Premier’s Teacher Scholarship Reports

Volume 11

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NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarships

The NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarships were introduced in 1999. In their first year five American History Scholarships were offered. In 2014, thanks to the generous support of our corporate partners, 22 scholarships across 12program areas are offered to all teachers in NSW government and non-government schools and TAFE NSW Institutes. The scholarships are designed to enhance and enrich the learning experiences of students in the classroom

whilst presenting a unique opportunity for teachers to develop skills and knowledge in their chosen field of expertise. Since 1999, over 370 teachers across NSW have received NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarships.

Table of contents

Premier's Adobe Information and Communication Technologies Scholarship

Identifying strategies for engaging and maintaining engagement
of high school distance education students through e-learning technologies......

Daniel Rattigan, Sydney Distance Education High School, Woolloomooloo

Premier's Anika Foundation Youth Depression Awareness Scholarship

Developing Resilience and Preventing Youth Depression with Restorative Practices......

Samantha Kourakis, SCECGS Redlands

Premier's COFA Visual Arts Scholarship

Exhibition as Learning Site: Repositioning the Conceptual Framework Agencies
in relation to Contemporary Art......

Hannah Chapman, Newington College

Premier's Commonwealth Bank Vocational Education in SchoolsTeacher Scholarship

The role of workplace learning in enterprise education......

Cheryl Burling,Albion Park High School

Premier’s Copyright Agency Creativity and Innovation Scholarship

Digital collaborations for sustainability: Innovative and practical models
of practice utilising virtual collaboration......

Patrick Spiers, Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre, East Ryde, Sydney

Premier's Deloitte Leadership Scholarship

Exploration of embedded professional learning models to promote critical
and creative thinking in students......

Maura Manning, Director of Teaching and Learning, Pymble Ladies’ College

Premier’s English Scholarship

Language and Poetry History......

Fiona Pollock, Carlingford High School

Premier's Essential Energy Indigenous Education Scholarship

Recognising Engaging Understanding......

Julie Myers,Alexandria Park Community School

Premier's First State Super Financial Literacy Scholarship

Financial Literacy / Global Crisis......

Kirsty Anne Barnett, Byron Bay High School

Premier's HTA History Scholarship

Using ICT to Facilitate the Teaching and Learning of Overviews
in Stages 4 & 5 History......

Anne Gripton, Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College

Premier's Kingold Chinese Language Teacher Scholarship

Chinese language and culture - a path for the future......

Pamela Burns, Hunter School of the Performing Arts, Broadmeadow, NSW

Premier’s Macquarie Capital Business Studies and Economics Scholarship

From Cherry to Cup: Operations Case Studies in the Coffee Industry......

Cheryl Brennan, Illawarra Christian School

Premier’s Macquarie Capital Science Scholarship

Engaging students in Science: Current approaches in the United States of America......

Julie Fryer, Redlands, Cremorne / Mackillop Catholic College, Warnervale

Premier's NAB Agriculture Scholarship

Farming for the 21st century......

Nicolet Westerhof, Elizabeth Macarthur High School

Premier’s Sport and Tourism Youth Foundation Special Education Scholarship

Professional Development of Collaborative Strategic Reading......

Olivia Rothwell, Wiley Park Girls High School

Curriculum access for students with disabilities......

Rebecca Gibbs,Mater Dei School, Camden

Premier's TAFE Scholarship

Vocational Education Provider & Business Partnerships: a wicked problem......

Daniel Winson, TAFE NSW Riverina Institute

Premier's Teachers Mutual Bank Mathematics Scholarship

Engaging students for learning: How Project Based Learning transforms the teaching
and learning environment......

Mark Liddell, Northern Beaches Christian School

Premier's University of Wollongong Early Childhood Scholarship

Strategies to engage Aboriginal children, schools, families and communities
in areas of Canada and Australia, with a focus on school readiness programs......

Rebecca Langdon, Muswellbrook South Public School

Premier's Xstrata Coal Aboriginal Engagementin Education and Training Scholarship

An Identity-Centred Approach to Educational Reform in the 21st Century......

Brad Laurie, Emmaville Central School

Premier's Xstrata Coal Rural and Remote Education Scholarships

Teacher Librarian 2.0: Implementing Digital Literacy across the Curriculum......

Catherine Graham-Smith, St John’s College Woodlawn

The importance of sustaining an agricultural connection within schools
and local communities......

Craig Bourne, Singleton High School

Preschool’s Out for Kids in the Bush: Exploring access to early childhood services
in rural and remote NSW and WA......

Jeannie Clague, CareWest Ltd Orange
(West Bathurst Preschool Inc.Bathurst NSW)

Technology and pedagogy: levelling the playing field......

Tim Gorrod, NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre