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Today, I am speaking with Terri Quinn, now Terri is the program manager for the Technologies Teacher Pathway Program. Today she will share a bit about the program and how she is taking steps to help fix the teacher shortage we have in this state Rosie. If you are a HOD looking for staff or a teacher wanting to move across into our field, this is a worthwhile listen. I hope you enjoy this chat, I sure did.

Thanks Terri, for the chat!

"This is the place where we dissect and then discover the many ways ITD teachers all over this country are using their passion to create passionate students. We talk of measuring and manipulating a multitude of materials of design and divergent thought, of creation with our minds and with our hands. And most of all, we talk of growing great young people because of course that is what we do."

So what does that mean other than I like to show off my alliteration skills? Since coming back to teaching a few years ago the thing that strikes me most, and frankly scared me most is how lonely this job is. How little we know about what is happening in our subject area. The classroom next door, a class in the next school, let alone the next town are a mystery to me. I know there are teachers out there doing incredible things and this (the podcast) is a way for me to find out and be inspired. I would like to invite you along to listen and learn, to be inspired by some of the sensational teachers I speak to on the "Bridge Building Podcast – from technology to the trades"

Stephen Anderson is a Design Technology, Trade Training and accidental Science teacher at a small high school 2 hours North West of Brisbane.

If you know someone who is doing something spectacular or just great fun in design and tech or in trade training, I would love to know about them.

Contact me through my email [email protected]

Viola Pink

My favourite busker from the Nanango markets.

To keep this podcast going, I need your help.Today, I am speaking with John Joyce, now John Heads up the Queensland Pedal Prix Super Series. Today, we will be chatting about the 2022 series and all of the great things that are ahead for the competition. It is nearly two years since the kids at my school have had a chance to race and I just can't wait for next year. I hope you enjoy this chat, I sure did.

Thanks to John, for all he does for the competition!

"This is the place where we dissect and then discover the many ways ITD teachers all over this country are using their passion to create passionate students. We talk of measuring and manipulating a multitude of materials of design and divergent thought, of creation with our minds and with our hands. And most of all, we talk of growing great young people because of course that is what we do."

So what does that mean other than I like to show off my alliteration skills? Since coming back to teaching a few years ago the thing that strikes me most, and frankly scared me most is how lonely this job is. How little we know about what is happening in our subject area. The classroom next door, a class in the next school, let alone the next town are a mystery to me. I know there are teachers out there doing incredible things and this (the podcast) is a way for me to find out and be inspired. I would like to invite you along to listen and learn, to be inspired by some of the sensational teachers I speak to on the "Bridge Building Podcast – from technology to the trades"

Stephen Anderson is a Design Technology, Trade Training and accidental Science teacher at a small high school 2 hours North West of Brisbane.

If you know someone who is doing something spectacular or just great fun in design and tech or in trade training, I would love to know about them.

Contact me through my email [email protected]

Viola Pink

My favourite busker from the Nanango markets.

Today, I am speaking with Jodi Perkins, a teacher from a little town called Wandoen in the south west. Now I met Jodi earlier in the year and was delighted to hear what she is doing. Virtually every other teacher that I have spoken to about design and tech in primary school has said that it is simply to hard. Now that is not the case here. I hope you enjoy this chat, I sure did.

Thanks to John, thanks Jodi for the chat!

"This is the place where we dissect and then discover the many ways ITD teachers all over this country are using their passion to create passionate students. We talk of measuring and manipulating a multitude of materials of design and divergent thought, of creation with our minds and with our hands. And most of all, we talk of growing great young people because of course that is what we do."

So what does that mean other than I like to show off my alliteration skills? Since coming back to teaching a few years ago the thing that strikes me most, and frankly scared me most is how lonely this job is. How little we know about what is happening in our subject area. The classroom next door, a class in the next school, let alone the next town are a mystery to me. I know there are teachers out there doing incredible things and this (the podcast) is a way for me to find out and be inspired. I would like to invite you along to listen and learn, to be inspired by some of the sensational teachers I speak to on the "Bridge Building Podcast – from technology to the trades"

Stephen Anderson is a Design Technology, Trade Training and accidental Science teacher at a small high school 2 hours North West of Brisbane.

To keep this podcast going, I need your help.

If you know someone who is doing something spectacular or just great fun in design and tech or in trade training, I would love to know about them.

Contact me through my email [email protected]

Viola Pink

My favourite busker from the Nanango markets.

