rebecca has supervised doctoral and master’s students in the areas of teacher self-efficacy, inclusive education, mindfulness, teacher identity, intercultural competence, and values education.
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Education
Keywords
Initial Teacher Education, Mentoring and Professional Development & Learning, Profesional Well-being and Self-efficacy, Teaching using a Philosophical Inquiry Aproach
Research field
Specialist studies in education, Education systems
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
Teaching
Unit Coordination
- EUB406 Stepping Out/Quality Teaching Performance Assessment
- EUN112 Child and Adolescent Development and Trauma Awareness
- EUN252 Trauma Awareness
Publications
- Carrington, S., Spina, N., Kimber, M., Spooner-Lane, R. & Williams, K. (2022). Leadership attributes that support school improvement: a realist approach. School Leadership and Management, 42(2), 151–169. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/227419
- Willis, J., Churchward, P., Crosswell, L., Spooner-Lane, R., Wise, J. & Jessen, S. (2022). Recognising the impact of highly accomplished and lead teachers. Australian Educational Researcher, 49(4), 691–709. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/209110
- Willis, J., Spooner-Lane, R., Crosswell, L., Gibson, A., Churchward, P. & Bray, E. (2021). Representing the impact of Highly Accomplished and Lead Teachers: Final report for Independent Schools Queensland. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/213692
- Spooner-Lane, R., (2019). Quality assurance through mentoring. Encyclopedia of Teacher Education, 1–7. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/201785
- Willis, J., Churchward, P., Beutel, D., Spooner-Lane, R., Crosswell, L. & Curtis, E. (2019). Mentors for beginning teachers as middle leaders: the messy work of recontextualising. School Leadership and Management, 39(3-4), 334–351. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/124101
- Broadley, T., Spooner-Lane, R., Buchanan, J., Hardy, G. & Jordan, K. (2019). A case study of teacher graduate preparedness: Developing a national capstone assessment (Final Report). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/201752
- Spooner-Lane, R., (2017). Mentoring beginning teachers in primary schools: Research review. Professional Development in Education, 43(2), 253–273. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/102258
- Beutel, D., Crosswell, L., Willis, J., Spooner-Lane, R., Curtis, E. & Churchward, P. (2017). Preparing teachers to mentor beginning teachers: an Australian case study. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 6(3), 164–177. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/114565
- Spooner-Lane, R. & Tangen, D. (2015). Pre-service teachers' perceptions of authentic learning in a capstone unit. Athens Journal of Education, 2(4), 345–357. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/87269
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Rebecca, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/rs.spooner
Awards
- Type
- University Prize including VC Award
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Queensland University of Technology. 2020 Vice Chancellor's Award for Leadership Excellence
- Type
- University Prize including VC Award
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Queensland University of Technology. Executive Dean's Award for Excellence in Innovation and Engagement
- Type
- Funding Award/Project
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Independent Schools Queensland. Representing the Impact of Highly Accomplished and Lead Teachers Project ($44, 183.71) Willis, J., Spooner-Lane, R., Crosswell, L., & Churchward, P.
- Type
- University Prize including VC Award
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Queensland University of Technology. Executive Dean of Education: Teaching and Learning Award
- Type
- Membership of Network or Professional Body
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Queensland University of Technology. Senior Fellow
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Cultivating transformation in maternity services culture by empowering midwives and midwifery students through the application of a mentor program
EdD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Yvette Miller - Documenting Inclusion: Tools and Practices in Democratic Schools
EdD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Nerida Spina, Dr Glenys Mann - Early Career Teachers Emotional Experiences in the German Induction System
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Alberto Bellocchi - Emotion Management in Early-Career High School Educators: A Comparative Study Across Australia and Germany
EdD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Alberto Bellocchi - How Do Career Education Programs in Queensland Prepare Secondary Students for Future Careers in The Fourth Industrial Revolution?
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Donna Tangen, Dr Deborah Munro - Off the beaten track: Stories of Early Career Teachers' (ECTs) experiences in Regional, Rural and Remote (RRR) contexts in the Central Highlands of Queensland
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Nerida Spina, Dr Meegan Brown - Transformational learning and professional identity development in trainee Counsellors: A narrative inquiry
EdD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Meegan Brown
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.