Meet the Team
Outreach Network Manager (Chair)
Louise Kliese
Head of Department: Curriculum/Extension and Enrichment
Louise has extensive experience with the Mathematics Curriculum and expertise with high impact pedagogy. Her ongoing coaching of teachers and high capacity students, evidences significant growth in achievement and accolades.
Louise’s keen leadership in the STEM enrichment fields has led her to become the Chair of the Kids’ STEM Convention.
School Liaison and Engagement Advisor
Angela Norton
Head of Department: Curriculum
Angela is passionate about STEM innovations and supporting students and teachers to engage in open ended inquiry.
Angela's motto is that students are to be taught how to think, not what to think.
STEM Empowerment and Innovation Educator
Vanessa Bermingham
Head of Innovation and Learning / Sessional Academic (QUT): STEM in Education
Vanessa is an experienced STEM educator with a background in Biomedical Science and Psychology. She loves empowering students to reach their full potential and develop a love for learning. Vanessa also loves facilitating teacher growth in STEM pedagogies.
Treasurer
Kirsten Bailey
Teacher-Librarian and Digital Technologies Teacher
Kirsten has extensive experience as a classroom educator, and has always had a keen interest in Science and Technology. Throughout her career, she has been a mentor to other teachers in this area. In her role as teacher-librarian, Kirsten helps support students to develop their inquiry and digital literacy skills.