Transcript summary up-to-date PSTA award ceremony Jan 2013

Welcome
As an award winner
you are now a fellow
of the AZSTT Primary
Science Teacher
College.
Who are we?
What do we do?
What’s in it for you?
In 2010 the AZSTT established the Primary Science
Teacher College. This virtual College drew together
past winners of the AZSTT Primary Science Teacher
Award and all new winners are automatically fellows
of this College.
The College has its own annual conference, web
area and most importantly its own funding. The Trust
invests a large sum of money every year to allow
these excellent teachers to develop new projects,
undertake professional development and to
disseminate best practice from their own teaching
and that from the Trust funded work.
Evolve
The college continues to grow and develop
as new members join. A new strategy has
been developed to lead the college
forwards, ensuring that our passion is
shared and our collaborative excellence
continues to supports other colleagues.
Changing lives
Find out how lives have
changed for some of our
past winners.
Hi, I’m Caroline
Palmer
Since winning the
AZSTT prize way
back in 2003 I have
been really active
in Primary Science
I worked for 5 years as a
Primary Science AST in
Bournemouth providing
Science CPD and outreach
in other schools.
The AZSTT College is
really supportive and
links me with other
Primary Science
educationalists.
Now I am an
Independent Primary
Science Consultant in
Dorset, passing on my
skills and enthusiasm to
Primary teachers.
INSPIRING
.
Hi, I’m
Deborah
Myers
I delivered Spooky
Science activities to
crowds in Durham –
we had over 5 and a
half thousand visitors.
From my perspective as a
Lecturer and PDL at SLC
North East it’s all about
credibility in the classroom.
The photographs show me
with the children during my
Rolls-Royce Science Project a
week after the award.
CHALLENGING
Hello,
I'm Sue Martin
In terms of how life has changed,
that's a tricky one - there still aren't
enough hours in the week!
I have met a lot of wonderful, inspiring people
this year and am really excited about future
project possibilities!
I feel really supported by the College
and its members and proud to be part of it!
NURTURING
Hi, I'm Sarah.
Sorry for the lack of photographs
but my life has certainly changed...
I'm on maternity leave!
I was able to apply for AST status
and have been able to support
other schools.
PSQM not only demonstrated
.
my abilities
but also placed a spotlight on the
school as a whole.
Basically winning opened so
many doors for me.
The money enabled school
to take part on PSQM
and update our resources.
Financially for me,
the award money
helped to pay for part of my
wedding!
Overall, it's great to have some sort of
reflection and recognition for excellent
teachers, that at the moment,
where teacher baiting seems to be fashion,
is sorely needed.
REFRESHING
Hello,
I'm Kathy Schofield,
My highlight was running the first
National SLC course Rising to the Challenge.
Then being asked to deliver a Keynote speech
at the Primary Conference
and of course, being Chair of the
ASE Primary Committee.
Being a role model
Hi, I'm Lisa Woods
After working as an enthusiastic science coordinator for several years,
I was nominated for a Primary Science Teacher of the Year Award in 2007.
It was a huge honour and achievement for me to win this and it has had a
massive impact on my teaching career since.
The recognition of the work I had done, inspired me to take the next steps
in my journey as a teacher and I became a primary science advanced skills
teacher in 2008. This was a fantastic opportunity for me, as it allowed me
to work in a number of different schools to help teachers and pupils engage
with science in a more purposeful and enjoyable context. As a direct result
of my work doing this, I was selected by the Fuchs Foundation to take part
in a 6 week expedition to Antarctica. The aim of which was to create
teaching resources and carry out an educational science project that would
help to inspire a generation children. With the help of Ricky the puppet,
Millgate House, AZSTT and the ASE, I managed to successfully carry out a
nationwide blogging project that provided hundreds of children the
opportunity to engage scientifically with my adventure
Since that time, I have become part of
The College and, although on a
lesser scale, I have received funding
which has meant that I have been able
to carry out small scale science
projects in my school. These have
helped to raise the profile of science,
provide high quality CPD for the staff I
work with and improve children’s
standards in science.
Being a member of the college now is an
amazing privilege as it means I have the
opportunity to directly impact and help shape
the face of science education. By being part
of a network of other educators who are
similarly passionate about teaching and
learning in science, we are able to spread the
word and lay down strong foundations for
future scientists.
Hi, I'm Lesley Hunter
When you have been quietly teaching science for a few decades you do not
expect your career to suddenly take off and present you with the
unthought-of opportunities which have come my way this year.