Today, I am speaking with John Barnes and Matt Davis from Shailer Park State high and the way they run their vocational programs is just brilliant. With six separate pathways heading for quite specific vocations. The kids are trained well and the local community and industry is loving it. I hope you can take something away from this chat, I sure did.

Thanks to John and Matt for the chat!

"This is the place where we dissect and then discover the many ways ITD teachers all over this country are using their passion to create passionate students. We talk of measuring and manipulating a multitude of materials of design and divergent thought, of creation with our minds and with our hands. And most of all, we talk of growing great young people because of course that is what we do."

So what does that mean other than I like to show off my alliteration skills? Since coming back to teaching a few years ago the thing that strikes me most, and frankly scared me most is how lonely this job is. How little we know about what is happening in our subject area. The classroom next door, a class in the next school, let alone the next town are a mystery to me. I know there are teachers out there doing incredible things and this (the podcast) is a way for me to find out and be inspired. I would like to invite you along to listen and learn, to be inspired by some of the sensational teachers I speak to on the "Bridge Building Podcast – from technology to the trades"

Stephen Anderson is a Design Technology, Trade Training and accidental Science teacher at a small high school 2 hours North West of Brisbane.

To keep this podcast going, I need your help.

If you know someone who is doing something spectacular or just great fun in design and tech or in trade training, I would love to know about them.

Contact me through my email [email protected]

Viola Pink

My favourite busker from the Nanango markets.

Today, I am speaking with ITD course organiser from the only university in Queensland to offer Design and Technology as a component of their bachelor of Secondary Education. Brad Connolly has some exciting news if you know, like I do, a Tradie that would like to teach, but can't because four years to complete a degree is just way too much time away from a pay packet. I hope you find this as exciting as I did.

Thanks to Brad for the chat!

Professional Development: https://www.cqu.edu.au/courses/diploma-of-secondary-school-teaching Bachelor: https://www.cqu.edu.au/courses/bachelor-of-education-secondary

"This is the place where we dissect and then discover the many ways ITD teachers all over this country are using their passion to create passionate students. We talk of measuring and manipulating a multitude of materials of design and divergent thought, of creation with our minds and with our hands. And most of all, we talk of growing great young people because of course that is what we do."

So what does that mean other than I like to show off my alliteration skills? Since coming back to teaching a few years ago the thing that strikes me most, and frankly scared me most is how lonely this job is. How little we know about what is happening in our subject area. The classroom next door, a class in the next school, let alone the next town are a mystery to me. I know there are teachers out there doing incredible things and this (the podcast) is a way for me to find out and be inspired. I would like to invite you along to listen and learn, to be inspired by some of the sensational teachers I speak to on the "Bridge Building Podcast – from technology to the trades"

Stephen Anderson is a Design Technology, Trade Training and accidental Science teacher at a small high school 2 hours North West of Brisbane.

To keep this podcast going, I need your help.

If you know someone who is doing something spectacular or just great fun in design and tech or in trade training, I would love to know about them.

Contact me through my email [email protected]

Viola Pink

My favourite busker from the Nanango markets.

Today, I am speaking with Design and Technology teacher of teachers, Steven Somerfield from New South Wales. When it comes to design this teacher puts his money and several years of his time where his mouth is. He saw a need to make one of the tools we use in design safer and easier to use. We had a great time and I hope you enjoy my conversation with this inspirational teacher from New South Wales.

Thanks to Steven for the chat!

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Email: [email protected]

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"This is the place where we dissect and then discover the many ways ITD teachers all over this country are using their passion to create passionate students. We talk of measuring and manipulating a multitude of materials of design and divergent thought, of creation with our minds and with our hands. And most of all, we talk of growing great young people because of course that is what we do."

So what does that mean other than I like to show off my alliteration skills? Since coming back to teaching a few years ago the thing that strikes me most, and frankly scared me most is how lonely this job is. How little we know about what is happening in our subject area. The classroom next door, a class in the next school, let alone the next town are a mystery to me. I know there are teachers out there doing incredible things and this (the podcast) is a way for me to find out and be inspired. I would like to invite you along to listen and learn, to be inspired by some of the sensational teachers I speak to on the "Bridge Building Podcast – from technology to the trades"

Stephen Anderson is a Design Technology, Trade Training and accidental Science teacher at a small high school 2 hours North West of Brisbane.

To keep this podcast going, I need your help.

If you know someone who is doing something spectacular or just great fun in design and tech or in trade training, I would love to know about them.

