Dr. Jeanne Bathgate

Dr. Jeanne Bathgate is the principal of Baulkham Hills High School, one of New South Wales' top performing selective high schools. She was born and raised in the Hawkesbury District and attended Richmond High School.
Qualifications
Dr. Bathgate graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Arts, specialising in History and Political Science. After that, she completed a Diploma of Education and became a history and English teacher at Goulburn High School. She apparently has a PhD in "school closures". She also has a Master of Arts degree in Australian History.
Career
Later, Dr. Bathgate resigned as a teacher and moved to the ACT and taught periodically for the next ten years, primarily at Watson High School, which is now closed. She married and had three children during that time. Dr Bathgate then returned to Sydney, and was appointed to Birrong Girls High School for six years, and moved to Peter Board High School in North Ryde (now closed), and Beacon Hill High School (also closed). She then taught at Kincumber High School on the Central Coast and finally became a principal at Haukesbury High School, where she was raised.
Life
Jeanne Bathgate has said that she loves learning, as well as reading, particularly Jane Austen and the Brontes, as well as Le Carre, Chandler, Steinbeck and Scott Fitzgerald. She says that her "favourite experiences as a teacher have been when (she has) worked with gifted and talented students in comprehensive schools". She also enjoys working in a school with a Support Unit, saying that "it is very grounding and provides valuable life experiences for all of us".

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