Penny Jayne is a passionate educator from Victoria, Australia. Her experience in state education spans seventeen years and includes time as an elementary teacher, a district instructional practice coach and a school vice principal. Penny’s knowledge of assessment tools and practices is well-known across Victorian state schools, and she is regularly invited by the state Education Department (DET) to address state-wide coaching conferences in the area of Mathematics assessments. In 2010, Penny completed a Masters in School Leadership with a thesis investigating the assessment nexus; that is the extent to which a teacher’s personal beliefs and pre-service experiences influences their evaluator practice in relation to data use; evaluative technique and the extent to which students are included within the assessment process. Much of her research was informed by her coaching work across schools and districts. Penny attended the 2011 Summer Institute, and returned in 2012 for the Data Wise Impact Workshop. Penny joins the Summer Institute teaching team, and has served as Teaching Fellow, Mentor and Presenter.
