Connect + Collaborate
We actively seek to connect with educators from across the state, nation and world, providing an opportunity for rich conversations based on our knowledge and experiences of designing learning and teaching approaches that aim to challenge and intellectually stretch each of our students.
We invite you to connect with our team to design custom professional learning in your areas of interest.
The Team
Kylie Eggers
Principal
Kylie leads the Strategic Direction of the ASMS through her enthusiasm for a deep understanding of learner and stakeholder needs and perspectives, and the engaging ways which they can excel in achieving their goals through the Department for Education’s vision.
Dr Matt Verdon
Deputy Principal
Matt's role focusses on leading the creation and maintenance of a positive school culture that supports all students and staff to flourish. This permeates every aspect of the school, from how staff teams work together, how learning spaces are used, how learning is designed, accessed and assessed and how students can best be supported to be well to learn.
Brian Parsons
Senior Leader: Strategic Innovation in Education
Brian leads the Sciences with a focus on innovation. He supports teachers across the ASMS to develop and implement high-quality personalised student learning. Brian's role also focusses on student enrichment and the professional learning of all staff at the school.
Femia Bakuszowski
Senior Leader: Strategic Innovation in Education
Femia leads strategic innovation with a focus on supporting teachers across the ASMS to design and implement high-quality, innovative Mathematics and Numeracy learning. Femia’s role also focuses on the collection and analysis of curriculum-based data to inform teaching and learning at the ASMS.
Rogan Tinsley
Senior Leader: Strategic Innovation in Education
Rogan's role is to support leaders, teachers and students to work together to create innovative, personalised and agentic learning for our young people. He leads an interdisciplinary team with a focus on Technologies. He is an accomplished educational leader and STEM specialist, with previous experience in medical research.
Lisa Pope
Leader Learning Design
Lisa leads an interdisciplinary teaching team in planning and teaching the ASMS Year 10 & 11 Central Studies program. Her knowledge and experience in optimising opportunities of the Australian Curriculum, SACE and TfEL frameworks underpins the innovative approaches to teaching and learning at the ASMS. Lisa has supported teachers and school leaders from across South Australia and Australia to design learning programs that engage and challenge students in their context.
Sam Moyle
Leader Learning Design
Sam leads an interdisciplinary teaching team in planning and teaching the ASMS Year 10 & 11 Central Studies program. Her expertise in dynamic approaches and development of general capabilities dovetails with the Australian Curriculum and SACE standards to create an engaging framework for interdisciplinary education that inspires passion for learning. Sam is recognised for her work in developing teacher capacity to engage learners through novel and sometime quirky learning pathways that enhance connection and coherence.
Dr Andy Stone
Leader Learning Design
Andy leads an interdisciplinary teaching team in planning and teaching the ASMS year 10 & 11 Central Studies program. His knowledge and experience in optimising opportunities of the Australian Curriculum, SACE and TfEL frameworks underpins the innovative approaches to teaching and learning at the ASMS. Andy has supported teachers and school leaders from across South Australia and Australia to design learning programs that engage and challenge students in their context.
Richard Greig
Leader Learning Design
Richard Leads the Learning Studies program, strongly informed by a background in wellbeing and positive mental health, learning support and metacognitive development for all students. Richard collaborates with all staff to ensure that students can develop their Learner Attributes and make connections with their integrated learning programs.
Nikki Asikas
Coordinator Learner Agency & Enrichment
Nikki leads innovative systems and processes to ensure quality assurance of learner management and school reporting systems. Nikki provides expertise in effective communication skills which enable her to support staff to utilise data effectively and achieve collective goals.
Sarah Hollinshead
Coordinator Inclusion and Learner Support
Jason Backler
Coordinator Innovative Tertiary Pathways
Jason leads the development of processes and practices that ensure all students have access to highly personalised pathways to work, training or university. Working with staff and students to ensure access to the various modes of student tertiary entrance available at ASMS.
Jesse Atkinson
Leader Literacy, English & HASS
Jesse builds teacher confidence and capacity to use evidenced based literacy development strategies in learning design. Trained in LEAP, he leads a cross subject teaching team in identifying student’s literacy levels and determining strategies to support learners’ literacy development. Jesse has worked as a coach and mentor with teachers and school leaders from across South Australia and Australia.