Stephen Winn PhD

Professor Stephen Winn is the Executive Dean of the School of Education. Stephen has held a number of academic leadership positions including, Head of School, Teacher Education, and Early Childhood USQ; Deputy Chair of the Queensland Council of Deans of Education; Academic Director UNE; Deputy Head of School; School of Rural Medicine, UNE; Deputy Head of School, School of Education. Stephen has been involved in the regulation, accreditation, and approval of initial teacher education programs as well as medical programs across several jurisdictions in Australia. He was responsible for overseeing the major changes of initial teacher education programs to ensure compliance with the specific jurisdictional and Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) compliance post the Teacher Education Ministerial Advisory Group (TEMAG) review and implementation of recommendations whilst at USQ.

Stephen was the Deputy Chair of the Queensland Council of Deans of Education from 2014-2018 and a Board Director of Parents and Citizens Queensland. He also was a member of the Senior Secondary Assessment and Tertiary Admissions Ministerial Advisory group in Queensland. He was a member of the Queensland College of Teachers Professional Standards Committee. Stephen has worked at several universities across Australia and is a Visiting Professor in the School of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience at the University of California, Riverside, holds an adjunct position as a Professor at the School of Rural Medicine UNE and is a Visiting Scholar at NIE Singapore.