Maree Hennessy Email & Phone Number

Maree Hennessy is a recognized educational leader, professional development facilitator and mentor.Maree has extensive experience in teaching and learning in multi-level contexts across sectors. She has worked in Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and community contexts and is highly skilled in developing excellence in teacher capacity.She is currently a lead facilitator of music education teacher training courses in Australia and New Zealand, with the Cuskelly College of Music.As Director of the Kodaly Center at Holy Names University, 2015 - 2023, Maree built key community partnerships, developed early career leadership capacity and oversaw the Masters of Music and Graduate Summer Certificate programs based in the Kodaly philosophy.As Senior Project Writer for Curriculum to Classroom (C2C) materials with Education Queensland, Maree designed materials to support Queensland teachers in the implementation of the Australian Curriculum: The Arts. Maree was editor, key writer and demonstration teacher for the KMEIA 'Middle Years Music Education' DVD resource for teachers. Maree co-ordinated the renowned Open Classroom Series for KMEIA Qld and lectures in Aural Pedagogy in the Sound Thinking Summer Program, Brisbane, a graduate level music education course accredited with UNE(Canberra), ACU (Brisbane) and the Liszt Academy (Budapest) Masters programs.Maree has presented at conferences in Australia and abroad and her work explores the impact of effective pedagogical practice in contemporary music education settings.Maree has a particular interest in and commitment to teacher development. She believes collaboration and reflection are key to building professional learning communities and in achieving excellence in teaching and learning.

Listed skills include Music Education, Teaching, Pedagogy, Curriculum Design, and 23 others.

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  Director Of The Kodály Center For Music Education, Assistant Professor Of Music

  Holy Names University

  Australia