Susie is the Program Director of the undergraduate Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Honours) program and the post-graduate Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) program at UniSA. Susie has over twenty years' experience in leadership and teaching in the preschool and schooling sectors in South Australia. Her PhD research examined the teacher self-efficacy beliefs of early years teachers in South Australia utilising a qualitative multiple case study design. The study was underpinned by Social Cognitive and Ecological theories and captured the voice of the teachers. Her research examined the teacher's self-efficacy beliefs, sources of their beliefs and the influence of their beliefs on their practice. The study... Read more
About me
Susie is the Program Director of the undergraduate Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Honours) program and the post-graduate Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) program at UniSA. Susie has over twenty years' experience in leadership and teaching in the preschool and schooling sectors in South Australia. Her PhD research examined the teacher self-efficacy beliefs of early years teachers in South Australia utilising a qualitative multiple case study design. The study was underpinned by Social Cognitive and Ecological theories and captured the voice of the teachers. Her research examined the teacher's self-efficacy beliefs, sources of their beliefs and the influence of their beliefs on their practice. The study proposed an Ecological Framework for Teacher Self-Efficacy Development situating teacher self-efficacy formation and development within an enabling ecological system. Susie's research has significantly informed her work in supporting preservice teachers transition to graduate teachers by engaging with democratic pedagogies to co-design supportive learning frameworks in initial teacher education programs.
About me
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA), Committee Member
UniSA Early Childhood Advisory Panel, Chair
de Lissa Early Childhood and Family Studies Research Community Network, Member
Education Futures’ Academic Unit Board, Program Director Representative
Education Futures' Teaching Academic Group (TAG), Co-Chair
Education Futures' Teaching and Learning Strategy Group, Member
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Master of Gifted Education Flinders University
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education University of South Australia
Current Leadership Appointment
Program Director: Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Honours)
Program Director: Master of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Current Teaching
EDUC 4193 Leadership & Advocacy in Early Childhood
EDUC 5287 Early Childhood Professional Experience & Reflection (Junior Primary)
EDUC 5297 English Education: Early Literacy
Previous Industry Experience
Head of Junior School, Seymour College
Head of School (ELC – 2 ), St Andrew’s School
Gifted & Talented Specialist Teacher, Pulteney Grammar School
Classroom Teacher & Head of House, Westminster School
Classroom Teacher, Tenison Woods College
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Scholarship & Research Projects
‘Supporting early childhood international preservice teachers: an immersive placement experience’, Dr Susie Raymond (CI), Education Research Academy Fellowship, $5,000
‘Turn-around and dialogic pedagogies to improve assessment quality’, Dr Susie Raymond (CI), Researching whilst Teaching project
‘Casual academic voices: building our learning community’, Susie Raymond (CI), Unijam, $10,000
‘Children’s voices in play’, Dr Jane Webb-Williams (CI), City of Salisbury Council, $30,000
‘Social comparison processes: a cross cultural analysis’, Dr Jane Webb-Williams (CI), Divisional Research Performance Fund $10,000 (Research Assistant responsible for instrument development, interview protocol, participant recruitment, data collection & data analysis)
Presentations
Raymond, SK, Mills-Bayne, M, Hudson, R 2022, ‘Enabling the Unpacking and Re-Packing of Transcultural Schoolbags through an Immersive Placement Experience’, NAEEA Conference, Adelaide, December 2022.
Raymond, SK, Mills-Bayne, M, Hudson, R 2022, ‘Enabling the Unpacking and Re-Packing of Transcultural Schoolbags through an Immersive Placement Experience’, UniSA TIU Teaching and Learning Symposium, Adelaide, November 2022.
Raymond, SK, Gilson, S & Ball, R 2022, ‘Democratic pedagogies in initial teacher education: co-constructing a supportive learning framework’, NAEEA, Adelaide, December 2022.
Raymond, SK & Price, D 2020, ‘Developing the Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Preschool Teachers Working with Children with a Disability and/or Complex Needs’, Department for Education, Adelaide, June 2020.
Webb-Williams, JL, Mills-Bayne, M & Raymond, SK 2016, ‘Transforming play: the nature of modern childhood and implications for education’, Australian Association for Research in Education, Melbourne, October 2016.
Kovanovic, V 2016, ‘Effective teaching and learning in online and blended environments’, panelist, Teaching Academic Network, Adelaide, March 2016.
Webb-Williams, JL, Mills-Bayne, M & Raymond, SK 2015, ‘Children’s voices in play’, Invitational Summit for Australian Summit for Engaging Australasia-Pacific Children’s Voices, Adelaide, December 2015.
Raymond, SK, 2014 ‘Self-efficacy & pedagogy of reception teachers: a case study of eight South Australian teachers’, Centre for Research in Education Conference, Adelaide, October 2014.
Manuscript Reviewer
Invited reviewer for the Journal of Teachers & Teaching: Theory & Practice.
Invited reviewer for the Journal of Psychologists & Counsellors in Schools.
Invited reviewer for The International Journal of Art & Design Education.
Abstract reviewer for Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia conference.
Research Groups
Higher Education Research & Development Society of Australasia
de Lissa Early Childhood and Family Studies Research Community Network, Member
Research Assistant
Webb-Williams, JL 2014, ‘Children’s voices in play’, Funded by the City of Salisbury Council.
Webb-Williams, JL 2014, ‘Social comparison processes: a cross cultural analysis’, Funded by Divisional Research Performance Fund.
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2024 |
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2023 |
Open access
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Publications & Citations
Raymond, SK, Caldwell, D & Bowyer, G 2016 ‘Casual academic voices: building our learning community’, Unijam Project, University of South Australia, Adelaide.
Webb-Williams, JL, Raymond, SK & Mills-Bayne, M 2015, ‘Children’s voices in play’, report prepared for the City of Salisbury Council. Bibliographic Identifier: 9916056210401831.
Raymond, SK 2019 in T Broadley, R Spooner-Lane, J Buchanan, G Hardy & K Jordan, A case study of teacher graduate preparedness: Developing a national capstone assessment, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
Raymond, SK 2018, ‘The role of self-efficacy in the pedagogy of the reception teacher: a case study of eight South Australian reception teachers’ in DM Green & DA Price (eds), Making humanities and social Science come alive: early years and primary education, Cambridge Press.
Media Centre for Educational Research (MCERA), invited researcher to provide commentary on education issues
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Professional Associations
Australian Early Childhood Teacher Education Network (AECTEN), Member
Teacher’s Registration of South Australia, Early Childhood Reference Group, Member
South Australian Catholic Commission for Catholic Schools, Early Childhood Education and Care Advisory Committee (ECECAC), Committee Member
The Gowrie, Board Member
Playgroup SA, Committee Member
Scholarship Panels
Iris Glover
David Pank
Review of Teaching: Overall ‘very effective’ rating in all categories
Academic Supervision
PhD Supervisory Panel Member
PhD proposal panellist
Master of Education Project in Education Supervisor
Vacation Research Scholarship Supervisor
Academic in Residence, Emmanuel College
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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Developing a system approach to assessing quality in playgroups | Current |