DrSarah Ohi

2022 Industry and Community Engagement Award, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University. For Engagement and Partnership Excellence, The Bach. Early Childhood Education Teaching Team.

2017 School of Education Teaching Award (Individual), Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University. For Sustained Excellence in Teaching from 2015-2017.

2013 Vice Chancellors Award For Outstanding Contribution to Partnerships, Deakin University. Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (BECE), Deakin at Your Door Step (DAYD) Project Team.

2010 The Dean's Teaching Award (Prof.Jennifer Radbourne). For Excellence in Teaching; First Year Teaching. Faculty of Arts & Education, Deakin University.

2010 - Best Abstract Award, Deakin Teaching and Learning Conference, Deakin University.

For Teaching and Assessment Practices that support student learning, effect change and enhance the student experience in Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Arts & Education, Deakin University.

2025 (since 2014) Human Ethics Advisor, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University

2020 - 2023 Annual Presenter at the Bachelor of Early Childhood Cloud Conference, Deakin University

2019 - 2020 Co-opted Member of the Faculty Board, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University

2022 Expert National Presenter (by invitation) for the Primary English Teaching Association's (PETAA) Leading with Literacy Conference: From Babble to Batavia and Beyond, Sydney, 2022. Delivery of 2 Early Years presentations for the Early Childhood Program:

The Early Years Framework; The Language of Play; a foundation for childrens literacy

Why arent you teaching my child to read? How to answer this inevitable question

2022 Expert Consultant for Pasifika Education by invitation from Swinburne University. Provided consultation on a scoping review on the Educational Successes and Challenges of Pacific Learners in Australia 2010-2021.

2021 - 2022 Region Mentor for pre-service teachers on placement in 10 schools, The Melbourne Teaching Academy, Deakin University

2018 - 2020 State Conference Presenter for Victorian Primary and Secondary school teachers at the Graduate Teacher Conferences: Design, Implementation and Evaluation Department of Education and Training (DET), Victoria.

2017 - 2021 Coordinator/Leader of The Language, Literacies & Learning,Teaching and Research Group, School of Education, Deakin University.

2019 The Imaginarium Community of Practice, Deakin University. Investigating pedagogies for use in the 360-degree interactive learning in the Nyaal Precinct.

2015 Key Note Speaker for The 3rd International Conference of Early Chidlhood Education (IECE), Early Childhood Education Holistic and Integrative. By invitation from Padang Universitas, Padang, Indonesia.Keynote Speech titled, Communication keys: understanding the importance of the early childhood teacher's role in children's language and literacy development within a holistic, integrative approach to child development.