Educator of the year finalists

Glenn Davies

Higher Education College

Glenn has been vital in the development and launch of the Working with Men stream of the Graduate Certificate in Family Violence. Glenn is the perfect example of the Chisholm values of collaboration, accountability, integrity and respect.

A 98% approval rate across student surveys shows he is one of the students’ favourite teachers. Many of these students say Glenn’s engagement and patience are an important part of their learning journey.

Most of Glenn’s students are now working as men’s behaviour change facilitators.

Glenn networks with agencies across the family violence sector. He met with the Parliamentary Secretary for Men’s Behaviour Change, where he asked for funds and change in the industry.

Suzanne King

Early Childhood Education

Suzanne not only delivers lessons, she helps students build their skills and talents. She offers one-to-one tutoring and is always there to help students with their problems. This includes providing the support that they need outside the classroom.

Managing up to 80 students at a time who are at different levels of the course, Suzanne marks coursework quickly and devotes time providing feedback to each student.

Suzanne offers training to students in remote communities around Victoria. She also mentors new staff, showing examples of excellent teaching and assessment methods.

Nelly Mohibi

Higher Education College

Nelly’s passion for teaching has had a positive impact on her students, colleagues and the community. Since joining Chisholm in 2019, she has balanced her teaching role while being a single parent to a child battling cancer.

Supporting students from all backgrounds, including those with sensory challenges, Nelly offers a diverse and inclusive learning space.

Nelly’s journey from Afghanistan to Australia became a children’s book, We Came to Australia Looking for Freedom. She speaks out about social justice, gender equity and family violence.

In addition to her responsibilities, Nelly helps organise and host the Chisholm Wellsprings International Women’s Day event.

Belinda Noonan

Early Childhood Education

Belinda recruits and supports trainees in regional communities that lack qualified childhood educators. She has recruited more than 100 trainees to the Department of Education and Training.

Belinda creates individual study pathways to meet the needs of each trainee. She sees their strengths and the areas that need attention.

She visits each trainee at their workplace every month and monitors their progress. While this requires a lot of travel, Belinda is happy to go the distance to support trainees.