Professor Helen Wildy

 

Professor Helen Wildy is Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Education at The University of Western Australia. Formerly a Mathematics teacher she taught in government and independent schools in Western Australia and Victoria. She currently conducts research and supervises doctoral and Masters students in a range of leadership and school improvement topics. She has been chief investigator or co-chief investigator in research projects worth more than $4m since 2000. Her academic papers are published widely in refereed national and international journals. For the past 9 years she has worked with school sectors in Western Australia on projects to present national assessment data in formats that are accessible to school leaders and teachers. She is Director of Performance Indicators for Primary Schools (PIPS) Australia, a literacy and numeracy assessment program for students entering school, used by over 800 schools in all Australian states and territories.

 

Professor Helen Wildy BA, BEd, MEd, PhD (UWA), Grad Dip Ed Admin (Hawthorne Institute for Education, Victoria), MACE, MACEL