Out of 50,000 candidates, two staff members from Lumen Christi College have been awarded 2019 NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarships for their valuable contribution to the teaching profession.  

Assistant Principal of Lumen Christi College Shane Giles received the Premier’s Curriculum Transition Scholarship, which will allow Shane to investigate the global effects of pedagogy and delivery on student achievement.

Shane will be using his Scholarship to travel to the US, Canada, UK and Singapore to examine different school models, innovative programming, lesson delivery and integrations in the form of Project Based Learning.

“I want to see how regional schools develop a locally contextualised education, but also makes links globally through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs),” he said.

Kelly Evans was the recipient of the Premier’s Copyright Agency Creativity across the Curriculum Scholarship and aims to develop the Technologies curriculum.

Kelly plans to gain valuable insight into traditional textile skills in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam before venturing to the UK and Europe to examine textile innovation to incorporate into STEM teaching.