FIONA LONGMUIR

Dr Fiona Longmuir is a Senior Lecturer - Educational Leadership at Monash University. Her research interests focus on advancing understanding of just and equitable schooling arrangements. Fiona has led a significant national study of issues in the Australian teaching workforce. She co-leads the Monash Educational Workforce for the Future Research Lab and contributes regularly to public and policy discussions that inform the sustainability and wellbeing of teachers and teaching in Australia. Fiona is also currently working on a national project investigating the emotional labour of principals and the impacts on practice and career sustainability. She has also investigated the impact of crisis on education and is part of an international team of researchers looking at practice and wellbeing through and beyond the COVID-19 disruptions. Prior to her academic work, Fiona was a teacher and school leader in Melbourne primary schools and she is an ACEL (Vic) Fellow.

Leading for teacher retention - supporting belonging and connection to the profession

This session will draw on the Monash University Teachers' Perceptions of their Work in 2022 findings to consider issues facing teachers in Australian schools and explore the ways that Leaders might respond in the interests of retaining teachers. In a challenging education labour market, reflection on teachers' career motivations, the relational components of educational work and the importance of a supportive emotional climate may be useful in efforts to support optimism and resilience in the profession.