What next?
In the following year, 2006, Andrew took up a teaching position in Havelock North High School.
"I'm sorry I had to leave the students I had worked with for two years," he says, "but the opportunity came up at Havelock North and I had to think long term about my teaching career. Wellington High was for me the start of that career and it was a very interesting starting point. Things were really building momentum and I would have been teaching both Year 12 and 13 Technology and we'd have been able to do some amazing things. I think that group of Year 12 students wanted to continue with it into Year 13, and I would have liked to have continued with them and seen them finish high school."
"During 2005, once I had everything well underway with my courses, I shared what I had been doing in the Year 12 course with other staff members in my faculty. I shared resources I had developed and helped plan other levels technology units, while offering advice on how to ensure student work met achievement standard requirements.
"As for teaching at Havelock North, this unit has greatly influenced the way I'll be looking to put together future technology units."
