Congratulations to Stephanie Schwarz, who has recently received the Order of Australia medal for her work within ICT Technologies over the past years.

Those of you who know Stephanie would know her as an exceptional teacher of IPT and SDD who has consistently given her time and expertise in mentoring teachers within the computing studies field from the beginning of the subject within Australia. Stephanie has been a member and great support of the ICTENSW Association, and previously, the Computing Studies Teachers Association (CSTA) since its inception, and was given life membership of the CSTA (now ICTENSW) in 2004. In the Australian honours system appointments to the Order of Australia confer recognition for outstanding achievement and service. It is safe to say that our profession as ICT teachers within NSW would not be the same without Stephanie’s contributions to this field. 

More details on her work with ICTENSW can be viewed here. The testimonials below also go a small way to demonstrating her work to support technology educators. 

Stephanie Swartz is a SDD goddess #ICTENSW

— Nicole Nakwaski (@nicoledecourcy) March 11, 2017

She is a treasure. SDD teachers not on that room are missing out #ICTENSW https://t.co/qoV99Tka6F

— Debra Bourne (@dbourne) March 11, 2017

No computer will ever be capable of processing information (and wit) faster than Stephanie Schwarz #ozcschat #ICTENSW #sdd

— Gemma Rainger (@g3moStone) March 12, 2016

#ictensw Stephanie Schwarz always does an enlightening HSC SDD solutions sessions #greatPD pic.twitter.com/6noXAi7Rta

— Malyn Mawby (@malynmawby) March 14, 2015