Dan is an experienced educator in the Health and Physical Education (HPE) learning area with more than two decades of experience in the classroom. He has also been a Head of Department in HPE since 2010. Dan has experience as a Deputy Principal and has also worked in schools as a Head of Department in both Senior Schooling and Teaching and Learning.

During the development of the new QCE system, Dan spent 4 years working at the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) as the Principal Education Officer for Physical Education. This role included trials in external assessment and the release of version 1 of the Physical Education (PE) General Syllabus (2019). In 2018, Dan conducted over 35 workshops across Queensland, equipping teachers with the knowledge and skills to implement the new PE syllabus.

More recently, Dan has worked on teacher reference groups with both QCAA and ACARA, advising on the development of version 9.0 of the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education. Dan is passionate about supporting health, wellbeing and physical activity opportunities in schools for every young person.

After 40 years as an HPE teacher Caroline has signed off and is looking forward to an active retirement. Caroline has spent time in regional and metropolitan state primary and secondary schools and has worked as a resource and curriculum writer and as a consultant. She will continue to advocate for HPE by working on projects with ACHPER QLD that support primary Physical Education.

Carolyn Jones is a Principal Education Officer at the QCAA in the Health, Physical Education (HPE)/Technologies learning area. Carolyn led an Expert Writing Team in the development of the QCE 2019 Health General Syllabus, Syllabus Implementation Workshops and resources to support implementation. Carolyn has previously written HPE curriculum in Tasmania K-10 and 11/12. Other roles included Chief Marking and Setting Examiner for the Tasmanian Health Studies external assessment. Carolyn has taught in Queensland since 2004 and wrote the Health Education work program at Helensvale SHS before modifying and implementing it in the United Arab Emirates in a three year stint at the Australian International School.

Currently the Dean of Students at Matthew Flinders Anglican College, Remy teaches secondary Health and Physical Education including Senior PE. He has been a Head of Department and Director of Sport & Activities and has taught every year level from Kindergarten to Year 12. Before moving to the Sunshine Coast, Remy worked at Fraser Coast Anglican College and The Southport School in a variety of roles in Sport and HPE. Along with a Bachelor’s Degree and Graduate Diploma of Education, Remy holds a Master of Education (With Distinction), specialising in Educational Leadership and is a Level 2 Rugby Union and Cricket Coach, who has coached and managed representative boys and girls Rugby Union and Rugby 7s teams across both the South Coast and Wide Bay regions.

Hugh Shannon is a HPE Lecturer in the School of Exercise and Movement Sciences, Queensland University of Technology. He completed a PhD in Health Education and Health Literacy at QUT and a BScApp(HMS-Ed) undergraduate degree with honours from The University of Queensland. Hugh is a qualified secondary and primary teacher, with experience teaching HPE, Senior Physical Education, Senior Health Education and Science in the Queensland secondary school system. He is a member of the ACHPER National - Active and Health Schools Committee and the Health Education state panel managed by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority

Ben Williams is a Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education at University of Melbourne and previous to that was based at the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University as well as the immediate past-President of ACHPER Qld. He has an undergraduate degree with honours in Human Movement Studies (Education) and a PhD from The University of Queensland. Before completing his PhD and joining Griffith University, Ben was a secondary school health and physical education at The Gap State High School in Brisbane.