Fiona Longmuir

Senior Lecturer, School of Education, Culture and Society; Co-leader, Education Workforce for the Future Research Impact Lab fiona.longmuir@monash.edu

Core expertise

Educational leadership

Biography

Fiona is a senior lecturer in educational leadership, and co-leader of the Education Workforce for the Future Impact Lab. She’s led two national projects to investigate teachers' satisfaction with their working conditions, and is part of a national team looking at the health and wellbeing of public school principals.
Fiona has more than 15 years’ experience as a primary teacher, curriculum and school leader. She contributes regularly to public and policy discussions aiming to inform a sustainable and healthy teaching workforce.
Other current research interests are leading high-needs schools, leadership for social cohesion, leading in times of crisis, and principal and teacher career development and retention.

articles

Distraught female teacher with her face in her hands in a school corridor

Blame game: Public slamming of teachers over NAPLAN fails to address the systemic issues

The media’s attention-grabbing headlines are misguided and unhelpful, when the focus needs to be on how our school systems are failing students and teachers.

Education

A man with hands on his head looking stressed, with papers on the desk in front of him

What’s going on behind the headline figures for principals in Australia?

There are deeply concerning social trends playing out in our schools that Australian schools aren’t adequately equipped to deal with. The time is long overdue for actions that will build a whole-of-government response to solve these issues.

Education

Fixing Australia’s teacher shortage

A $10 million federal government campaign to attract more people to teaching is welcomed, but attention also needs to be on retaining those who have chosen it as a career.

Education

A matter of principals: ‘No improvement’ in the wellbeing challenges facing school leaders

The ratcheting up in the emotional intensity of principals’ work has been a more “invisible” element not easily quantified or measured. New research will offer insights into the changing nature of the principals’ role when it comes to these demands.

Education

Teacher in an empty classroom teaching a group of students on zoom.

How we can stop losing teachers

COVID-19 further exposed existing cracks in the teaching profession that need to be fixed urgently.

Education

Tired woman touching bridge of her nose, working with sticky papers on windows

When it comes to teachers, respect takes many forms – and all matter

Teacher retention is an ongoing issue. Actions to enhance respect will result in more positive and productive relationships between teachers and students, as well as with colleagues, and parents.

Education