Rebecca Birch
Website: https://rebeccabirch.substack.com/
Email: rebecca.birch@unsw.edu.au
Supervisors: Paul Evans, Rebecca Collie
Rebecca Birch is a teacher of English and Academic in Residence at a top 40 independent school in Sydney, Australia. After a successful career in advertising and fashion, she transitioned into education, working as a learning support officer in diverse settings while completing her teacher training.
She is a founding member of the Centre for Research in Schools at UNSW and a recipient of The Educator Magazine’s Most Influential Educator Award 2024. Rebecca has consulted for Ochre Education and presented on literacy nation-wide. She has presented at researchED and represented the profession at the Gonski Institute for Education.
Her research explores the link between explicit instruction and student wellbeing. She publishes widely, including a newsletter read by 4,000 subscribers across 83 countries.
- Research area
- Research outputs
- Birch, R., Harvey, L., Younan, C., & Green, J. (2024). School Based Research Project Final Report Queenwood. Association of Independent Schools NSW.
- Birch, R. (2024). Reimagining Teacher Professionalism. Centre for Independent Studies.