School:

Virtual School Victoria

Extra Subject Information:

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Position Held at School:

Senior VCE Teacher, VCE Author and VCE Assessor

VCE Subject(s) Teaching:

Physics, Software Development

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Science Education (Mathematics and Physics)
Graduate Diploma in Computing

Role at TSSM:

Gary has been part of the TSSM team since 2022. He is an extremely committed teacher who enjoys seeing his students progress and excel in their subject.

Since commencing his teaching career in 1978, Gary has developed a depth of experience in Physics, Software Development, Data Analytics and Algorithmics, including having a special interest in producing exceptional curriculum material and VCE resources to assist students in their pursuit of VCE excellence.

Gary has even written components of two VCE Physics texts and is the lead author of three VCE texts in Applied Computing. This has provided Gary with a depth of experience and knowledge that surpasses many of his colleagues in both these faculties although he prefers to work in his first passion Physics currently.

At TSSM, Gary plays a key role in producing high quality VCE resources in his specialty subjects for TSSM, used by students and teachers alike.

Teaching Philosophy:

Everyone can learn.

Publications:

Two chapters for current Jacaranda Physics 1. (2019)
Computer programs for Jacaranda Physics 2. (2019)
Applied Computing text by Cengage for Applied Computing Units 1 and 2. (2020)
Applied Computing text by Cengage for Applied Computing Data Analytics Units 3 and 4. (2019)
Applied Computing text by Cengage for Applied Computing Software Development Units 3 and 4. (2019)

Interests:

Problem solving real life problems by developing a plan and finding a asolution.