Maya Bowles

Annabelle Kurniawan

Callie Tan

Nicholas Archibald

Lawrence Cookson

Linda Zou

Abdullah Alhasan

Isaac Fernando

Jett Dunning

Arielle O'Shea

Andre Chang

Katherine Lowbeer

Krishnaraj Ramakrishnan

Rishab Chopra

Suhani Prasad

Karina Mickovski

Mila Rudolph

Joanna Zapris

Alice Zhang

Amelia Foley

Why is teaching maths important to you?

Solving maths problems is fun and gives me a sense of achievement!

Gin Lee

Why is teaching maths important to you?

The regular check-ins with Math Space provided ‘real-time’ data for the students and for me as their Math teacher. These formative assessments, coupled with classwork and student participation, formed the basis for my weekly meetings with individual students. Teaching the students how to navigate the platform to access ‘their’ data empowered them. The students confidently articulated their focus areas as we tailored learning goals, success criteria and routines to suit their individual needs.

Yvette Iturbe

Jamie Little

Why is teaching maths important to you?

Maths is important to everyone. It enables us to make sense of the world around us. It helps us to find and represent patterns. It allows us to interact with the world and other people.  I love to share the moments when students make breakthroughs in their understanding.

Sharon Hird

Why is teaching maths important to you?

I see teaching mathematics as a way to help students open doors of understanding and develop analytical thinking skills that will help them develop their future careers in a wide range of areas. Mathspace is a wonderful tool to allow students self-directed learning and to identify and rectify gaps in their current understanding. It has changed the way I teach Mathematics.

Ian Dunlop

Margo Freer

Carly Conlan

Natalie O'Dell

Why is teaching maths important to you?

The most important part of teaching Maths to me is instilling a growth mindset. I encourage my students to challenge themselves and we always embrace mistakes as part of the learning process.

Lisa Zollo

Why is teaching maths important to you?

A focus on developing a student’s confidence through experiencing guided success, as they develop their mathematical knowledge and thinking skills irrespective of curriculum level, is the key to a student being positively engaged in mathematics studies. Creating a caring, accepting, happy environment where children can thrive, is imperative to all learning

Robyn Isele

Merryl Sequeira

Chris Wright

Why is teaching maths important to you?

Aside from all the neurological and cognitive benefits that are associated with teaching and learning mathematics; it’s also fun! And that’s more than enough reason to practice it regularly.

Ryan Kinnane

Why is teaching maths important to you?

Mathematics is my go to. It's a way to relax. Mathematics (including statistics!! I love statistics) is fundamental to everything we do, so my aim in teaching is to stimulate interest in the beauty, the mystery and its application in the real world. 

Helen Yellowlees

Why is teaching maths important to you?

I teach Mathematics because it’s a superpower we can all develop and use to extend the reach of our ‘standard equipment’ for thinking.

Isaac Kigodi

Timothy Wong

Why is teaching maths important to you?

Mathematics can be fun and self propelling when you get it, rising and meeting the challenge and experiencing success however it is important to know when you are getting it wrong. It is so important to know when you are making a mistake so that you don't practice it (learnt mistakes take more effort to undo). Knowing when you make a mistake can help you decide it is time to STOP until you get the assistance you need. Try and leave enough working out and I might be able to guide you to where the error has occurred. Mathematics also is a language, just as English has grammar rules such as full stops to end the sentence and leave a space and start the new sentence with a Capital letter, so too Mathematics has a structure or rules that need to be followed.

Martin Bower

Why is teaching maths important to you?

Teaching mathematics builds students' confidence in problem-solving and reasoning, and connects numeracy to everyday life.  I love witnessing students flourish when the concept they once found challenging becomes an easier one to comprehend.  

Peta Hawkey

Why is teaching maths important to you?

Being a maths teacher is an exciting career because the more you understand the subject the more you see that it is a critical life skill. Through teaching the students to take logical steps and problem-solve, I can help my students find new ways to develop their creative and analytical abilities as well as think critically about the world around us. One of the most exciting parts of teaching Maths is that I encourage students to not be afraid of making mistakes, I work with them to support them to learn from their mistakes by identifying the logical errors in their problem-solving. Recent neurological research shows that making mistakes and learning from them grows the brain.

Anelie Byrne

Why is teaching maths important to you?

I love teaching maths because of its usefulness in various applications, industries and other subjects.                

Nathan Watts

Why is teaching maths important to you?

“We can’t see the creator, but we can see evidence of His power and glory in the creation, the basis of which is mathematics.”

Joel Thomas

Why is teaching maths important to you?

“Teaching maths to young people is a fulfilling career.”

Lu Zhang

"This awards and recognises an amazing FHS team, team-teaching students what they are ready to learn next, supported by the innovative and improving Waypoints diagnostics and interactive online Mathspace resources."

