Sheena Elwick is a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education (ECE) within the School of Education at Charles Sturt University.
Sheena’s ECE career started over 20 years ago as a preschool teacher in a long day care service. Since then she has worked as a teacher and educational leader in different ECE settings, including mobile childcare where she worked with infants and toddlers (in mixed-age groups). Sheena was a member of the national consortium involved in the 2022 Updates to the Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia and My Time Our Place: Framework for School Age Care. She currently supports ECE service directors, coordinators, teachers and educators to reflect on and implement the updates into their practice.
Sheena’s research interests are diverse as they are driven by her strong collaborative relationships with industry stakeholders and a focus on producing applicable, useful and practical outcomes to context-specific issues. As well as being a member of the ORICL team, Sheena is currently working closely with Aboriginal Communities to develop new understandings of how to embed Aboriginal perspectives into practice. Sheena is also involved in a collaborative project focused on the environments of residential care for young children.
