Evalena Lowe Research PhD Candidate

01/04/2026

📢 Calling WA Teachers – Your Voice Matters 📢
We warmly invite current teachers, retired teachers, and those who have left the profession to take part in our upcoming World Café conversations exploring experiences of physical, emotional, and verbal aggression from students (PEVATTS).
These sessions offer a supportive, respectful, and structured space where you can share your experiences and insights. Your contribution will help inform research aimed at improving teacher wellbeing and guiding future prevention and intervention strategies across WA.
🗓 Multiple sessions available: North of the River, South of the River, and online for rural, regional, and remote teachers across WA. Sessions are offered during both the school term and holidays to suit a range of schedules.
🕔 All sessions run from 5:00pm–6:00pm
🥤 Light refreshments provided for in‑person sessions

Whether you are based in Perth or in a regional, rural, or remote community, your voice matters. Your experiences and perspectives are invaluable, and we would be grateful for your contribution to this important work.
👉 Register now and choose the session that suits you:
https://notredame.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_emuhl0yhSY93LRc

Join us for a one‑hour World Café discussion to help shape safer and more supportive school environments across Western Australia. Current, retired, and former teachers are all invited to share their insights. Sessions are held North and South of the River in Perth, and online from 5:00pm–6:00p...

20/01/2026

📣 Calling WA Teachers – Your Voice Matters 📣

Have you experienced physical, emotional, or verbal aggression from students? You’re not alone, but your experiences are still significantly underrepresented in research.

👉 Take the anonymous survey here:
https://notredame.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5uyjV6HsrAJY24S

🔎 Why this matters
There are over 60,000 registered teachers in Western Australia
In the past 10 years, only 2,573 teachers and school leaders have participated in research focused on violence and aggression from students
That’s roughly 7% representation

What’s involved?
✔️ Short anonymous online survey
✔️ Open to current WA teachers
✔️ Covers physical, verbal, and emotional aggression
✔️ No identifying information collected
✔️ Confidential and ethically approved (HREC #2025-014)

If you’re a WA teacher and feel able to participate, your contribution would be greatly appreciated.
Please also consider sharing this post so more teachers’ voices can be heard.
Thank you for helping create safer schools by speaking up.

The research project aims to investigate the experiences of physical, emotional, and verbal aggression towards teachers by students (PEVATTS) in Western Australia (WA) and its impact, as well as the level of training, preparedness, and confidence of teachers to manage PEVATTS in WA. This research is...

16/08/2025

🌟 Honoured to attend and present at the WAIER 40th Annual Research Forum!�It was a privilege to share insights from my research: “A Study on Physical, Emotional, and Verbal Aggression Towards Teachers by Students (PEVATTS) in Western Australia."
This work is deeply rooted in my dual identity as a teacher and researcher, with the goal of fostering positive outcomes for educators, students, and the broader school community.

Thank you to the WAIER community for creating a space to connect, reflect, and grow together.�Theme: Connected Past, Present, Future

27/06/2025

📢 Calling All WA Teachers-Your Voice Matters!

We’re conducting a survey to better understand the experiences and perspectives of PEVATTS on Western Australia's 60,000 registered teachers.

📝 If you're a WA teacher, please take a few minutes to complete the survey. Your input matters. Every response brings us closer to meaningful insights that can shape future support, policy, and professional development.

https://notredame.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5uyjV6HsrAJY24S
Let’s make this research count together.✔️

11/06/2025

📢Calling all teachers in Western Australia! Have you experienced physical, emotional, or verbal aggression from students (PEVATTS) in your role as an educator?

I am conducting a confidential survey to better understand the realities Western Australian teachers face in schools today. Your insights will help inform strategies to support teacher wellbeing and create safer learning environments.

🔍What’s Involved?

-A short, anonymous survey (approx. 15 minutes)

-Open to all teachers registered with the TRBWA

✔️Take the survey here: https://notredame.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5uyjV6HsrAJY24S

Your experiences and voice will contribute to meaningful change. Please consider sharing this with your network, your voice matters more than ever.
The University of Notre Dame Australia

11/06/2025

📢Calling all teachers in Western Australia! Have you experienced physical, emotional, or verbal aggression from students (PEVATTS) in your role as an educator?

I am conducting a confidential survey to better understand the realities Western Australian teachers face in schools today. Your insights will help inform strategies to support teacher wellbeing and create safer learning environments.

🔍What’s Involved?

-A short, anonymous survey (approx. 15 minutes)

-Open to all teachers registered with the TRBWA

✔️Take the survey here: https://notredame.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5uyjV6HsrAJY24S

Your experiences and voice will contribute to meaningful change. Please consider sharing this with your network, your voice matters more than ever.

The University of Notre Dame Australia