About / Team

Our Team

At John Monash Science School (JMSS), we deliver our curriculum via a team teaching paradigm that places two teachers with 50 students in most situations. JMSS is a facility with multiple open learning spaces and this paradigm has many advantages over traditional teaching pedagogies.

Team Teaching.

All curriculum delivered at JMSS aligns with the Australian Curriculum (AusVELs) and VCE.

Team teaching is preferred at JMSS because it:

  • Stems from improved lesson planning and preparation;
  • Allows for greater consistency in curriculum delivery between team-taught classes;
  • Fosters a sense of collaboration and teamwork between staff;
  • Allows for greater opportunities, flexibility in teaching strategies and the ability to more effectively differentiate learning in class;
  • Exposes students to a wider range of perspectives as both teachers bring their own experiences to the class;
  • Accelerates professional growth for inexperienced and graduate teachers;
  • Enables students to develop important 21st century skills in collaboration, teamwork, compromise, creativity and problem-solving;
  • Allows for more activity-based discovery learning, project-based learning and genuine team-based inquiry which are all important in developing STEM knowledge and skills.

All JMSS curriculum is accessible anywhere and anytime online to allow for seamless transitions between home and school.

Staff Directory

Principal

Peter Corkill

Assistant Principals

Andrew Chisholm (Curriculum, Pedagogy and Operations)

Jeremy Mackinnon (Student Empowerment and Achievement)

Business Manager

Corey Goodes

Registrar & Projects Manager

Martine St Leon

Department Heads

Head of Science – Melanie Denney

Head of Mathematics – Rowen May

Head of English  – Louise Bourke

Head of Humanities – Chris Mann

Head of Digital Technologies – David Albrecht

Head of Learning Implementation – Alex Gavrilescu

Head of Student Transitions – Mal Anderson

Head of Professional Learning – Rowen May

Head of Sport – Sarah Adolph

Head of Music –  Sean Smyth

Head of LOTE – Daniel Cussen

Laboratory Manager – Anna Zonneveld

eServices Manager – Matthew Jarvis

Outreach Programs

Director of Emerging Sciences Victoria (ESV) – Jade Bohni

Outreach Support Coordinator – Abigail Goff

School Captains

Isabella Young, Rafael Choi, Crystal Hui, Seojin Hwang

 

 

Attendance & Absences

Trudy Braden – Attendance Officer

Telephone: 03 9902 9712

House Captains

Doherty House – Nargis Mozafari & Arjun Mehta

Blackburn House  – Nicholas Rowe & Hitanshi Om Prakash Sivavel

Wood House – Arjun Nair & Zaynab Ibraheem

Flannery House – Sharane Gowritharan & Sarvesh Sridhar

House Vice Captains

Doherty House – Nicholas Tan & Aidan Rhys Fernandes

Blackburn House  – Roger Nguyen & Musha du Toit

Wood House – Jared McCartin & Clara Jang

Flannery House – Alicia Robinson & Emily Koh

Student Leadership

Arts Captains –  Shriya Karanam & Nisseem Potabatti

Music Captains –  Kai Cheung & Sabrina Pavia

Sports Captains –  Skye Sriratana & Chris Frentiu

Debating Captains – Isabella De Toffol & Kanneke Delhey Peters

VCE Coordination and VASS team

VCE Manager –  Anna Vida

VASS Administrator – Wendy Vandenberg

Telephone: 03 9902 9705

Work Experience, Careers and Pathways team

Kirstine Carter

Telephone: 03 9902 0286