Susan Caldis is currently the Head Teacher Human Society and its Environment (HSIE) at Castle Hill High School, New South Wales, and tutor of Geography Methodology for pre-service teachers at Macquarie University. She has worked at the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) as Senior Project Officer Humanities and Social Sciences, and was responsible for leading the curriculum development of both the Australian Curriculum: Geography and the Australian Curriculum: Economics and Business.