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

Being part of SCENZ provides:

• Access to all previous and current year NZIC Chemistry exams (Levels 2 and 3 and Scholarship) at no additional charge.
• 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.

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.

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 – Whangārei Girls’ High School
emma.smith@wghs.school.nz

Kieran Gainsford – One Tree Hill College, Auckland
kgainsford@onetreehillcollege.school.nz

Waikato/BOP (1 rep)

Claire Lindsey – Mount Maunganui College
clairel@mmc.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 Policy
Health and Safety Policy
Privacy Policy