Mrs Briony Carter

Briony Carter is the Professional Experience Coordinator and Lecturer in Education in the School of Education, UniSA. With a background in education Briony’s position at UniSA enables her to be directly involved with planning, implementation and evaluation of teaching education programs. Her role as Professional Placement Coordinator means she is involved in strategic meetings and related policy making decisions with industry partners which include the various schooling sectors.

Briony had 20 years experience as a Primary and Special Education Teacher before coming to UniSA as a lecturer in post-graduate and undergraduate programs. This work fulfills Briony's on-going commitment to lifelong learning and the desire to improve the educational outcomes of her students.

School of Education - UniSA

Centre for Research in Education, Equity & Work - UniSA

• Special Needs
• Primary Education
• Middle Schooling
• Reflective Practice
• Constructing Curriculum
• Professional Applications
• Approaches to Learning
• Lifelong Learning

South Australian Department of Education and Children's Services (DECS)

Specific Learning Difficulties Association of South Australia (SPELD)

2000-2002 – Ongoing Teacher Training Courses (eg dyslexia training).

2001 – Bachelor of Special Education. Flinders University, South Australia.

1981 – Administrative Training. London.

1980 – Diploma of Teaching (Primary). University of South Australia.

• Literacy and Numeracy
• Middle Schooling
• Preservice Teachers/Practicum Placement
• Teacher Retention
• Rural and Regional Teachers

• 2008 – Fostering teacher sustainability in rural communities through strategic partnerships (ARC Linkage Project Development Scheme (LPDS) Grant) - with Marie Brennan, Alan Reid & Faye McCallum

• 2008 – Sustainability and retention of preservice teachers through regional engagement and practice based learning (UniSA Teaching and Learning Grant) - with Faye McCallum