Starting with the award ceremony at the ASE conference in Liverpool, where
we were treated as celebrities, it has been an amazing year.
Admittedly, I didn’t really enjoy the photographs (think rabbit in car headlights)
or the radio interviews (especially a telephone one in my local leisure centre
which took place while I supervised an athletics session!) But they have
helped highlight science, its importance in the primary curriculum and our wee
school to a wider audience. Thanks to AZSTT I have met and been able to
work and share ideas with some brilliant, like-minded people, attend
inspirational talks and come to realise that I can have some useful input into
how science is delivered in my part of the UK.
I have had the opportunity to deliver workshops, work with and help groups of
teachers, attend meetings with the main people in education and next month I
will be talking to our Minister for Education and AZSTT tells me that this is just
the start!!! Watch this space.
Motivating
Supporting
Hello,
I'm Kate Ardron
Since winning the award in 2010 life
has changed enormously.
I thought I had a rich and full career
before, but it has been a
wonderful journey since.
Funding for my role as AST in
North Tyneside was secured and
this continues to
enable me to raise the profile of
Primary Science
I now deliver science on the
PGCE
and SCITT Programmes and can
motivate and excite our
teachers of the future.
My work as an AST
has enabled me to support
teachers
and children in over
30 schools.
I am asked to speak at
workshops
and conferences regionally
and nationally
Since the award I have
also
been appointed as
SLE for
a Teaching Alliance.
I was successful at achieving
PSQM Gold award
for the school.
I am now a Deputy Head Teacher
as
well as continuing with my roles
as AST and SLE.
I have written for
Primary Science
Magazine.
I feel supported
by the College,
they believe in me.
I've lots of lovely friends.
WOWING
Hello,
I'm Peter Sainsbury
The AZSTT Primary Award has had such a significant impact
upon me as a teacher, the school in which I work and my local area through
our cluster of schools.
The generous financial aspect of the award had an immediate impact,
of course, but the award itself also added to the buzz that Science
gives the school in a very exciting way.
It has given us such a boost.
A unique aspect of this award is that
is also leads to on-going impact; the
continued interest,
encouragement
and,
indeed,
challenge that the Trustees and
College give to its members has
meant that each of us has the
potential of sustained impact.
Winterbourne Earls Primary School
and the East Salisbury Cluster have
been able to tap into
so many new resources and
network
with
numerous
organisations that we may not have
been aware of or able to link with!
Primary Science is at the heart of the Trust and College - in changing times
{that are often exciting but always challenging} we are a powerful advocate for
Science in the Primary Sector.
This advocate has a long term interest and so the potential is great.
On a personal level, the Primary Science Award has had a huge effect on my
teaching and work in schools. It has been such a positive event – you could say
changing my career direction and focus in many ways; its got a lot to answer
for! Very interesting, exciting and somewhat scary!
Collaborating
Dear Readers
I have been teaching 36 years. I have enjoyed every second of being a
Primary school teacher. It gives rewards like no other job and I have never
had time to even clock watch.
I have turned up everyday and done my very best for the children I teach
and that is the same for every other teacher I have ever met in my 36
years. Teachers know that their work counts so they all give their best ever
second of the day.
But sometimes you are one of the lucky teachers who get picked to
celebrate the hard work all teachers do. That was me last year, two equally
wonderful teachers at my school nominated me for the science teacher of
the year award.
First was the awe that I had been put forward, and then there was the
panic that I had been short listed, and then there was the observation.
However the children shine and give their very best because they care that
you win.
Finally there is the wait before the phone call…
…I still remember that phone call as if it were yesterday, I was so over the
moon I had won, and so was every other member of our school.
I had so many congratulation cards, somehow even teachers I had taught with
in Wolverhampton in the 70s found out and wrote to me. It was truly magic
and very humbling.
This award has meant so much to me and my family; it is very hard to put it
into words…
But it is so wonderful that after a life time of teaching I was lucky and fortunate
to be picked to go up on a stage and be thanked and acknowledged for the
work I had done over the years. I am so truly grateful to the sponsors for the
whole wonderful experience.
Where next… the story continues for me as I am now part of a college of
“Science teachers” who are just wonderful inspiring teachers who seem to
know so much about Primary teaching and I can pick their brains any time. This
summer a science team from Bristol University will be running a workshop for
local schools in our area raising the profile of Primary science. I have been
shown some wonderful primary science trails which I hope to develop in the
locality for our children.
Finally I have also made some wonderful new friends which utterly inspire me
every time we meet together…
So thank you for choosing me!