A STEM forward for St Stanislaus
IN August this year, St Stanislaus’ College was selected to be a partner school for the 2017/18 STEM Teachers Enrichment Academy Central West program.
The initiative, developed by Sydney University, brings together expertise from the University’s faculties of Education and Social Work, Science, and Engineering and Information Technologies to help build the nations capacity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
The College joins the sixth cohort of secondary STEM teachers participating in the Academy, with each school selecting a designated STEM Academy project leader and team representatives.
St Stanislaus College head teacher TAS / Computing Studies and STEM Academy project leader Shane Thurston will take part in two sessions facilitated by the University’s academic specialists and STEM leaders.
The first session will be held in November this year and takes the form of a three-day workshop, inviting participants to develop a draft plan for implementation of STEM strategies within and across disciplines for terms one and two of 2018.
Mr Thurston said the Academy was an opportunity to make a real change in classroom teaching while enhancing knowledge of content and expanding interests in STEM.
“The Academy is an exciting step forward for Stannies, enabling us to keep building our community of STEM practice with continued mentoring and support from the university as well as keeping abreast of STEM-related research and industry knowledge,” Mr Thurston said.
The program will continue in 2018 with a follow-up session in June, where all participants will report on the outcomes of implementing these STEM strategies in their schools.