Tanya Vaughan
Tanya is Associate Director (Education), Evidence for Learning and is responsible for the marketing, product development, community leadership and strategy for the Teaching & Learning Toolkit. Tanya has worked in education in policy design and implementation in AITSL, ACARA and PAI. She has consulted on international and national projects in leadership in education and evaluation with Learning First and Educational Transformations.
She was lead consultant in investigating the impact of programs in the arts on outcomes for students in highly disadvantaged settings. A summary of the research entitled Bridging the Gap in School Achievement through the Arts (Vaughan, Harris & Caldwell, 2011) was launched at Parliament House Canberra in March 2011 by Peter Garrett, Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. Tanya has co-authored one international book, three chapters, six journal articles, eight media items and facilitated 70 conference presentations/workshops in educational research. She is co-author of Transforming Education through The Arts (Caldwell & Vaughan, 2012). Tanya was the Chief Investigator for evaluation of Creative Arts Indigenous Parent Engagement (Vaughan & Caldwell 2017). She is also co-author of two chapters in Changing Schools in an Era of Globalization (Caldwell & Vaughan, 2011) and one chapter in Improving Literacy through the Arts (Vaughan & Caldwell, 2014).
Tanya taught at the senior secondary level in science and coordinated Biology.
Tanya became an Honorary Fellow at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education (MGSE) at the University of Melbourne in 2011. Tanya holds a Bachelor of Science (Monash University), Bachelor of Education (Queensland University of Technology), Professional Certificate in Instructional Leadership (MGSE) and Doctor of Philosophy (Griffith University).