Janine holds the Woman in STEM award at the current NE Business Woman of the Year Annual Awards and manages the education team at RTC and regional NE STEM Hub. A qualified trainer who has delivered STEM and Enterprise animation activities for over 25 years, Janine is fully experienced in STEM and Enterprise skills development, working with regional schools to develop policies for STEM, Entrepreneurship and work-related learning. Working with teachers, SMT as well as partners in business, she is passionate about bridging the gap between education and industry.

Martin has been a Primary School Teacher and Computing subject leader for over 20 years in various North East schools. He is currently employed part-time at Lanchester EP Primary School (Co.Durham) where he has the title of ‘Digital Enrichment Leader’ delivering Computing lessons to all classes from Nursery - Year 6. The remainder of the week he is self-employed as an educational consultant (running his own company Animate 2 Educate) where he works with schools all over the world delivering pupil workshops, staff training and advising on best use of technology etc. He is also a lecturer at Durham University delivering the Computing element of the course to BA and PGCE students.

Position: Computing Hub Lead for North East and Northumberland Hub, Head of Computer Science, E-Safety and Strategic IT Lead at Kings Priory School.

Biography:  Nik entered the education sector in 2015 following a successful career in industry, since moving into the education he has led a highly successful department and launched the North East and Northumberland computing hub, supporting the development of over 600 computer science teachers.  He is dedicated to improving computer science across the region and ensuring that all pupils have acess to a world leading education which would support a career in the regions digital sector.

Sarah Zaman is a primary school teacher of over twenty years who has always had a passion for computing. She now works as part of a team of Community Outreach Managers for Computing At School, working hard to increase teacher support networks in computing in the North East. In addition to this, she also works for the DFE funded National Centre of Computing Education, promoting and providing guidance to teachers in the North East on the computing CPD courses and fully funded bespoke support available to their schools and facilitating some of their primary Computing CPD courses.

Dr. Steve Bunce is an experienced educator and author. He has taught in primary and secondary schools in the UK and covered many roles including Head of Computing and Senior Leader. He is a proud to be an Apple Distinguished Educator, Apple Professional Learning Specialist, Google Innovator, Microsoft Innovative Education Expert and Adobe Creative Educator.
 
Currently, Steve works in a partnerships role, as a Robotics and Mechatronics teacher with RGS Newcastle. This involves working on exciting projects with schools across the NE region to encourage STEM learning.
 

'My name is Vicky Dodds and I am the director of Computing4KidsNE. My journey started eighteen years ago as a primary school teacher. Having a keen interest in Computing and coordinating computing in the schools I worked in, I wanted to build on this passion.  
  
Over the past four years I have developed by business and become Primary Lead for one of the NCCE Computing Hubs. Supporting and networking with local teachers through CPD, CAS Communities and developing Barefoot resources has enabled me to support teachers on their journey.'