Rate My Professor Tina Marcoionni

Marcoionni is actively involved as co-lead researcher in several funded projects within the Faculty of Education's TeachLab research group. These include 'Re-imagining teacher education: An investigation into theory practice translation mechanisms, professional preparation partnerships and new knowledge for developing teacher professional learning,' funded by the Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools Ltd for $1,095,000; 'An Investigation into School and Teaching Improvement: The St Andrews Lutheran College Research Project,' funded by St Andrews Lutheran College for $465,000; and 'An investigation into the use of micro-credentialing as a professional learning mechanism for teacher improvement,' funded by St Edwards Catholic Primary School Tamworth for $20,000. Her scholarly contributions feature key publications such as 'Action research communities as a whole-of-school teaching improvement initiative: a multi-method, multi-informant study' (2024, Australian Educational Researcher, with D. Lynch et al.); 'Adaptive Solutions for Teaching Improvement in Complex K-12 Situations' (2024, book chapter in Re-imagining Teaching Improvement, with D. Lynch); 'School leader perception of control and professional learning decision-making influences' (2023, Professional Development in Education, with T. Yeigh et al.); 'Teacher agency for inclusion: a study on the attitudes of pre-service support teachers' (2024, with T. Santilli and L. Borsini); and 'Navigating identity development as an international inexperienced early career health and physical education teacher educator: a self-study' (2025, Sport, Education and Society, with C. Valerio and B. Williams). Through school-university partnerships, her work advances teacher preparation, professional learning, and school improvement.