Mr David Gee
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Faculty of The Professions, School of Business Economics and Public Policy
Qualifications
B.Ed (Mus), M.Ed (Hons), M.Ed.Admin, A.I.E. (London), A.Mus.A, FACEL, MACE
Contact
| Email: | david.gee@une.edu.au |
| Room: | W39 Room 105, Economics Building |
| Phone: | 02 6773 5010 (or +61 2 6773 5010 overseas) |
David Gee spent nearly all his career working as a teacher in the NSW Education System and the last 15 years in this role as Principal of Armidale High School, a large and very fine country high school. Since retiring from this position he has worked as a lecturer and now senior lecturer.
His major academic and research interest is leadership, and school leadership in particular. He is a graduate of the Universities of Newcastle, New England and London and was recently made a Fellow of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders. He has recently undertaken 2 major overseas consultancies including reviewing and recommending changes to the education management and monitoring systems in the Kingdom of Bhutan. David was honoured in the 1990s to be the Australian Commonwealth Relations Trust Open Award Fellow based in the Institute of Education at the University of London where he undertook research into the impact of legislative change on school management. He is a member of Administrative Studies within the Public Policy group.Affiliations
Fellow of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders and Secretary of the New England Branch of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders.
Member of the Australian College of Educators.
Areas of Teaching
David currently is teaching the following courses:
PDAS 570: The Principalship (Unit Coordinator)
PDAS 403: Administrative Leadership: Special Study
PDAS 314/414: Leadership and Organisational Effectiveness
In previous years David has taught in the following courses:
PDAS 479: Leadership in Resource Management
PDAS 313: Fundamentals of Staff Development
PDAS 302: Management of Change
Research interests
Educational Leadership and the preparation of and support for school leaders including leadership style, leadership effectiveness and suitability of leadership for differing communities.