Darren Avery | Stem.T4L Learning Leader
NSW Department of Education

Darren Avery is a passionate, innovative distinguished digital educator who connects with his students via hybrid models of learning. As a former teacher from Gymea Bay PS, an Apple Distinguished school, Darren has worked closely with students from different learning experiences and backgrounds and enriched their learning experience so they can reach their full learning potential.
Darren was brought in as part of a small team in response to the COVID-19 lockdowns to support Remote Learning from Home. He built and delivered a series of professional learning workshops to more than 65,000 public school teachers on how to use digital technologies as they pivoted from face-to-face teaching in the classroom to remote learning.
Since this time, Darren has been a part of the COVID Intensive Learning Support Program working with students across NSW to ensure all students can reach their full learning potential.

Appearances:

Day 2 @ 12:30

AWS & Intel Breakout Session -Intel in partnership with AWS & NSW Department of Education Panel: Empowering student learning outcomes through hybrid and remote learning models across NSW

Sally Webster, Head of K-12 Schools Industry, ANZO from AWS will lead a panel discussion with the highly regarded team from NSW DoE led by Michelle Michael, Director, Educational Support, Rural Initiatives and COVID 19 NSW Taskforce, Learning from Home Regional & Rural Distance Education ,and Digital Learning {please insert latest Director title] along with Alex Laurence [Insert title] and Darren Avery [Insert title] to learn more about how the team have overcome some of the hurdles and have supported students to reach their full learning potential.

Michelle Michael, Director, Learning Design and Development Directorate, NSW Department of Education