President Jen Crisp (Porirua College)
Secretary Bex Lawton (Porirua College)
Treasurer Bruce Welsh
Jen Crisp is the Head of Mathematics at Porirua College. She has been teaching mathematics for the last 7 years both in Aotearoa and abroad. As well as loving the subject, Jen believes that equitable mathematics teaching and learning is the key to our future.
Bex Lawton is the Assistant Head of Mathematics at Porirua College, is the college's numeracy coordinator, and holds a WSL Kāhui Ako role. She is passionate about providing a classroom environment that allows students to enjoy mathematics, and challenge themselves.
Bruce Welsh thinks maths is fun. Maths is something he uses everyday as an architect. He has also been involved in Mathswell training and events and has written a book on problem solving based around Mathswell questions. Bruce is the treasurer of the WMA.
Shimmy Unnikrishnan is the learning area leader of Mathematics and Statistics at Onslow College, Wellington. She has been teaching Mathematics for the past 13 years. Shimmy has a degree in Civil Engineering but chose to teach Mathematics because of her passion for the subject. Other than Mathematics and Statistics, Shimmy is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer who enjoys teaching the art form to people in the community during weekends.
Derek Smith is currently on contract to the University of Otago as a Mathematics and Statistics Facilitator and Victoria University of Wellington as a Teaching Fellow. Derek was also responsible for coordinating the Network of Expertise for NZAMT from 2018 - 2021. He has taught mathematics and statistics at secondary schools in the Wellington and Wairarapa regions for 33 years holding HOD positions and a position as senior lecturer at VUWCE lecturing in Mathematics Education.
Steven Archer is a teaching professional at Victoria University, and the programme director for the mathematics group in the school of Mathematics and Statistics, within the faculty of Engineering.
Sophia Shinn's expertise includes calculus, biology and chemistry. She studied Bachelor’s Medical Laboratory Science. She began teaching in the Wellington region in 2006. Currently Sophia is Head of Learning Area Mathematics at Mana College. During her service in teaching, she had successes with students gaining the numeracy credits to further their studies as well as in Year 12 and 13 Mathematics. Her interests are reading, craft and golf.
Shelley Vaile is a primary teacher who has taught from New Entrant to Year 8, most recently at Karori West Normal School, where she had curriculum responsibility for mathematics and statistics. She has also worked for the Ministry of Education and Victoria University in a variety of roles focussed on mathematics and statistics education.
Anthony Burt is the learning area leader of Mathematics and Statistics at Wellington East Girls’ College. He has been teaching Secondary Mathematics and Science for 8 years. Anthony has a degree in Chemical Engineering and spent 20 years in various Engineering and Manufacturing Management roles before becoming a Secondary School Teacher. He is passionate about supporting young people to reach their full potential.
Membership is offered to schools and individuals and needs to be renewed (by payment) each year
A school membership means any staff member from that school is a member
Schools are invoiced annually
WMA has grants available through the Network of Expertise funding for professional development for teachers
The policy can be found here
2014 Mike Camden
2015 Linda Van Milligan
2018 Derek Smith