Our Team

Staff at Monash Children’s Hospital School offer experience and enthusiasm, are committed to their own learning and are proud members of this unique school and hospital community. Staff are exemplary role models in their relationships with colleagues, parents and students.

There is always a special bond that is developed between a teacher and child. Often this will be remembered years later as the student recalls the words and deeds of a teacher that have had a long and lasting impact on him or her. In this way, teachers hold a very privileged position, one that comes with great responsibility. Our staff, both teaching and non-teaching, are aware of this and commit themselves to providing the best education for all students in our care.

Our Educators

Leadership Team

Colin Dobson
Principal
Sarah-Jane George
Assistant Principal
Teaching and Learning
Kate Cooper
Assistant Principal
Wellbeing & Inclusion
Kylie Middlemiss
Learning Specialist
Rebecca Foot
Business Manager

General Medical Ward Team

Belinda Husson
Georgia Kirk
Suzanne Kenneally
Jess Frost
Kylie Middlemiss
Jess Fitzsimons

Children's Cancer Centre Team

Kelly Barnett
Kelly De Silva
Dayna Bradley

Oasis Team

Tash Marotti
Carol Huecherig
Mieke Johnson
Juanita Thomas

Stepping Stones Team

Anna Costanzo
Danielle Powell
Nic Snelleksz
Juanita Thomas

Community Team

Pia Vello
Colin Dobson
Kate Cooper
Wayne Smith
Heidi Gilmour
Jai Adams
Georgia Kirk
Mel Johns
Nic Snelleksz
Carol Huecherig
Jess Fitzsimons
Dayna Bradley
Kelly De Silva
Belinda Husson

Administration

Rebecca Foot
Carolyn Curnow
Juanita Thomas
Haya Davis
Xavier Phillips

Our School Council

The objectives of a school council are to:
Assist in the efficient governance of the school
Ensure that its decisions affecting students of the school are made having regard, as a primary consideration, to the best interest of the students
Enhance the educational opportunities of students at the school
Ensure the school and the council complies with any requirements of the Education and Training Reform Act, the Education and Training Reform Regulations, a Ministerial Order or a direction, guideline or policy issued under the Education and Training Reform Act.
Monash Children’s Hospital School Council membership, according to the Constituting Order, comprises eleven members. There are five members from Monash Health, four members from the Department of Education and Training and two community members.
Name
Title
Membership
Role
Danielle Gapes
Business Partner, People & Culture
Monash Health
President
Lidor Arbel
Director Clinical Operations,
Early in Life Mental 

Health Service
Monash Health
Vice- President
Jamie Hoy
Consumer Consultant, Early in Life Mental Health Services
Monash Health
Treasurer
Dr. Natasha Parekh
Adolescent Consultant and General Paediatrician
Monash Health
General Member
Trish Ditto
Director of Clinical Operations
Monash Health
General Member
Michelle Caughey
Clinical Nurse Coordinator, Eating Disorders
Monash Health
General Member
Colin Dobson
Principal, Monash Children's Hospital School
Department of Education
Executive Officer
Sarah-Jane George
Assistant Principal, Monash Children's Hospital School
Department of Education
General Member
Kate Cooper
Assistant Principal, Monash Children's Hospital School
Department of Education
General Member
Suzanne Kenneally
Leading Teacher, Monash Children's Hospital School
Department of Education
General Member
Rebecca Foot
Business Manager, Monash Children's Hospital School
Department of Education
Minutes/Documentation
Kellie Hammerstein
Disability Initiatives Lead, Community Operations
Community
General Member

Our Extended Team

Art Therapy

Art Therapy is provided to the young people on the Oasis and Stepping Stones units.

Music Therapy

Priscilla Pek - provides music therapy to the young people in the Oasis and Stepping Stones units. Priscilla also provides music therapy to our students on the general medical wards.

Clown Doctors

The Clown Doctors play an important role in the hospital and bring joy and smiles to the patients and their families on a daily basis.

Starlight Captains

The Starlight captains and the staff of MCHS work closely together.
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I acknowledge the sovereign ‘First Nations People of Country’, especially those of the Boonwurrung country, and recognise their ongoing and deep connection to the land, water and sky. I commit to protecting these as I live, work, play and travel across this vast nation. I pay my respects to First Nation peoples especially elders past, present and to all descendants of this nation who have cared for this place since creation. I thank them for their rich history, culture and indigenous ‘ways of knowing.’
Affiliates
Health Educators Learners Parents
Health Educators Learners Parents (HELP)
To bring together education and health professionals to form an Alliance with ‘unifies our voice’ and allows us to work collaboratively to improve educational outcomes for children and young people who are living with chronic medical and/or mental health needs.
Hospital Organisation of Pedagogues in Europe (HOPE)
HOPE is an association of European hospital teachers who work in Hospital
and at home with children with special health care needs. Through school and education activities we try to provide every learner with a positive environment and with the chance to carry on their education, no matter what the illness is.
Monash Children’s Hospital has been caring for children for more than 100 years. It is one of Australia’s leading children’s hospitals and is part of Monash Health – Victoria’s largest public health service. Monash Children’s Hospital is a brand new dedicated children’s hospital located in Clayton, and has satellite sites at Casey Hospital and Dandenong Hospital.
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monashhealthfoundation.org
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