Health and Physical Education for the Australian Curriculum Years 9&10 Teacher Resource Package

Michael Cook is currently working in the QUT School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences. His primary teaching focus is with pre-service physical education teachers lecturing in pedagogy and curriculum. Michael has worked as a HPE Teacher in QLD and NSW for some 25 years predominantly in secondary settings.

He was the Head of HPE at Marist College Ashgrove, Brisbane for eight years and coached the school’s 1ST XV for five. Sports coaching is one of Michael’s key interest areas fueled in part by his participation in elite level sport. Michael represented the Wallabies in Rugby Union and played for Eastern Suburbs (now Sydney Roosters) in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition.

Glenn Amezdroz is currently acting as Senior Education Officer at the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority,  RCAA). Previously he was Head of Department, Health, Physical Education and Home Economics at All Hallows’ School in Brisbane. He has served as District Panellist and District Review Panel Chair on various QCAA Moderation Panels and Subject and Syllabus Advisory Committees. He was also a member of the Australian Curriculum- Health and Physical Education Advisory Committee with ACARA during the Shaping Paper phase of the project. Glenn is a current member of the ACHPER Queensland Management Committee.

Glenn is also an experienced textbook author and his current interests include curriculum design, development of quality assessment and the facilitation of critical inquiry and student reflection in Physical Education.

Michelle Nemec is an accomplished educator in New South Wales and a current Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) teacher. Michelle has presented at a range of International, National and State conferences and she was a member of the Years 7-10 PDHPE syllabus NSW. She holds a PhD earned at the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University.

Jo Butterworth has worked in the field of Health, Physical Education and Science for over 20 years and currently works for the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority and was involved in the implementation of a range of moderation and assessment processes in the senior phase of schooling. From 2011 – 2014 Jo was an ACHPER Queensland Management Committee member, advocating for quality Health and Physical Education in Queensland schools.

Christopher Hall has worked in Health and Physical Education for 20 years, with much of his time spent as a Head of Department and a Sport Coordinator at Carmel School in Western Australia. Chris also worked with Australian rugby league athletes combining a love of exercise physiology and biomechanics to improve player performance. With a young family of his own nowadays, Chris currently enjoys coaching / managing his own kids and others in their local teams.

Brendan Moy is currently employed at Queensland University of Technology in the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences as a lecturer and researcher in Health and Physical Education and skill acquisition. He has recently completed his PhD, titled Teaching against the grain: Learning designs for evolving pedagogical practice in physical education.

Previously Brendan worked as a HPE teacher in various government and private schools across Queensland for over 20 years. He has held the positions of Head of HPE and Sport at St. Columban’s College, Albion and Head of HPE at St. Laurence’s College, South Brisbane.