Background
Wellington High School is a decile 8 co-ed secondary school with a roll of around 1,000 students. Its Technology department includes Information Science teacher Vince Brannigan who, together with Marietjie van Schalkwyk, represents the school in the Beacon Practice Wellington cluster.
Vince Brannigan came to teaching after working for a number of years in telecommunications. An Information Science teacher at Wellington High School since 2002, he has played a leading role the growth of the ICT department. The department is undergoing a transition from Unit Standards based teaching to using Technology Achievement Standards.
Over the last few years the school has had a good record of student achievement both within the classroom and external exams.