Registrations are open! Statistics Teachers’ Day 2025
Join us for a day focused on leveraging technology to enhance statistics teaching.
Date
December 5, 2025
Location
University of Auckland City Campus.
Building 201, 10 Symonds Street. (Note: new venue)
Fee
$180 + GST (AMA members)
$200 + GST (Non-members)
Deadline
Registrations close December 3.
Brought to you by The University of Auckland Department of Statistics in collaboration with the Auckland Mathematics Association.
Keynote Speakers
- Dave Phillips (NZAMT President, Lincoln High School, UC): Probably, Possibly, Potentially – Managing educational “noise” (curriculum changes, media hype) to achieve the best for our ākonga.
- Michael Walden (Mount Albert Grammar School, Kalman Prize Winner): Sharing his essential websites and apps that boost engagement and student understanding of key statistical concepts.
Workshops
- Kiri Dillon (Lincoln High School): Strategies to ensure technology is a positive amplifier for student success.
- Pip Arnold (University of Auckland): Tūturu | Youth Gaming and Gambling in Aotearoa New Zealand. Engage with materials on this relevant context, working with statistical reports and permutations.
- Clare Nelson & Marieke Brinkman (Edgewater College): Explore hands-on activities to teach authentic statistical report writing and foster statistical thinking.
- Tom Lin (Epsom Girls’ Grammar School): Use Google Gemini AI as a personal curriculum designer to save time and create impactful learning.
- Julia Crawford (Cognition Education): Dive into the 2025 curriculum (Phase 3 & 4) to design learning using the PPDAC cycle.
- Rachel Cunliffe (CensusAtSchool): The Real Messy World of Data: Behind the Scenes at CensusAtSchool, Inside Out.
- Anna Fergusson (University of Auckland): Explore tasks focused on constructing data from sources (text, images, sounds) while teaching ethical data processes.
- Richard Mariu & Marina MacFarland (Auckland Girls’ Grammar School): Developing assessments for the Level 1 Statistics internal.
- Jared Hockly (Western Springs College): CODAP for new or intermediate users.
- Pip Arnold (University of Auckland): Undertake probability experiments and discuss how this fits in the refreshed curriculum.
- Sophie Wright (Mount Roskill Grammar School): Strategies and tools to support statistical report writing.
- Ben Coop (Lynfield College): Using Gemini Gem for marking L3 Bivariate Data.
- Jessie Payne & Morgan Phillips (StatsNZ): How Aotearoa New Zealand’s census is changing and key tools StatsNZ offers for statistics teachers.
- Camilo Lopez (University of Auckland): Explore the famous Monty Hall problem and its variants using simulators for teaching probability notions.
- Rochelle Telfer (Whangārei Girls’ High School): Hands-on activities to access and improve students’ thinking in statistics and probability.
- Anne Patel (University of Auckland): Use tech to supercharge students’ writing and provide feedback for reasoning from plots and tables.
