Maree Whiteley

Meet Maree Whiteley, Founder and Lead Consultant of The Purposeful Learning Community (PLC), a learning hub for educators seeking personal and professional growth. Maree is also the Youth Curriculum and Learning Coordinator at Bloom, The Centre for Youth Innovation.Maree is a global thinker and change-maker, who brings wisdom and lived experience into every conversation and learning exchange, especially when supporting leaders and educators to co-design socially purposeful Curriculum and Pedagogy, as demonstrated during her successful 14-year tenure as an Education Consultant with the Association of Independent Schools WA (AISWA). With a human-centred approach to leadership, learning and growth, Maree has a joyful approach when sharing her teaching experience, knowledge and expertise with others in workshops, publications and in online forums.Over many years, Maree has worked with teachers, school leaders, and pre-service teachers to bring innovative and practical pedagogies into the classroom, through special projects, curriculum mapping, and whole-school planning. As an experienced teacher, university lecturer, and education consultant with specific expertise within the Humanities and Social Sciences Learning Area, this gives Maree the perfect platform to go beyond the curriculum, exploring areas of global imperatives for our young people, such as ethical and humanitarian issues, critical thinking and cultural competence.