Staff Profiles
Dr Julie Kos
Senior Research Fellow
BA(Hons) Deakin, MA(Clin Psych)/PhD RMIT
Dr Julie Kos is a Senior Research Fellow in the Teaching, Learning and Leadership program at ACER. Currently, she is directing the Student Exit Survey for the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria and various projects in Indonesia for Australia–Indonesia Basic Education Program Contractor Strategic Advisory Services (CSAS)/AusAID. She also assists the Indonesian Ministry of National Education by providing advice on the collection and analysis of teacher data and guidance in developing education policy.
Dr Kos is an expert in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, and has developed numerous instruments that have been used worldwide. She contributes to various other ACER research projects, particularly in regard to instrument development and data analysis. She has extensive experience in data analysis, including correlations, analysis of variance, factor analysis, and structural equation modelling. In addition to research, she assists ACER Press by reviewing psychological and psychiatric assessments submitted for publication. Along with colleagues, Dr Kos has recently completed a large national survey of Australian school teachers and leaders, the Staff in Australia’s Schools (SiAS) survey. She was actively involved in stakeholder consultations for this project as well.
Prior to her current appointment, Dr Kos was an Assistant Director at the Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA). Here she was responsible for managing research and development contracts on behalf of the National Disability Administrators (NDA), represented the Australian Government on numerous research project committees, and managed various facets of the Australian Government Disability Services Census.
Dr Kos has a PhD in clinical psychology. Her doctoral work investigated teachers’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviours toward children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Dr Kos’s research involved the development and administration of a number of survey instruments and training manuals for both pre-service and in-service teachers. She also developed and ran workshops for teachers to assist with classroom management of problematic (i.e., externalising) student behaviours. These materials have, and are, being used by other researchers around the world; including Australia, England, Scotland, the United States, Greece and Chile.
Dr Kos is currently supervising a doctoral student from Murdoch University, who is investigating both teachers’ and parents’ beliefs about, and management of, ADHD-related behaviours. She is also a reviewer for the International Journal of Disability, Development and Education.
Selected publications:
Kos, J.M. (June 2008). Policy verification case studies: #1 school level capture of teacher certification and teacher development investments – Cycle 1/ Phase 1: Interim report. Submitted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to Contractor Strategic Advisory Services (CSAS).
Kos, J.M. & Friedman, T.W. (June 2008). Student exit survey 2007 report. Submitted by ACER to the Catholic Education Commisssion of Victoria.
McKenzie, P., Kos, J., Walker, M., & Hong, J. (January 2008). Staff in Australia’s schools 2007. Submitted by ACER to the Australian Government.
Owen, S., Kos, J., McKenzie, P. (January 2008). Staff in Australia’s schools: Teacher Workforce data and planning processes in Australia. Submitted by ACER to the Australian Government.
Kos, J.M. & Wilkinson, J.M. (December 2007). Evaluation of change processes. Submitted by ACER to the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education, Central Queensland University.
Kos, J.M. (October 2007). Student exit survey 2007 interim report. Submitted by ACER to the Catholic Education Commisssion of Victoria.
Kos, J.M. (August 2007). Assistance to the Directorate General, Quality Improvement of teachers and education personnel (PMPTK), Ministry of National Education (MoNE) with cleaning, analysing, interpreting and reporting teacher profile data. Submitted by the ACER to CSAS and the Indonesian Ministry of National Education (MoNE).
Kos, J.M. & Lay, D. (August 2007). Variable codebook: To accompany the Directorate General, Quality Improvement of Teachers and Education Personnel (PMPTK), Ministry of National Education (MoNE) Teacher Profile Dataset cleaned and analysed in July/August 2007. Submitted by ACER CSAS and MoNE.
Kos, J.M. (May 2007). Assistance for the Directorate General, Quality Improvement of Teachers and Education Personnel (PMPTK), Ministry of National Education (MoNE) with analysis on teacher profile data. Submitted by ACER to CSAS and MoNE.
Kos, J.M., Richdale, A.L, & Hay, D.A. (2006). Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and their teachers: A review of the literature. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 53 (2), 147-160.
Kos, J.M., Richdale, A.L. & Jackson, M.S. (2004). Knowledge of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A comparison of in-service and pre-service teachers. Psychology in the Schools, 41 (5), 517-526.
Kos, J.M. & Richdale, A.L. (2004). History of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Australian Journal of Learning Disabilities, 9 (1), 22-24.
Kos, J.M, (2004). Primary school teachers' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours toward children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, PhD Thesis, RMIT
Kos, J. (2003). The abstracts of the 3rd Victorian Postgraduates in Psychology Conference: Chairperson summary. Australian Journal of Psychology, 55, 1.
Kos, J. (2003). Enhancing teachers’ knowledge about ADHD (Abstract). Australian Journal of Psychology, 55, 1.
Selected presentations:
Kos, J. (2007). Language development and bilingualism. Invited keynote address to Britzone Education Fair (April 26 2008). Jakarta, Indonesia.
Kos, J. (2007). Basic and secondary education in Indonesia: Facts and expectations. Invited keynote address to Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka Seminar (November 15 2007). Jakarta, Indonesia.
Kos, J. (2007). What do teachers know about ADHD? Australian Council for Educational Research Forum (April 11 2007). Melbourne, Australia.
Kos, J. M., Li, Z., & Zmijewski, N. (2006). Characteristics of short-term and longer-term consumers of supported employment services. Third International Forum of Disability Management (8-10 October 2006). Brisbane, Australia.
Kelly, S. & Kos, J. (2005). Child protection data in Australia: Current issues and future improvements. 9th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference (February 9–11 2005). Melbourne, Australia.
Kos, J. & Mason, C. (2004). Our children: Who are they and where are they heading? Australian Population Health Conference (September 15-17 2004), Canberra, Australia.
Kos, J., Richdale, A., & Jackson, M. (2003). How do teachers manage ADHD students in the classroom? Paper presented at The National Conference of the Australian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (September 15-18 2003), Adelaide, Australia.