Areas of Teaching-Dr Ingrid Harrington
Teaching Achievements
2009 Lecturer of the Year Award, Top 10 at UNE
2009 Recipient Australian Learning & Teaching Council Citation "For facilitating student learning through motivational approaches that inspire and foster student enthusiasm and curiosity, resulting in independent, critically reflective learners" for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
2009 Finalist in the Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) and Pearson Teacher of the Year Award
2008 Recipient UNE Vice Chancellor's Excellence in Learning & Teaching Award
2008 Recipient of the UNE Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Learning and Teaching - University award
2008 Recipient NSW Quality Teaching Award
International Teaching
2011. University of Hong Kong. May 14th, Invited speaker for the Asia-Pacific Symposium, on the Comparisons between Parental perspectives and their children diagnosed with AS, University of Hong Kong.
2011. University of Dortmund, Germany, May 17-18th. Two-day residential school, Inclusive Practices for All in Mainstream Classrooms: Challenges and Strategies.
2011. University of Dortmund, Germany, May 19th. Seminar on Inclusive Practices in Australian Classrooms.
2011. University of Dortmund, Germany, May 20th. Seminar on Identification and Management of Students with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities in the Mainstream Classroom.
2011. University of Athens, Greece, May 22nd-27th. Presenting a paper at the AITNER conference in Education, Recruiting for Teaching Success in “Hard-To-Staff” Schools in Northern Territory Indigenous Communities, Australia.
2011. University of Landau, Germany, May 30th- June 1st. A three-day workshop on Including Students on the Autistic Spectrum in Mainstream Classrooms.
2011. University of Dortmund, Germany, May 19th-20th. Two-day workshop on Managing learning difficulties and promoting classroom inclusive practices.
2010. University of Hong Kong, February 8th. A guest lecture on Strategies for the Successful Inclusion of Students with Learning Disabilities in Primary School. CASE and the Marsden Foundation.
2010. University of Hong Kong, February 8th. A guest lecture on the Findings of the Education Alumni Support Project EdASP to third year MEd students.
2010. Chubu University, Japan. January 6th – February 5th, I taught at Chubu on academic exchange in their School of Contemporary Education in the areas of Inclusive Education.
2009. University of Dortmund, Germany, June 25. A guest lecture on Keeping boys interested and engaged in the mainstream classroom.
2009. University of Dortmund, Germany, June 27-29. A three-day residential school entitled: Soft Skills for Social Workers.
2006. University of Bremen, Germany, Nov. 3-5. Australian Classrooms: Managing Behaviour and Special Education.
2006. University of Oldenburg, Germany, Nov. 20-23. Managing Behaviour, Special Needs and Boys.
2006. University of Oldenburg, Germany, Nov. 8th. Linking a Dominant Masculine Discourse to Boys' Early School Leaving in Queensland.
2006. University of Tallinn, Estonia, Nov. 20-25.Managing Challenging Behaviour: An Australian Perspective.
2006. The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, 4-8 Dec. Inclusive Classroom Practice: An Australian Perspective.
2006. The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, 4-8 Dec. Managing Challenging Behaviours in Classrooms: Strategies and Best Practice.
Consultancies
2011. Keynote address to the Building Links Forum, National Disability Coordination Officer Program, Staying at School Longer: The Real Costs, 29 March, Armidale Regency Hotel.
2011. Catholic Schools Office Professional Development, Classroom Behaviour Management. Tamworth, June.
2011. Drummond Primary School. Staff Professional Development, Working together: Teacher Aides and Teachers. Armidale, April & May.
2010. O’Connor Catholic College. Staff Professional Development, Management and Understanding of Aboriginal Students in the Mainstream Classroom, Armidale, April.
2010. Catholic Schools Office Professional Development, Management of Classroom Behaviour. Tamworth, July.
2009. Catholic Schools Office Professional Development, Inclusive Practices and the Management of Classroom Behaviour. Armidale, June.
2008. Catholic Schools Office Professional Development, Classroom Behaviour Management. Tamworth, July.
2007. Catholic Schools Office Professional Development, Management of Classroom Behaviour. Tamworth, July.
2006. Catholic Schools Office Professional Development, Inclusive Practices and the Management of Classroom Behaviour. Tamworth, July.
2005. The Australian College of Educators Annual Dinner, Keynote Address, Boys’ Early School Leaving: What’s the Problem?, The Armidale School, September.
2008. National Disability Coordinator Officer Program, New England region, Strategies for Success: managing challenging behaviours. Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie, August.
2004. Guyra Central School. Implementing a ‘whole-school’ behaviour management approach. February – December.
2003-2004. I have engaged in a range of UNE workshops and presentations in the areas of boys education, special education, education psychology, and how best to manage challenging behaviour in schools.