The People

The GCSN is made up of a wide community of educators, scholars, and many others. Ready to support this community in any way they can is a dedicated group of people who have been involved in the project in a meaningful way for a long time. These people are listed on this page.

If you require support using the GCSN website, please fill in this form.

For all other enquiries, please email info@gcsn.school.nz

Carol Moffatt

Carol is project managing the learning side of schools in Christchurch connecting to fibre. Based in North Canterbury, she has more than 40 years experience at all levels of the education sector.  She holds directorships with Cognition Trust Ltd, Core Education Ltd She has also been appointed to the Correspondence School Board of Trustees. She was the Manager, ICT Strategy for Schools for the Ministry of Education between 1998 and 2003.

Derek Wenmoth

Derek is the Director of eLearning CORE Education Ltd, a not-for-profit educational research and development organization. Derek has a broad background in education, with experience as a teacher and principal at the primary and secondary school level, and in teacher education.  Derek is providing much of the vision and framework to the GCSN.

Mike Hilliard

Michael Hilliard has worked in the IT industry for over 25 years Internationally and in New Zealand.  Michael's responsibility is around identification of technologies and services which will support educational initiatives on the Greater Christchurch Schools Network.

Blair Willems

Blair's expertise has been invaluable as lead developer of the GCSN website, which now also provides services for NEAL. Blair has worked with the GCSN team to achieve their vision onlne and assists in other areas where needed. Blair has a background in multimedia, information design, and the use of video conferencing in research and education.

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Margot McKeegan

Margot is the Learning Advisor for GCSN, she has a number of years of teaching experience including designing and delivering programmes which integrate ICT. Margot is based at the South Learning Centre and coordinates GCSN eLearning initiatives email: margot.mckeegan@gcsn.school.nz

 

 
 Geoff Allen

Geoff Allen

Geoff Allen joined the GSCN team at the beginning of 2011.  His prime responsibility is the coordination of the NEN trial in Christchurch schools. He joins us after 20 years as senior review officer with the Education Review Office in Christchurch. These responsibilities have resulted in a wealth of experience in both primary and secondary schools and well developed skills in educational evaluation.  He has experience as the South Island property manager for the Ministry of Education. Geoff helped to establish Clearview School, a new school in Rolleston, during 2008 and 2009.  He worked with the Ministry of Education in preparing area strategies for future schooling and played an important part in developing the Hornby Networked Learning Community during 2010 and 2011.  
 Coralie Stopford  

Coralie Stopford

Coralie has a background in Management Science/Operations Research, Mathematics and Computing. She developed her experience over twelve years in the Tertiary and IT industry. Coralie started teaching in Secondary Education in 2000 as she believed that her experience and expertise would be useful in the Secondary School environment. Coralie’s specialisation is Digital Technology and has a passion for e-learning.
Email: coralie.stopford@gcsn.school.nz