SCENZ
Secondary Chemistry Educators of New Zealand (SCENZ)
The Secondary Chemistry Educators of NZ or SCENZ is a national chemistry teachers’ subject association, established in order to support and promote chemistry education throughout New Zealand. The new association provides a voice for chemistry teachers with the Ministry of Education and NZQA as well as opportunities to resource and support teachers with chemistry teaching and assessment matters. The group operates under the umbrella of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry.
To become a member of SCENZ, your school needs to register for a school membership with NZIC. When a school pays for this membership, any teacher at that school becomes a member of SCENZ.
Please note that school membership gives access to all the NZIC exams. The exams are not available to be purchased separately.
Benefits
- Access to all previous and current year NZIC Chemistry exams (Levels 2 and 3 and Scholarship)
- Access to resources developed by the association to support chemistry teaching and learning in NZ schools.
- Access to professional development opportunities that support chemistry teaching in NZ schools.
- Representation in discussions with Ministry of Education and NZQA around curriculum, assessment and chemistry related teaching matters.
- Voting rights for the organisation of SCENZ.
Being part of SCENZ provides:
The Ministry of Education will be working with subject associations in the review of achievement standards so SCENZ will be the contact point for this work.
If your school does not wish to become a financial member of SCENZ, you can still opt to be kept in touch about opportunities for PLD and new resources by sending the following information to chemistryeducatorsnz@gmail.com
Executive
Co-Chair
Ian Torrie – St Cuthbert’s College, Auckland
ian.torrie@gmail.com
Dr Murray Thompson – Logan Park High School, Dunedin
mbt@lphs.school.nz
Secretary
Suzie Scourfield – Whangārei Girls’ High School
suzanne.scourfield@wghs.school.nz
Treasurer
Dr Suzanne Boniface
suzanne.boniface@vuw.ac.nz
Regional Representatives
Auckland & Northland (2 reps)
Emma Smith – St Cuthbert's College
emma.smith@stcuthberts.school.nz
Kieran Gainsford – One Tree Hill College, Auckland
kgainsford@onetreehillcollege.school.nz
Waikato/BOP (1 rep)
Lian Soh – Papamoa College
LSOH@papamoacollege.school.nz
Manawatu (1 rep)
Jo Standley – Whanganui Collegiate School
Jo.Standley@collegiate.school.nz
Wellington/Nelson/Marlborough (1 rep)
Phil Kendon – Wellington College
p.kendon@wc.school.nz
Canterbury (1 rep)
Scott Franklin - Christ's College
sbfranklin@gmail.com
Otago (1 rep)
Vicki Millar – Otago Girls’ High School
mv@otagogirls.school.nz
SCENZ Contractors
Suzanne Scourfield
suzanne.scourfield@wghs.school.nz
Location: Whangarei
Speciality areas: Practicals, OSH, moderation
Ian Torrie
ian.torrie@gmail.com
Location: Auckland
Speciality areas: Scholarship, Olympiad, Pedagogy, NCEA
Claire Lindsey
clairelindsey024@gmail.com
Location: Tauranga
Specialty areas: NCEA teaching & learning
Jo Standley
Jo.Standley@collegiate.school.nz
Location: Whanganui
Speciality areas: NCEA, Organic, Spectroscopy
Suzanne Boniface
suboni52@gmail.com
Location: Wellington
Speciality areas: Scholarship, Pedagogy
Scott Franklin
sbfranklin@gmail.com
Location: Christchurch
Speciality areas: NCEA assessment, Practical
Murray Thompson
mbt@lphs.school.nz
Location: Dunedin
Speciality areas: Practicals, Scholarship, Pedagogy
Constitution
The SCENZ constitution can be downloaded here.
Policy Documents
Children and Vulnerable Adults Protection PolicyHealth and Safety Policy
Privacy Policy