Presenters
Subash aims to inspire the next generation of creators and innovators. He constantly pursues meaningful and contextual tasks to increase student engagement due to the wide variety of learning styles among his students. He is driven by the understanding that his students need to be prepared for the future. Subash is a Learning Designer at Ormiston Junior College. He is the recipient of the National Excellence in Teaching Awards in 2018, a recipient of 2017 Kalman Mathematics Teaching Prize and 2017 Jim Campbell Award for Teaching Excellence in Mathematics. He is the owner of the YouTube channel infinityplusone.
Priscilla has a particular passion for transforming learning and ponders the question - What do we want for our young people in an increasingly complex world? - So that every learner can succeed and create a future of which they can be proud.
Her journey to Ormiston Junior College has been via Pasadena Intermediate (Deputy Principal), Howick Intermediate, St Dominic’s College and various teaching stints and other work in the UK. Starting at Ormiston Junior College as a foundation staff member Priscilla has been an integral voice in establishing a range of innovative learning experiences and supporting all learners in her role as Inclusive Learning Designer.
Coaching & Mentorship Designer
Jenny is a highly motivated educator with a genuine enthusiasm for teaching and learning.
With a background in Visual Arts, Jenny moved to Ormiston Junior College in 2019, specifically to work in an ILE, where learners [and coaches] can engage in innovative, personalised inquiry-based learning.
It is her hope that all learners and educators, regardless of their educational context, have equitable access to learning opportunities and environments in which they can thrive - this belief motivates her to design innovative mentoring and learning programmes that engage both learners and educators to be their most vibrant, curious & creative selves.
Mairi has worked in primary schools in Auckland, NZ and in Abu Dhabi, UAE. She became immersed in the world of libraries and completed her Masters in Education (Teacher Librarianship) and in 2016, joined National Library Services to Schools as a facilitator where she worked with many schools to set up libraries and promote their important role within a school. In 2018, Mairi came to Ormiston Junior College and developed the library at OJC, and supported learners to develop their knowledge and understanding the role of resources in their learning. In 2022, Mairi also took on the role of co-lead of literacy.
Session description
How to use your passion, not your expertise, to design innovative learning experiences. We are not experts in the field of STEM, but we noticed that our young women weren't engaging with the range of digital technologies that we have on offer at school. Hear our story.
Purpose & objective
We designed a 7 week passion project to help reduce this inequity and grow their mindset, skills and dispositions in leadership and STEM fields. These are the same inequities that see women under-represented in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), with only 28% of the current STEM workforce consisting of women.
Join us to learn how we used the Microsoft 'action guide’ to help close the gender gap in STEM' to inform our pedagogies, learning experiences and outcomes. Using their research which pointed to five categories below for taking action:
Generate excitement
Provide role models
Provide hands-on experience
Provide encouragement
Encourage a growth mindset
We will share various feedback from students at the end of this project
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Outline
Our Why 5 mins
Intentional Marketing 5 mins
Role of the Design Cave 5 mins
External Experts 10 mins
Platforms to share and lead 5 mins
YTech Event 5 mins
Knowledge networking 5 mins
Reflection & Feedback 5 mins
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Supporting research
Closing the STEM gap isn’t up to the students alone. It’s up to us — to change our behaviors, strategies and systems so that these classes and careers reflect the diversity in our communities.’
Brad McLain, National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT)
http://www.womeninstem.co.nz/
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