Dr Rachael Hutchesson has worked in various positions (research, administration, teaching) at CSU over the past 20 years. Rachael has currently taken on the Course Director for BEd K-12 (Bathurst and Port Macquarie). Rachael is primary teacher trained and has been lecturing at Charles Sturt for 15 years in early childhood/primary/secondary subjects mainly focused on social justice issues and creative arts. Rachael's PhD explored the ways the term 'at-risk' is used in policies and practices and how young people live with the label in the context of community arts programs. Rachael has also run/worked in a number of drama/creative arts programs working with young people who have left school early or are thinking about leaving.