The program led by experienced STEAM experts with a successful background in teaching will build the skill capacity and knowledge of participating teachers in the integration of an authentic STEAM curriculum.

Throughout the program we will provide teachers with tools to assess student learning as they complete STEAM lessons and invention challenges.

Towards the conclusion of the program we encourage schools to invite parents on one of the workshop days to participate in-class with their children to showcase their development.

Sammat Education was founded by Matt in 2008. Prior to that he was a Head Teacher of Computing Studies and also a Deputy Principal. Since 2009 Matt has conducted Professional Learning for schools throughout Australia as well as Student STEAM incursions throughout NSW primary schools, including support units and high schools. He has been engaged by schools and regional learning communities to develop STEAM programs and resources integrating the foundations of learning into a future focused curriculum.

For over 23 years Michelle has taught K-6 classes in the Sydney, Broken Bay and Parramatta Catholic Dioceses. In 2005 she was selected to be the first CSIRO Catholic Education officer, teaching science education programs to students in Preschool to Year 10 across NSW. As part of this role she created and facilitated many teacher PD courses. These courses were designed to build teacher confidence when teaching science and technology. Michelle has a passion for teaching Science and STEAM to primary students.

For the past 8 years, Corinne has been teaching grades 3-6 in schools in the Blacktown area. Her passion for STEAM came from 4 years of teaching Enrichment classes and participating in the Blacktown Learning Community's STEAM program for the past 3 years. 2020 saw Corinne teaching STEAM K-6 and implementing technology programs throughout the school, whilst teaching collaboratively with other staff members and upskilling them in various technologies and programs. Corinne has joined Sammat Education this year and is looking forward to the opportunity to share her passion for engaging students in STEAM.

Lesley worked in diverse roles across the Science Consultancy sector prior to retraining as a Primary School Teacher in 2009. Having discovered a passion for teaching science, Lesley developed a series of programs for teaching of science in Distance Education which led to leadership of science and mathematics for K-12 students.

Relocating to Sydney in 2017, Lesley again has taken on a variety of roles in public and private schools, specialising in Science and Digital Technologies. She completed a Master of Education (STEM) in 2019, with Distinction.

Grant has worked across both private and public school systems over the past 18 years. In his time he has had leadership roles in the area of ICT where he was at the forefront of ICT integration into the classroom through roles such as ICT and Innovations Leader. He currently lectures in Primary Human Society and its Environment in the Master of Teaching degree at Western Sydney University. Grant is a regular on the conference circuit as well, presenting all over Australia at conferences including EduTech, Leading a Digital School, National Education Summit, DIgital Schools Conference, MANTLE and FlipCon Australia. In 2018 he completed his Master of Education (STEM) – the first in Australia to graduate with this degree. Grant is now completing his PhD research looking at what integrated pedagogical content knowledge primary school teachers need to teach effective and authentic STEM in the classroom.