Contact me through my email [email protected]

Viola Pink

My favourite busker from the Nanango markets.

Today, I am speaking with DATTA Australia's Teacher of the year. We talk of problem solving, checking cattle feed and simply stunning stem days. We had a great time and I hope you enjoy my conversation with this inspirational teacher from Western Australia.

Thanks to Simon for the chat!

"This is the place where we dissect and then discover the many ways ITD teachers all over this country are using their passion to create passionate students. We talk of measuring and manipulating a multitude of materials of design and divergent thought, of creation with our minds and with our hands. And most of all, we talk of growing great young people because of course that is what we do."

So what does that mean other than I like to show off my alliteration skills? Since coming back to teaching a few years ago the thing that strikes me most, and frankly scared me most is how lonely this job is. How little we know about what is happening in our subject area. The classroom next door, a class in the next school, let alone the next town are a mystery to me. I know there are teachers out there doing incredible things and this (the podcast) is a way for me to find out and be inspired. I would like to invite you along to listen and learn, to be inspired by some of the sensational teachers I speak to on the "Bridge Building Podcast – from technology to the trades"

Stephen Anderson is a Design Technology, Trade Training and accidental Science teacher at a small high school 2 hours North West of Brisbane.

To keep this podcast going, I need your help.

If you know someone who is doing something spectacular or just great fun in design and tech or in trade training, I would love to know about them.

Contact me through my email [email protected]

Viola Pink

My favourite busker from the Nanango markets.

Today, I am speaking with Monique Dalli. This is the second half of our chat from earlier in the year and we take a deep dive as problem solvers into some of the problems we have in our subject area. We are talking the lack of training, mentors and growing DT teachers. In Monique's words we need to take narrow and sharp focus to use our problem-solving skills in the turbulent times ahead.

We are in safe hands with this inspirational teacher at the helm of DATTA Australia.

Thanks to Monique for the chat!

"This is the place where we dissect and then discover the many ways ITD teachers all over this country are using their passion to create passionate students. We talk of measuring and manipulating a multitude of materials of design and divergent thought, of creation with our minds and with our hands. And most of all, we talk of growing great young people because of course that is what we do."

So what does that mean other than I like to show off my alliteration skills? Since coming back to teaching a few years ago the thing that strikes me most, and frankly scared me most is how lonely this job is. How little we know about what is happening in our subject area. The classroom next door, a class in the next school, let alone the next town are a mystery to me. I know there are teachers out there doing incredible things and this (the podcast) is a way for me to find out and be inspired. I would like to invite you along to listen and learn, to be inspired by some of the sensational teachers I speak to on the "Bridge Building Podcast – from technology to the trades"

Stephen Anderson is a Design Technology, Trade Training and accidental Science teacher at a small high school 2 hours North West of Brisbane.

To keep this podcast going, I need your help.

If you know someone who is doing something spectacular or just great fun in design and tech or in trade training, I would love to know about them.

Contact me through my email [email protected]

Viola Pink

My favourite busker from the Nanango markets.

Today I am speaking with MJ Raatz. MJ is the Head of department for Digital technologies and Business at Forest Lake High and when I heard about some of the things he is doing, I just had to have a chat. He really is an innovative teacher and today I am drilling him about FPV drone flight and how he is adding using it in his year 10 classes. I hope you enjoy this chat.

What an inspiring teacher MJ is.

Thanks to MJ for the chat!

"This is the place where we dissect and then discover the many ways ITD teachers all over this country are using their passion to create passionate students. We talk of measuring and manipulating a multitude of materials of design and divergent thought, of creation with our minds and with our hands. And most of all, we talk of growing great young people because of course that is what we do."

So what does that mean other than I like to show off my alliteration skills? Since coming back to teaching a few years ago the thing that strikes me most, and frankly scared me most is how lonely this job is. How little we know about what is happening in our subject area. The classroom next door, a class in the next school, let alone the next town are a mystery to me. I know there are teachers out there doing incredible things and this (the podcast) is a way for me to find out and be inspired. I would like to invite you along to listen and learn, to be inspired by some of the sensational teachers I speak to on the "Bridge Building Podcast – from technology to the trades"

Stephen Anderson is a Design Technology, Trade Training and accidental Science teacher at a small high school 2 hours North West of Brisbane.

To keep this podcast going, I need your help.

If you know someone who is doing something spectacular or just great fun in design and tech or in trade training, I would love to know about them.

Contact me through my email [email protected]

Viola Pink

My favourite busker from the Nanango markets.