Phillip has been a coach here at WIDE World for the past three years, heavily involved in Teaching to Standards with New Technologies and Coach Development. This dedicated educator is the Deputy Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School, an urban high school in Queensland, Australia. Along with his teaching of Physical Science to grades 9-12, he has responsibilities in the areas of school planning, professional and curriculum development and administration.

While teaching, Phillip completed his PhD at the University of Queensland in 2002, with his thesis exploring the deliberate teaching and assessment of thinking processes and dispositions. In 2003 he received a prestigious Westfield Premier's Scholarship as a part of the Queensland 2003 Teacher Excellence Awards, and was awarded the Australian College of Education Teacher Excellence Award in 2004.