Meet Mary-Anne


Mary-Anne Murphy

Director and Founder of Momentum Learning.

Mary-Anne is a highly experienced consultant who brings an infectious passion and inclusive people-skills to her work.

She works in partnership with schools to offer whole-school through to individual professional learning consultancy, facilitation and support.

Known for her research-based, yet practical and innovative approach, Mary-Anne utilises a mix of leading as well as empowering others to ensure deep, sustained change. She has extensive leadership and teaching experience in both Primary and Secondary contexts.

Mary-Anne’s Experience Includes

  • Primary School Principal 

  • Assessment Adviser, University of Waikato 

  • Specialist Classroom Teacher 

  • HOD English and Drama Departments 

  • e-Learning Facilitator CORE Education (including National Literacy and Assessment Facilitator) 

  • Inquiry Learning facilitator 

  • Tertiary-level Capability Development Advisor 

Areas of Expertise

  • Team Building

  • Collaborative practices

  • Emotional Intelligence for Leadership 

  • Assessment FOR and AS Learning 

  • Coaching and Mentoring  

  • Local Curriculum Design

  • Learner Agency

  • Digital Technologies and Blended Learning

Mary-Anne’s Qualifications Include

  • Masters of Educational Leadership

  • Graduate Diploma in the Arts

  • Graduate Diploma IT in Education

  • Bachelor of Education

  • Diploma of Teaching

  • Roche Martin Emotional Intelligence for Leadership National assessor and trainer.

  • mBraining Certified Coach

  • NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) certified coach