Dr Noelene Weatherby-Fell (PhD) is the Head of Students (Education) at the University of Wollongong, NSW, providing leadership in supporting students in their academic progress and wellbeing, and in curriculum and pedagogy. Noelene is committed to preparing classroom and school-ready teachers, and her research interests include preservice teacher preparation, leadership and professional learning in schools, and pastoral care of students and teachers. Noelene has presented and written about her work nationally and internationally with the Response Ability Project (HIMH), was a project team member on the Office for Learning and Teaching project BRiTE (Building Resilience in Teacher Education), and continues to work with colleagues across the higher education sector with the Staying BRiTE Project. Noelene represents the School and the University on State and National bodies that govern the standards for teacher education courses and their accreditation, and wrote and edited the teacher education text, Learning to Teach in the Secondary School (2015), with colleagues.
