President

David joined the MANSW executive in 2001. He was elected Secretary in 2002, 2003, 2004. and elected Treasurer in 2005, 2006 and 2007. He has been teaching in both the public and private sectors since 1976 and for half of those years he has been coordinating Mathematics departments. He is currently Head Teacher Mathematics at MLC Sydney. He has conducted educational research for AAMT, DET, AIS, and UWS . Lately his research has focused on the relatively radical idea of teaching middle school algebra using spreadsheets. This idea is catching on. He has presented this idea at workshop sessions for conferences run by AAMT, MANSW, and at school-based professional development days with an IT theme. If you can't contact David, it is probably because he is sailing or motorcycling.

Vice-President

Holly was elected as Vice President of MANSW in October 2007. A former MANSW President (2006 – 2007), she was first elected to the executive as an additional member in 2001 and was a member of the 2001 conference committee, particularly looking after the technology requirements for the conference in Leura. Since then Holly has also held the position of Convenor for the MANSW Annual Conferences held in Manly (2002), Brighton (2003), Mudgee (2004) and Wollongong (2005). She has assisted MANSW in designing the new website, in writing solutions for the HSC books and General Mathematics practice papers and currently represents MANSW on the Stage 6 Mathematics BCC. Holly has also previously been involved in a range of other mathematical activities, such as the AIS Professional Development Committee, the AAMT ANU National Mathematics Summer School and has written resources for the K-10 Mathematics syllabus. Holly is the Director of Curriculum at SCEGGS, Darlinghurst.

Secretary

Karen was elected to the MANSW Executive again at the 2006 AGM, this time in the position of Secretary.

Treasurer

Mary was elected to the MANSW Executive again at the 2007 AGM, this time in the position of Treasurer.

Mary is a senior lecturer at the University of Technology, Sydney, where she has been a member of the Department of Mathematical Sciences since 1990. Before that she was a high school teacher of mathematics and a lecturer in mathematics education. She was a member of the MANSW Executive Committee 1982 - 1992 in various roles, and was made a Life Member of MANSW in 1996. Mary has presented teaching ideas at many MANSW conferences. Her research interests include both the practical (how to integrate new computer tools into mathematics learning and teaching?) and the theoretical (what are the most productive links between theories of learning, psychology, and sociology?). Her current passion is finding, or maybe building, the bridges between those practical and theoretical issues. This continues the work conducted for her Ph D, which was awarded in 2004 by the University of Wollongong.

Manager Primary Program

Diane has been a member of the PAM Committee since 1991, holding the positions of Newsletter Editor and Committee Secretary from 1997 to 2005. Diane also served as MANSW Secretary in 1995-96. As Manager of the Primary Program, Diane coordinates teacher professional learning activities, drawing upon the wide range of expertise of members of the PAM Committee for workshop and keynote presentations. Diane is a Mathematics K-6 Consultant in the South Western Sydney Region of the NSW Department of Education and Training.

Manager, Student Services

Sue has been the manager of student services for several terms. Previously she filled the role of Secondary Program Manager. Sue started her teaching career at Woolooware High School then Kirrawee High School. She was Mathematics co-ordinator at De La Salle College Cronulla in the 1990s, then Head of Mathematics and Director of Teaching and Learning at Hunter Valley Grammar School.

Since 2004 Sue has worked as a private consultant and author, providing professional development to schools and groups in a variety of areas. Sue’s main professional interest is quality teaching and learning together with teaching activities that bring the real world into classroom.

Glenn Langford was first elected to the MANSW Executive at the 2006 AGM, and was re-elected at the 2007 AGM in the position of Secondary Publications Manager. He is proud to have been a member of MANSW since his university days and looks forward to continued service to the Mathematics teaching community.

Glenn has taught at Cambridge Park, Riverside Girls, Beverly Hills Girls and Elderslie High Schools, the latter three as Head Teacher Mathematics. He feels fortunate to have had a wealth of experience working on projects for a large number of anagrammable organizations –NSWDET, DEST, AAMT, OBOS, NSWIT, SMH, AGQTP, and PTC. He even knows what they all stand for.

Glenn’s recent activities include teaching Mathematics education part-time at UWS Penrith and co-writing the middle-school Mathematics curriculum for Abu Dhabi.

Conference Convener

Scott was first elected to the MANSW Executive at the 2005 AGM. He has worked at Shore, MLC School, Sydney and is currently the Head of Mathematics at SCEGGS Darlinghurst.

Manager, Secondary Program

Sharon’s teaching experiences have been in a range of government and private high schools. She was Head Teacher Mathematics at Bradfield College for 4 years, before accepting a contract teaching in Brunei. Sharon has also lectured part-time in Mathematics Teacher Education at the University of Sydney since 1987.

Being an active member of MANSW since 1989, Sharon began the HSC Lectures in the early 90’s and assisted with developing sponsorship and marketing opportunities for the annual conferences.

Sharon is presently writing mathematics, numeracy and financial literacy content for websites, and is also involved in researching technology in Mathematics teaching and learning.

Executive Member

Nikky was first elected to the MANSW Executive at the 2005 AGM. She was re-elected to the position of Manager, Secondary Publications at the 2006 AGM. Nikky has taught at Pennant Hills High School and is currently the Head Teacher of Mathematics at North Sydney Girls' High School.

PTC Councillor

Judy was MANSW President from 2004 – 2005, and is currently the AAMT and PTC Liaison representative to the Executive. She is the President of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) 2008/9 and has been a Board Member of PTC since 2006. As a member of MANSW since 1990, Judy has taken an active role as a member of the Executive and Editor of Reflections. She regularly presents at MANSW inservice courses and the annual conferences.

Judy is a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education at the University of Sydney having worked in mathematics education as a secondary teacher and university lecturer for the past 30 years. During that time she has actively contributed to the professional development of primary and secondary school teachers. She led the writing team that developed the mathematics syllabuses for K-6 and Years 7-10 in NSW. As evidence of her commitment to learners and teachers of mathematics, she is academic partner to DET and CEO on a range of AGQTP and research projects.

Professional Officer

In her early years of teaching Bernice worked in a range of schools in the public and private sector in NSW, Tasmania and Fiji, teaching Physics and Mathematics. In later years she taught Mathematics at Ravenswood School for Girls where she was also Professional Development Co-ordinator.

Over the past ten years Bernice has been involved with post-graduate study at UNSW, gaining a Masters of Educational Administration and now working on research for a Doctor of Education. Her studies have focused on the provision of and facilitation of teacher professional development and its role in ensuring quality teaching and learning.

Bernice came to MANSW as Professional Officer in January 2000. Bernice's role as Professional Officer for MANSW is diverse; involving co-ordination of the activities of the MANSW Office, presentation of inservices, assistance to teachers' through telephone and e-mail enquiries, representation of MANSW's views in submissions to the Board of Studies, representation of MANSW on the Quality Teacher Project Stage 6 Mathematics Reference Group and assistance to the MANSW Executive.