Welcome to our new Visiting Teaching Fellow, Derek Stokes

The School welcomes our new Visiting Teaching Fellow (VTF), Derek Stokes.

Derek launched his teaching career with a three-year position at Hay War Memorial High School, located in a small town in the western Riverina region of south western NSW. He then spent seven years at Baulkham Hills High School, and for the past five years has been teaching at Sydney Girls High School.

Derek found the VTF opportunity impossible to resist. "I have been teaching in NSW schools for 15 years, and engaging with students at the next level up is the sort of professional development and challenge rarely available", he said.

The aim of the VTF position is to provide a two-way opportunity for experienced school teachers to spend a year with us, undertaking tutoring in First Year Mathematics. The School of Mathematics and Statistics benefits from having an experienced teacher among us to impart advice on teaching issues, and we also get the opportunity to understand the knowledge base that secondary students have in mathematics. The VTF has the opportunity to consolidate and extend their knowledge of mathematics, which often proves an invaluable asset in their professional development.

We warmly welcome Derek, and hope that he finds his year with us fulfilling and stimulating.

For more information about our VTF program, please see the Visiting Teaching Fellows webpage.

(Image: Derek Stokes)