Safe on Social

Meg Ryan is a global leader in inclusive education consulting who has spent more than two decades working across the education sector. She has a rare ability to distil complexity into clarity, read a room, and make challenging concepts accessible, practical, and actionable. Holding a Master of Education in Inclusive Education from Queensland University of Technology, a Bachelor of Education (Primary), and a Bachelor of Business in Communication, Meg brings together deep educational expertise with exceptional communication skills. The result is professional learning that consistently receives outstanding feedback because she does not simply present information. She tells a story, builds a case, and brings people with her.

 

Her specialist focus is inclusive education, including NCCD (Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability) compliance and workflows, the Disability Standards for Education (2005), the Disability Discrimination Act (1992), and evidence-based inclusive teaching practices aligned with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS). She has conducted NCCD Quality Assurance reviews in more than 55 Queensland schools and spent almost four years leading inclusive education across 36 schools and secondary colleges within Brisbane networks. Principals trust her because she understands the realities of school leadership, compliance obligations, workforce capability, and the students who need championing most.

 

The key contributor to the development of Ctrl+Shft+RISE (Risk Intelligence for Safer Environments), Meg has helped bridge the gap between inclusive education, student wellbeing, safeguarding, and organisational risk management.

 

Her work ensures that schools move beyond viewing inclusion as a standalone educational responsibility and instead recognise it as a critical component of child safety, psychosocial wellbeing, governance, and duty of care.

 

Through RISE, she contributes to frameworks that help schools identify vulnerabilities, strengthen protective factors, improve student outcomes, and build environments where every child has the opportunity to thrive. RISE integrates safeguarding, wellbeing, behavioural risk awareness, digital safety, governance, compliance, and workforce capability into a practical operating framework designed for modern educational environments.

 

Meg is a systems thinker, a trusted advisor to school leaders, and a steadfast advocate for inclusive education. She believes that inclusion is not simply a compliance requirement or educational philosophy—it is the foundation of safe, healthy, high-performing school communities where every student is seen, supported, and given the opportunity to succeed.

Meg is based in Brisbane, Australia