Deborah Grossek | Principal
Glendal Primary School

Deborah has a passionate interest leadership development, having completed her post graduate studies at the University of Melbourne in educational leadership. Her keen interest in STEM, most particularly robotics, flows from her background as a science teacher earlier in her career.

As school principal for 15 years, she is proud to have led Glendal Primary School in the expansion of a small robotics program, to one whereby teachers in all year levels teach robotics and coding and the school competes successfully in international competitions.

Deborah has been a school principal for 20 years.

Appearances:

Day 2 @ 12:00

VEX Breakout Session - The Robotics Journey. Creative and innovative approaches to scaling STEM? robotics in F-12 curriculum, cocurricular competition and community

Hear from a panel of educators speak about their experience creating and implementing new robotics curriculum, commencing, and scaling cocurricular robotics, and engaging their network of schools or broader community to become involved in this exciting and rapidly growing area. Understand the ‘pain points’, resourcing needed and managing expectations for growth within your school. You will also learn about the free training, support, and resources available, and how you can join a vibrant professional learning community of enthusiastic STEM robotics educators! Bring the excitement of robotics to students in your school!

Maree Timms, Science & Maths Teacher, Galen Catholic College