Dr Michelle Anderson is a Senior Research Fellow in the Policy, Analysis and Program
Evaluation area at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).
Michelle is the Project Director of the Tender Bridge™, ACER’s national research and
development service (http://tenderbridge.acer.edu.au). Michelle initiated this service
for school leaders (aspiring and serving) to help them grow and resource their great
educational projects to maximise impact. As part of the Tender Bridge, Michelle is
leading a multi-year national research and development project, LLEAP (Leading Learning
in Education and Philanthropy). The Ian Potter Foundation are funding and partnering with
the Tender Bridge team in this project to research the impact of philanthropy in
education. The project canvasses education and philanthropic perspectives.
Michelle joined ACER after two years with the National College for School Leadership in
England where she researched the leadership and facilitation of school-to-school
networks. Prior to NCSL, Michelle was the inaugural Executive Manager at the Royal
Children’s Hospital Education Institute. During this time, Michelle was awarded a
Churchill Fellowship to investigate strategies and initiatives for a stronger interface
of health and education. Michelle began her career as a secondary school teacher and
worked for a period with Victoria’s Education Department in head office roles.
Michelle has published widely with recent co-authored publications in ACER’s Educational
Dialogue Series: Learning for leadership and the International Handbook of the
Preparation and Development of School Leaders. At ACER, other recent highlights include
working with principals to develop ‘storied accounts’ of leading small schools. This work
includes an Education Dialogue Series publication, ‘A Collective Act: Leading a Small
School’ (2010), the joint leadership of a national forum and Co-Editing a Special Issue
(forthcoming) of the Australian Journal of Education (AJE). In 2010, Michelle was awarded
an Australian Council of Educational Leaders (ACEL) Fellowship (Victoria) in recognition
of having made a significant contribution to the study and practice of educational
leadership in Victoria. Michelle’s PhD with the University of London, Institute of
Education, examined ‘Leading Teachers and the struggle for change in a multiple campus
school’. Her research interests include educational leadership and inclusion.
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