March 28, 2024

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HEROES IN Education: W.J. Mouat Instructor Andrew Matty Stays At any time Curious

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The Abbotsford News is honoured to profile 2023 “Heroes in Education” from a extended and astounding list of nominees sent to us by our visitors. “Heroes in Education” is graciously sponsored by Abbotsford University District, University of the Fraser Valley, Town of Abbotsford, Straightforward Establish Buildings, Curtis Tire & Wheel, Kafka Denture Clinic and 5 Corners Furniture.

Standing in front of a gigantic cardboard screen of the periodic table, you could say Andrew Matty is in his element.

The science and math teacher at W. J. Mouat secondary would wholeheartedly concur.

“I’ve constantly had a passion about understanding why I’m in this article,” he says. “Science has assisted me discover what it’s all about.”

As a previous Mouat college student himself, remaining back again, but this time in entrance of the class, looks like a natural suit. Putting on his enthusiasm for teaching, and in truth daily life, on his sleeve tends to make Matty really preferred among his college students, just one of whom nominated him for the Heroes in Schooling honour.

Grade 10 university student Cassiopeia Willett reached out to The Information right after looking at the nomination sort in the paper.

“I considered he would be the fantastic candidate,” she states. “A person’s actions should not go unnoticed.”

Willett claims Matty is total of curiosity and respect and is constantly willing to assistance learners recognize new subjects. Whether or not it is participating them in attention-grabbing lab assignments or demonstrating and chatting to them about suitable information article content, new ongoing jobs and exciting discoveries, Matty, she says, “keeps them intrigued.”

“He is consistently searching out for his pupils and accomplishing extra than is essential as a teacher and that definitely stands out to me and my fellow students,” she says. “He is a reliable trainer that genuinely helps pupils understand hard topics and environment them up for achievements on the ideal route is a thing that is truly important for a student’s job path.”

Matty’s path to the classroom arrived through University of the Fraser Valley as an undergrad, then Simon Fraser University for his teaching degree and lastly a master’s diploma at Town College. His initially four several years of teaching took put at the Abbotsford Faculty of Built-in Arts (ASIA), where by Matty was driving creating a Rube Goldberg Device. The 12 months-long challenge was a school-extensive work that sooner or later turned an 11-moment online video (Get the Ball Rolling) and a main part of Matty’s master’s thesis.

“I appreciate to see pupils find out,” he suggests. “Getting them to see that wonder acquiring them to that up coming degree. They develop as a person.”

And Matty believes straight-up training is not going to do it for most pupils.

“The challenge of staying a teacher now is acquiring to teach a lot much more than just the curriculum,” he suggests. “You need to instruct daily competencies, men and women capabilities.”

And which is not lost on his Heroes in Education nominator.

“He’s constantly introducing great demonstrations to demonstrate real-life examples and apps. It really assists us understand how we can use individuals expertise in our everyday life,” Willett says.

And if you’re pondering Matty is actually a rock star as a trainer, perfectly, you’d virtually be proper on that entrance as perfectly. Owning organized a guitar club when at ASIA, Matty is in the course of action of assembling his possess rock band at Mouat.

“Music has often been a way for me to offer with lifetime … and it is just enjoyable.”

It’s that joie de vivre that appears to be at the coronary heart of Matty’s zest for lifestyle. And he just wishes to share that with his pupils.

“Having associations and being portion of their mastering journey,” he states, helps make coming to get the job done each and every working day a pleasure. “I adore remaining component of an individual else’s expansion … and the grad/employees hockey video game is also pretty wonderful.”

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