Kim Elith is Head of School Assessments & Partnerships at Janison Education Group, where she leads commercial growth and strategic partnerships across Janison’s school assessment portfolio, including ICAS, Australia’s internationally recognised academic competition; and Academic Assessment Services (AAS) products including Scholarship & Placement Tests and PSAM.Kim brings over 30 years of experience in education, spanning classroom teaching, curriculum leadership, and senior school management. Prior to joining Janison, she served as Director of Learning at Firbank Grammar School and Director of Curriculum at Queenwood School, where she led large-scale curriculum and organisational improvement initiatives, including school-based research programmes, whole-school literacy projects, and the implementation of data-informed teaching frameworks.Her applied research interest centres on how assessment data can be used meaningfully to improve student learning outcomes and strengthen teaching practice. At Janison, Kim works directly with school leaders to translate assessment insights; particularly from PSAM and AAS placement data; into actionable professional learning and instructional decision-making. She has delivered professional learning workshops to school communities to support effective use of psychometric and performance data in evidence-based practice.Kim holds a Master of Education (Curriculum Studies) with Merit and a Bachelor of Education (Secondary) with Honours, both from the University of Sydney. She is a published author of educational texts (Oxford University Press, Pascal Press) and a longstanding member of the English Teachers Association (NSW) and the Victorian Association of Teachers of English. Kim is also an accredited assessor for the Association of Independent Schools (NSW) Higher Levels of Accreditation Panel.Her practitioner perspective, grounded in years of leading curriculum reform, HR functions, and school-wide research initiatives gives her a distinctive lens on how data systems, assessment design, and professional accountability frameworks intersect in real school contexts.
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