Are you an out-of-field educator teaching Design & Technologies or Systems Engineering? Is your school struggling to recruit qualified teachers? DATTA Vic runs a masterclass program to support educators from other learning areas to teach D&T.  These programs are for members only, and numbers are strictly limited. See links below for more information and to register:

Online Teaching Design Masterclass

Success with Systems Engineering Masterclass

OUR ANNUAL CONFERENCE

SAVE THE DATE FOR THE

DATTA VIC ANNUAL CONFERENCE

DATTA Vic is excited to introduce our 2024 teachers' conference, Movers & Makers.

This event will celebrate how Design & Technologies education can equip young people with creative and critical thinking abilities, adeptness in communication and teamwork and essential skills in traditional methods and emerging technologies. This is the place where the problem solvers of the future are made.

We'll have over 25 workshops suitable for teachers of primary, secondary and tertiary Design & Technologies, VCE Product Design & Technologies, VCE Systems Engineering and STEM.

So save the date, and we can't wait to see you all on December 6!

Thinking Outside the Box - The Sustainable Seating Project

We're really excited to announce the publication of a new Design & Technologies resource that we created with Forest Learning - an organisation which aims to serve school teachers and educators, children, and the public with information on Australian forests and forest-based products, and provision and access to forestry teaching resources.

Thinking Ouside the Box - The Sustainable Seating Project is a Year 7/8 Unit of Work which investigates the properties and sustainability of cardboard . Using ForestVR 360o videos, students go on virtual excursions to an Australian pine plantation and paper mill to experience the cycle of growing sustainable wood fibre and how it is processed into paperboard. Following the design thinking process, students then investigate, design, produce and evaluate a sustainable seat made from upcycled cardboard.

The resource is free - you just have to create a login to download it. Click on the image above to access.

This is just one of many Design & Resources available from Forest Learning - make sure you browse their site to

discover them all.

DATTA Vic is committed to supporting the teaching of sustainability in all schools across Victoria.

We also strive to ensure that, in our daily operations, we do what we can to reduce our carbon footprint.

We are therefore a proud supporter of Fifteen Trees. 

Established in 2009, the company works with host of independent native nurseries and community groups (such as Landcare, school groups and environmental networks) across Australia to plant trees. To date, they have helped community groups plant over 350,000 trees in all states and territories of Australia.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STUDENTS AS TECHNICIANS IN SCHOOLS

Are you a school who wants to wants to engage more young people in Design & Technologies by ensuring your team has the most up-to-date skills and knowledge and the best support possible for your teachers?

Are you a tertiary design student who would love to work part time in an excited design-related field, with good pay, access to tools and machinery and the chance to help young people excel?

Then check out our Industrial Design Students as Technicians in Schools initiative!

BECOME A DESIGN & TECHNOLOGIES TEACHER

Are you interested in teaching Design & Technologies, Product Design & Technologies or Systems Engineering in Victoria? Whether you're a graduate, an overseas educator, or a teacher with another specialisation, DATTA Vic has created a range of guides which show the different pathways into D&T teaching.  You can access them HERE.

If you're an educator teaching D&T out of field, or a school struggling to recruit, we have developed Masterclasses to support you. Click HERE for more information.

From 2025, the Government will also be introducing Undergraduate Employment-Based Degrees. These programs will provide a supported pathway for existing Education Support staff and members of the school communities to upskill and obtain teaching qualifications.