ABOUT US

After graduating with a BSc (Hons.) from York in Experimental Psychology in 2001 and PGCE in Secondary Science in 2004, Eric taught Psychology in the UK for two years before taking an adventure to New Zealand in 2006, where he has been teaching psychology since 2007.​An NZAPT member since 2007 and Secretary since 2013, Eric has been involved in many of the conferences and regional hub meetings and has presented at many workshops and conferences. Having taught both NCEA, CIE and IB Psychology, Eric is passionate to see the teaching of psychology in New Zealand continue to develop and flourish.

Megan graduated from Victoria University in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in History, Geography and Art History. She then started teaching at Cambridge High School in 2013 and was pulled to the dark side of Psychology, with Sarah Monkley. After moving to Feilding High School in 2017, Megan saw there was a need for a psychology program and established this at Level 2 and 3. Her favorite topic to teach is Level Two Ethics as there are so many cool things to talk about. Megan's favorite psychology movie is Inside Out - which we link to an Emotions and Stress topic at Level 2. Megan has taught at Feilding High School since 2017, teaching Junior Social Studies and Psychology. 

Sally graduated from the University of Auckland in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science  (double majoring in Psychology and Sport and Exercise Science). In 2011 she did her Post graduate diploma in secondary teaching - specialising in Physical Education and Health. In 2012she secured her first Psychology teaching job at Avondale College where she taught for four years before moving to England to teach Psychology. In 2018 she returned home and has been teaching at Tawa college ever since. Psychology gives students the skills to understand themselves and others and helps students to become empathetic and collaborative citizens. Sally loves planning practical and hands on activities in all psychology areas to help students to learn! Her favourite movie is ‘Mindhunter’which looks at the development of the top down offender profiling method which is good for Forensic Psychology and her favourite book is ‘Elephants on acid and other bizarre experiments’ by Alex Boese. It is really good for the teaching of Ethics. 

She graduated Waikato University with a Bachelor of Social Science and then did a Grad Dip in Secondary Teaching - initially thinking she would teach Social Sciences, History and Geography. However, she discovered her love for teaching Psychology when given the chance at Cambridge High School and has never looked back. I have now been teaching Psychology at Cambridge for 6 years and teach full programs at both Year 12 and Year 13. My favourite thing about teaching Psychology is the hands on activities and experiments that the students don’t experience anywhere else. Approaches is her favourite topic because she makes it really relatable to the students and she gets to see the “lightbulb” moment when they click with ideas in their own behaviour. This also connects with her favourite psychology movie “The Breakfast Club”, an oldie but a goodie.

Sarah graduated from Massey University with a BEd Dip Tchng PE/Health and History in 2005 and started a PE teaching position at Feilding High School. In 2009 she took on the role of Head of Girl’s Boarding at L J Wild House (Feilding High School). She went on to complete a Diploma in Child and Adolescent Psychology in 2016. Her favourite Psychology topic to teach is Level 3 Approaches where we explore the theoretical perspectives of gender development as it is such a relevant and interesting topic given the current social climate. Unthinkable – An Extraordinary Journey Through the World’s Strangest Brains is a book that provides a fascinating insight into the capability of the human brain. Sarah has worked at Feilding High School since 2005 – teaching Senior Sport Science and Psychology.

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