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Congratulations to our Educators of the Year Award Winners

Award Winners

Each year, DATTA Vic celebrates the hard-working, committed and creative Design and Technologies teachers and support staff who work in schools throughout Victoria. Please help us celebrate and spread the word about the fantastic work that goes on in our classrooms and workshops every day of the school year by nominating a colleague or applying yourself for an award.


Meet our 2026 recipients;


The Foster Adem Award for Leadership

in Technologies Education

Joint Secondary Teacher

of the Year Award 

Joint Secondary Teacher

of the Year Award 

Primary Teacher

of the Year Award 

Ian Watson

Aitken College


Laura Dalta-Viota

Mount St. Joseph's Girls College

Matt Plummer

Templestowe College

Damian Hoy

Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar




Joint New to Technologies

Teaching Award

Joint New to Technologies

Teaching Award

Community

Service Award

Jacinta Raquel

St. Muchael's Grammar

Kailey Scott

Vermont Secondary College

James Dutton

Northcote High School




Congratulations to our 2026 shortlisted educators:


  • Andrew Ball, St Joseph's College  Geelong
  • Chris Church, De La Salle College Malvern
  • Flynn McDonald, Mount Lilydale Mercy
  • Helen Simic, Mount St. Joseph's College
  • Intiyaz Ali, Lalor Secondary College
  • Matthew Hardinge, Bemin Secondary College
  • Muhammad Anas, St. Jospeh's College, Mildura
  • Syd Sydney, Mickleham Secondary College


Previous award winners



About the awards

There are two ways for an educator to be entered for these awards:

  1. An educator can be nominated
  2. An educator can apply themselves

The following are the different categories of awards given. Please ensure you click on the links to see the award criteria of each one:

  • All nominees must be members of DATTA Vic - either as an individual or through their school.
  • You must provide sound reasons for the nomination/application - Please ensure you read the criteria for each category and address the relevant topics in your application/nomination
  • The Community Service Award is open to teachers, technicians or support staff.

Recipients of Awards will receive a gift, certificate and free entry to the DATTA Vic annual conference, where the awards will be presented.

A profile of each of the winners including a photo will be included in TECHNOTES. 

This profile will also be shared on this web page when the winners are chosen.


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