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Professor Fay Hadley holds the position of Director of Education in the Macquarie School of Education and specialises in leadership in early childhood education and partnerships with families.
Research: Fay’s primary area of research examines leadership in early childhood education. This includes investigating mentoring, professional learning and career pathways for early childhood teachers. She is especially interested in the socio-political environment and how this affects early childhood teachers’ work.
Fay also researches in partnerships with diverse families in educational settings and the impacts this has on outcomes for children. This was the focus of Fay’s PhD and has led to her extend on these findings with studies with early childhood centres in NSW and the ACT, as well as working with colleagues in Canada and Belgium.
Fay was one of the Chief Investigators for the Early Childhood Education Scholarships Mentoring Program – Grants Programs for NSW Department of Education. This program is supporting students studying to be an Early Childhood Teacher and builds on the mentoring program we ran in 2021 for new Early Childhood Teachers who were matched to an experienced Early Childhood Teacher (mentor).
Fay supervises Higher Degree Research students whose projects lie within her areas of research specialisation.
Teaching: Fay teaches in the undergraduate and postgraduate early childhood programs offered by the Macquarie School of Education. She currently convenes
- ECH3260: Children, Families and Communities in a Diverse Society
- ECHE8200: Families in Context
Teaching awards: In 2022 I was the recipient of the Faculty of Arts Educational Leader Award with my colleagues Dr Rebecca Andrews, Professor Iain Hay, Associate Professor Michael Cavanagh and Dr JOhn Ehrich. We were awarded this for the program titled: Macquarie University Teaching Performance Assessment – An authentic assessment for Teacher Education Students in the Macquarie School of Education. In 2012, Fay, along with her colleagues Dr Katey De Gioia and Dr Kate Highfield, was a recipient of the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Programs that Enhance Learning for the program entitled Supporting international students during Professional Experience as well as a Recipient of the Deans Award for Programs that Enhance Learning for the same program.
Community: Fay is on the editorial board for Australasian Journal of Early Childhood and was previously the Deputy Editor of the journal. Fay contributes to the early childhood sector as an active member of Early Childhood Australia, which is the nationally advocacy peak body for early childhood.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Accelerate MTeach Program: Supporting STEM mid-career transition into the teaching profession
Dutton, J., Ryan, M., Hay, I., Hadley, F., De Nobile, J., Caldis, S., Wilson, K., Cavanagh, M., Chu, H. E. & Bower, M.
1/12/21 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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Technical Proposal for a Study on the Effectiveness of School Readiness Programme – Timor Leste
Wong, S., Bull, R., Harrison, L. J., Hadley, F., Gentle, F. & Cologon, K.
22/06/23 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Early Childhood Education Scholarships Mentoring Program – Grants Programs
Andrews, R., Hadley, F., Waniganayake, M., Hay, I. & Holt, L.
1/01/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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ACECQA: 2021 National Quality Framework Approved Learning Frameworks Update
Hadley, F., Harrison, L. J., Irvine, S., Barblett, L., Bobongie-Harris, F. & Cartmel, J.
19/04/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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MRFF: Harnessing the health communication power of the early childhood sector
Degotardi, S., Amin, J., Bull, R., Harrison, L. J., Waniganayake, M., Hadley, F., Wong, S., Zurynski, Y., Donovan, M., Mendham, M., O'Connell, M., Highfield, K., Death, E., Boehm, N., Fox, S., Cannen, E., Paterson, A., McNicholas, J., Payne, R. & Dahm, M.
1/02/21 → 1/10/21
Project: Research
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Involving families: lessons from updating Australia's Approved Learning Frameworks
Hadley, F., Harrison, L. J., Lavina, L., Barblett, L., Irvine, S., Bobongie-Harris, F. & Cartmel, J., 2025, Supporting early childhood practice through difficult times.: looking towards a better future. Ward, U. (ed.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, p. 108-121 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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A follow-up study of an early childhood mentoring program: sustaining impactful change for mentors and mentees
Andrews, R., Hadley, F. & Hay, I., 18 Oct 2024, In: Education Sciences. 14, 10, p. 1-17 17 p., 1131.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Becoming university qualified early childhood teachers: studying with structured mentoring
Andrews, R., Waniganayake, M., Hadley, F., Hay, I. & Holt, L., 24 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Australasian Journal of Early Childhood.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Chinese parents’ perceptions of including same-sex families in early childhood settings in Australia: listening to voices of the first-generation immigrants
Liang, X. M., Hadley, F. & Waniganayake, M., 18 Dec 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Australian Educational Researcher. 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Do children have a right to do nothing? Exploring the place of passive leisure in Australian school age care
Cartmel, J., Hurst, B., Bobongie-Harris, F., Hadley, F., Barblett, L., Harrison, L. & Irvine, S., Feb 2024, In: Childhood. 31, 1, p. 86-102 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)109 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Highly Commended finalists: 2020 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Learning Innovation (Team Award)
Andrews, Rebecca (Team leader), Hadley, Fay (Recipient), O'Sullivan, Kerry-Ann (Recipient), Kennett, Carolyn (Recipient) & Horrocks, Merryn (Recipient), 23 Sept 2020
Prize: Teaching award
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Highly Commended finalists: 2020 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Learning Innovation (Team Award).
O'Sullivan, Kerry-Ann (Recipient), Andrews, Rebecca (Team leader), Hadley, Fay (Recipient), Kennett, Carolyn (Recipient) & Horrocks, Merryn (Recipient), 23 Sept 2020
Prize: Teaching award
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Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Programs that Enhance Learning
De Gioia, Kathryn (Team leader), Hadley, Fay (Recipient) & Highfield, Katherine (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Teaching award
Activities
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Protecting online survey data integrity in early childhood research: A response protocol to address bot attacks in small-scale studies
Meg Liang (Speaker), Rebecca Andrews (Speaker), Fay Hadley (Speaker) & Peter Petocz (Speaker)
3 Dec 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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CRECE Submission: DRAFT National Guidelines for including mental health and wellbeing in early childhood health checks
Shirley Wyver (Consultant), Sarah Powell (Contributor), Sandie Wong (Contributor) & Fay Hadley (Advisor)
31 May 2024Activity: End user engagement and expertise › Government or international organisation inquiry submission
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The updated Learning Frameworks – how did it happen? Online webinar for Early Childhood Australia.
Fay Hadley (Speaker), Linda J. Harrison (Speaker), Sue Irvine (Speaker), Lennie Barblett (Speaker), Jennifer Cartmel (Speaker) & Francis Bobongie-Harris (Speaker)
Mar 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Systems for quality improvement. Podcast for 1Place Childcare
Fay Hadley (Speaker)
Mar 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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New graduates’ teacher identity: Investigating the Teaching Performance Assessment and its impact on classroom readiness.
Iain Hay (Speaker), Fay Hadley (Speaker), Rebecca Andrews (Speaker), Chad Morrison (Speaker) & Michelle Eady (Speaker)
Jul 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation