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.
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
Ian Torrie – St Cuthbert’s College, Auckland
ian.torrie@gmail.com
Dr Murray Thompson – Logan Park High School, Dunedin
mbt@lphs.school.nz
Suzie Scourfield – Whangārei Girls’ High School
suzanne.scourfield@wghs.school.nz
Dr Suzanne Boniface
suzanne.boniface@vuw.ac.nz
Emma Smith – St Cuthbert's College
emma.smith@stcuthberts.school.nz
Kieran Gainsford – One Tree Hill College, Auckland
kgainsford@onetreehillcollege.school.nz
Lian Soh – Papamoa College
LSOH@papamoacollege.school.nz
Jo Standley – Whanganui Collegiate School
Jo.Standley@collegiate.school.nz
Phil Kendon – Wellington College
p.kendon@wc.school.nz
Scott Franklin - Christ's College
sbfranklin@gmail.com
Vicki Millar – Otago Girls’ High School
mv@otagogirls.school.nz
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
The SCENZ constitution can be downloaded here.