Michele Pikunic | STEM Teacher
Worongary State School

Classroom teacher and current STEM Teacher from Worongary State School. Presented workshops and training to whole staff and year level teams, as well as to colleagues outside of her school community.
Advocate for age-appropriate pedagogy, digital technologies, robotics, and STEM education.
Currently studying part-time and in her final year of studies to achieve her Master of Education (majoring in STEM Education) at QUT.

Michele is a facilitator for the Primary Science & STEM Teachers (PSST) Network (South East Region, Queensland) and works in partnership with her Regional STEM Officer, Griffith University Gold Coast, and other schools in the South-East Region.
Michele is also an active member of the VEX Professional Learning Community and loves being able to collaborate and share with educators worldwide and build own capability in teaching CS as well as classroom and competitive robotics.

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