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Areas of expertise: Leading Learning and Teaching; Psychosocial processes of school leaders; sensemaking; sensegiving
HDR Supervisor accreditation status: Provisional
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3875-306X
Phone: +61491 216657
Email: judith.norris@acu.edu.au
Location: ACU Canberra Campus
Dr Judith Norris is a senior lecturer in educational leadership studies. Her thesis 'From Metaphors to Mantras: Principals Making Sense of and Integrating Accountability Expectations' positions her research and practical expertise around the psychosocial processes of school leaders working in performative cultures. Her current research project is investigating how school leaders are making sense and giving sense to their communities through high velocity events. A forthcoming book published by Brill: Accountable School Leadership: Sensemaking to Sensegiving offers a new approach through a theoretical model in bring understanding to the ways school leaders react to conflicting expectations and demands. She holds a Masters from the University of New South Wales, in Educational Administration and utilises her Diploma in Ontological Coaching in her work with leaders and aspirant leaders, notably with their reflective and reflexive practices. Judith engages in ontological approaches using reflexive pedagogical methods wherever possible.
Judith has been a primary and secondary teacher, curriculum coordinator, assistant principal, campus head, principal and school systems consultant in urban, regional and urban settings in Australia. She is committed to enabling people access and equity to educational opportunities especially those in remote rural regions. Judith works with principals and school and system leadership teams, capitalising on her suite of tools such as Team Management Systems (based on Jungian theory), Belbin Team Development, Balanced Scorecard and Leadership Coaching. She regularly works with principals, school boards and system leaders through performance appraisal and team development processes.