Rob Malpeli
Rob Malpelli is based at The Knox School, Victoria. Rob works across multiple schools throughout Victoria, but also other states and he has been a leading light in senior physical education for over 30 years. His texts and resources are used in Victoria, NSW, Queensland, Western Australia and New Zealand.
Amanda Telford
Professor Amanda Telford (PhD) is a teacher and researcher in health and physical education, wellbeing, physical activity and educational leadership within the National School of Education, Faculty of Education and Arts at ACU. Amanda has over two decades experience in senior learning and teaching leadership roles as a former secondary teacher and academic across four universities including: Associate Dean Education (Learning & Teaching) Deputy Head of School (Learning & Teaching), Interim Associate Dean (Partnerships), Course Co-ordinator for the Master of Education and Director/program manager of Health and Physical Education teacher education degrees. Amanda is a multi- award-winning teacher, researcher and author, she has co-authored over 100 learning and teaching publications including over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and over 50 textbooks and book chapters used nationally and internationally at secondary and tertiary level. Amanda's has collaborated on more than 45 research projects (over 3 million dollars of grants) with a learning and teaching, physical activity and/or wellbeing focus. As a Cofounder and Codirector of Peak Phys Ed with Rob Malpeli Amanda has been the Conference director of the Discovery Health and Physical Education Conferences since 2009 supporting thousands of teachers nationally.
Rachael Whittle
Rachael Whittle has extensive teaching experience in both secondary and tertiary education settings having taught in secondary schools before moving into the tertiary sector where she taught into the initial teacher education programs for health and physical education. Rachael's expertise is in curriculum, pedagogy and assessment and she has developed and delivered teacher professional learning both nationally and internationally on senior secondary Physical Education curriculum Rachael was involved in the development and assessment of high stakes examinations in Victoria for almost 20 years. Her research focus for her doctoral studies focussed on influences on academic performance in VCE Physical Education.
Paul Seery
Paul Seery is a passionate Health and Physical Education educator, who has contributed to professional associations and lead teacher professional learning across Victoria. His deep commitment to his vocation is unquestionable and he values individuality, diversity, inclusion and excellence, traits that he has shown as a teacher and mentor for over 30 years. Paul has been The Master Teacher for Health Physical Education (2022-2023) at the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership. Prior to 2022 Paul was an Assistant Principal and taught at Bendigo Senior Secondary College.
Mark Corrie
Mark Corrie runs one of the largest physical education teacher networks in Victoria, aimed at sharing resources with teachers across the state. He has been a VCAA Physical Education exam assessor for the past 16 years. Mark is Assistant Principal at Scoresby Secondary College.
Monique Sharp
Monique Sharp is currently Head of Health and Physical Education at Melbourne Girls Grammar School. She has taught VCE PE for over 10 years. She is currently the Assistant Chief Assessor for the VCAA PE exam. Monique spent two years working in an exercise physiology laboratory and RTO administering laboratory tests such as the VO2 max test and working to deliver and assess Cert III and IV fitness and training. She has written chapters in textbooks for Years 7-10 in the NSW syllabus. She has delivered lectures and created support material for a variety of support organisations including ACHPER in the VCE space.