Vaughan Nikitin

Amelie Camille

Why is teaching maths important to you?

"I believe that Mathematics is a universal language which forms the heart of most aspects of our lives. Mathematics can help our students understand the world better and provides them the opportunity to learn modern world skills such as logical reasoning, critical thinking and problem solving."

Anubha Suri

Lien (Emily) Tjhung

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Lucy Birtles

Why is teaching maths important to you?

“Teaching mathematics in a way that allows every student to show real growth regardless of their starting point is important to me.”

Lauren Jackson

Why is teaching maths important to you?

"Teaching maths in a diverse, multi-modal fashion is essential as it creates opportunities for development in problem solving, critical thinking, interaction, communication and reasoning, which most importantly, builds fundamental life skills for all students"

Carmelina-Marie Cutrupi

Ali Shabbar

"Teaching Maths is important to me: During remote learning, more than ever, teaching maths has been important to maintain a certain sense of “normality” in a student’s life. Mathspace has provided the avenue allowing teachers to monitor and give feedback to the students. At CRC North Keilor, the Maths team has worked tirelessly together to deliver at each year level a curriculum which the students have embraced, attempted and completed to a standard they can be proud of."

Pat Fitzgerald

Jorja o'Brien

What do you like about learning maths?

“I like working out complex systems in Maths and see how it applies to daily life like tax and expenses”

Scott Dang

Monica Chea

Charlotte Whittaker

Kaitlyn Avila

Lyncia Bahrett	

David Cook

Stephanie Ellis

Hannah Foley

Benz Abar

Jrson Liew

"I love teaching Mathematics to students as I like to see that 'a ha' moment, that lightbulb moment students have when they understand a new concept."

Chantel Bullman

Why is teaching maths important to you?

“I’m passionate about empowering students to be masters of their own mathematical journey, so they can set lofty goals and build confidence in their own abilities. Mathematics gives students the tools to critically examine their world, work with others and stand for themselves.”

Philip Mayes

Michaella Mamhute

"I am humbled that my students would take it upon themselves to nominate me for this award. I am also proud that the broader education community might also recognise my contribution.

I have always believed that technology can have a transformative effect on learning the moment its digital affordances are allied to powerful pedagogy."

Paul Trotter

Why is teaching maths important to you?

“Teaching maths is more important than ever. It is not only vital for life skills but provides our young people with problem solving and thinking skills to make sense of the world around them and to solve the problems of the future. The maths classroom is a safe place to spark curiosity, make mistakes and be creative.”

Julie Walker

Metha Skulmanayeunyong

Graham Jackson

Kirstyn Fuller

Cath Mason

Why is teaching maths important to you?

"Teaching maths is important to me because it is truly visible in every aspect of our lives if we only look hard enough – and everybody should have access to its beauty. So often people say they are ‘so bad at maths’ or that they ‘hate maths’ because they have never engaged with it in a way that motivates them, and as a maths teacher it is my privilege to expose students to all the things maths can do and to show them that they can achieve. Besides, it’s fun!"

Hannah Mast

Tara Tregloan

Calvin Phan

Why is teaching maths important to you?

"My passion in teaching is opening up the joy and potential for students to see the real beauty in Maths. It is important to meet every student at their level and help them take the next step."

Andrew Diessel

Duane Leslie

Why is teaching maths important to you?

“I feel immensely rewarded every day when students are able to make connections in numeracy; these are skill sets and understandings that will help them for the rest of their lives - often when they do not even realise it.”

 Stefania Pulford

Hong Tay

Fiona Meager

Why is teaching maths important to you?

“Maths is a creative and collaborative learning experience. It is important because it allows students to problem solve and communicate ideas, and it can provide opportunities for students to become seekers of knowledge and understanding about the world around them.”

Mikhaela Adam

Why is teaching maths important to you?

“Mathematics explains the world we live in, understanding maths means you can understand the world better.”

Mutassem Eid

Why is teaching maths important to you?

“Problem solving can be difficult but it’s rewarding doing difficult things.”

Nelson Ha

Louie Galman

Matthew Tripodi

Ryan Nguyen

Michael Dearing

Why is teaching maths important to you?

“In my experience, mathematics is the one subject that many, many people truly believe that they simply cannot possibly learn. By showing that they can in fact learn some mathematics, not only do they learn some content, but they are compelled to view more positively their ability to learn in general.”

Andrew Trost

 Why is teaching maths important to you?

“Mathematical concepts continue to amaze me even after 30 years of teaching to many ages and stages. There is certainty in Mathematics, but also infinity. There are patterns and predictability but then also surprises. I enjoy the challenge of helping students understand. It sounds corny, but every time a light comes on, a learning moment, I feel so happy.”

Our 2019 Teacher Winners