We’re excited to share the 2021 Together We Inspire Awards with you.
The Together We Inspire Awards recognise and reward staff and volunteers who have demonstrated outstanding excellence, innovation and talent in their roles supporting education. Together we inspire and support all learners to succeed as connected, resilient, creative, curious thinkers.

These awards, an important initiative of the Department, would not be possible without the generous support of our major sponsor Spirit Super, and partners Teachers Health and Telstra.
The list of finalists and winners are below. Please visit the program for bios on all of our 2021 finalists.
Together We Inspire Awards Finalists 2021
School Leadership Award
Cosgrove High School Leadership Team
Data Inquiry Learning Partnership
Meander Valley Cluster Principal Team
Engaging our Learners (Early Learning)
Ann Peiper – Burnie Library
Sarah Mitchell – Early Years Partnerships & Projects
Yvonne Fullbrook – East Tamar Primary School
Engaging our Learners (Primary)
East Derwent Primary Early Years Team
Loretta Brazendale – Burnie Library
Sarah Alway – West Launceston Primary School
Engaging our Learners (Secondary)
Derwent Collective
Kate Reynolds – Ulverstone Secondary College
Newstead College Learning Support Team
Engaging our Learners (Adults)
Andrea McMahon – Libraries Tasmania
Sally Stanley – Smithton Library
Sophie Flanagan – George Town Library
Outstanding Early Career Employee
Justin Graham – Flinders Island District High School
Louise Poeschla – Mountain Heights School
Michelle Walker – Smithton High School
Outstanding Support Award
Ben Nelan – Hobart College
COVID-19 Coordination Team – cross-divisional
Ulverstone Primary School EFAs
Teachers Health Wellbeing Award
English as Additional Language Team – Elizabeth College
GETI Student Experience Team
Karen Slade – Don College
Telstra Innovation in Technology
Katie Wightman – Kings Meadows High School
Rory Hamilton – Bruny Island District School
Virtual Learning Tasmania
Innovation in Literacy
Look Who’s Talking Team – Burnie Child and Family Learning Centre
Matthew Dawson – Hellyer College
Sandy Bay Infant School Literacy Team
Innovation in Numeracy
Forest Primary Numeracy Team
Princes Street Primary Mathematics Team
Riverside Primary Number Inquiry Team
Volunteers of the Year
Carol Murphy – Huonville Library
Cathy Cloudsdale – Longford Primary School
Linda Berry – Dodges Ferry Primary School
Past Winners and Finalists
- 2019 winners and finalists
- 2018 winners and finalists
- Previous years’ winners and finalists are listed on the Awards Archive page.