Part of my job now is to be the Advanced Technologies Project Coordinator at my school.
It means identifying, mapping and developing pathways in Science, Maths and Technology so that a student take a pathway that might lead to a career in Engineering, Technology and Applied Mathematics. This could be done through University studies, TAFE or in the workforce.
It sits nicely with my other Coordination role with the Professional Learning Teams.
This will give me a chance to try and get an overview of the sorts of things that students can do at school to immerse themselves in applied maths and science.
Already three of our teachers will be involved in developing a middle school unit with this emphasis. They will develop an enquiry approach and a cross-curriculum outlook.
It is a matter now of confirming that a pathway exists and then look at ways of developing it further.
The other connection with the PLP is that it is an opportunity to encourage Maths, Science and Technology teachers to look at ways that they can expose their students to Advanced Technologies - get experience themselves, try new ideas, refine them and then retry.
I clearly need to get into the ear of the KLA coordinators in the school and try to get some time to speak about these opportunities. I believe that this sort of sustained effort by teachers will more likely lead to real change in the way that Science, Maths and Technology is taught at our school.
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