Experience

St Scholastica's College

• Australia
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• English Teacher

  • May 2007 - Present



ENGLISH TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION NSW

• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Publications Assistant (Part time)

  • 2018 - Present



Cambridge University Press

• United Kingdom
• Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Co-Editor, Cambridge Checkpoints HSC English

  • 2015 - Present

  HSC study guides (Advanced and Standard English)Contributed essays on a variety of texts currently on the NSW HSC English prescriptions list



Various

• Author, Journal articles and presentations

  • 2003 - Present

  I have written a variety of articles on educational issues, with a particular interest in the English curriculum. Academic international peer-reviewed journals:O’Connor, K. E. (2008). “You choose to care”: Teachers, emotions and professional identity. Teaching and teacher education, 24(1), 117-126. (This particular article has been cited in over 300 subsequent articles and is well regarded in its field.)O’Connor, K. E. (2007). Reflection, interpretation and scholarly roletaking: Affirming the self in educational research. Reflective Practice, 8(2), 255-268.Work for Reading Australia (online) on Henry Lawson (Stage 5 English) and The Seven Stages of Grieving (Stage 5)Contributions to ETA resources on the Area of Study (Belonging and Discovery), Creative Writing (Section II Paper 1 HSC English) and Advanced English Module A (Mrs Dalloway/The Hours)Recent presentations (2015 and onwards) on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time(HSC Standard English Module C), The poetry of W.H. Auden (Advanced English Module C) and Feed (Standard English Module C)