Megan Innes

Megan is a new graduate history teacher who is getting as much variety of teaching experience as she can by learning a variety of our topics.

With a background in Living History and Recreation activities during her university studies, Meg is a natural fit as a trained historian presenter with proper pedagogical knowledge. Her feedback forms have particularly commented on her willingness to explore wider issues with the students.

Daniel Jackson

Daniel is another recent graduate who has started regular placement work with us. He has adapted well to a number of topics, and is keen to learn more. According to the schools feedback, he is partiuclarly good at engaging the students in a lively discussion.

Peter Chappel

Peter has a background in adult education and TAFE teaching, as well in the military:  all of which makes him an excellent classroom manager and presenter.  He is one of our staff who has participated in various historical re-creation groups, and he has built up a background of skills in areas as diverse as calligraphy and armour making. 

Peter has developed a large repertoire of topics, and is constantly developing new themes to add to existing presentations.  As he is currently undertaking a Masters in Future Studies, he can offer programs that fall somewhat outside our normal history streams (though clearly he and we would consider them to be related concepts).

We are also extremely lucky that Peter's Fine Arts degree and TAFE experience is in metal sculpting... See our new topic Ancient Metal Casting.

Leah Aubert

Leah is a 0.6 primary teacher, specialising in art and other interactive sessions.  The fact that she also has a background with a variety of medieval recreation groups, just increases her knowledge and enthusiasm.

She now knows quite a few of our topics, and has been particularly helpful with developing our primary school techniques.

Leah is receiving excellent feedback from the schools she has presented at.

Nyssa Rowe

Nyssa worked with Medieval Education during the last two years of her Bachelor of Teaching at Deakin, massivley increasing her effective placements by visiting scores of schools with our programs. She was so well received that several schools asked for her resume.

Nyssa has spent the last couple of years travelling across Asia to Europe before settling in London. She did regular emergency and placement teaching in London, and took teh opportunity to visit many European historical sites. She has returned to us with a vastly increased knowledge and experience, and is delighted to be back. 

Sally Inglis

Sally is an experienced ESL teacher who regularly contracts for tertiary institutions. She has joined the Medieval Edcuation team because she enjoys the chance to teach new things and interact with a wider variety of students.

Sally has recieved fantastic feedback from shools, and is learning new topics as quickly as she can.

Robert Harrow

Robert is another of our presenters who recently graduated with a B.Ed., again specialising in drama.

His presentations to schools so far have received excellent feedback. To the point that the Vice Principal of one school, when congratulating Robert on his comprehensive knowledge of the presentation he was doing, was stunned to find out that this was the first morning Robert had presented this topic.  (A tribute to his natural abilities, as much as to our extensive training preparations.)

Peter Mrkusic

Peter Mrkusich spent many years as a New Zealand Secondary teacher, and is now a  private music teacher and stage performer.  He adds considerably to the depth of our performance based presentations.

Peter specialises in the topics that involve group participation, teamwork and co-operation, such as Troubadours, Games, and Sports; and has received good reviews from teachers and students for his engaging manner.

Miesje de Vogel

Miesje has an honours degree in Medieval history, and is yet another of our staff who has enjoyed presenting so much that she is completing her Dip Ed. through Monash University. 

While she finishes this, she has taken a full time Research Assistant position working for Professor Horner at the National War Memorial. (We look forward to getting her back after she finishes her school rounds.)

Miesje has also presented at one of the European open air re-enactment centres - in her case the Whealdon-Downland Museum.