Project Team
Co-Founders
Tom Allen
Jump Start Lead and Director, Seven Positive
Tom Allen is a Design and Business Strategist with extensive experience in Europe and Australia. His work at Strategic Design Consultancy Seven Positive focusses on empowering people, organisations and enterprise to create positive futures.
Tom is now embedded on a part time basis at PSSC and is also a Sessional Academic at Griffith University and QUT, passionately teaching Design and Business related subjects and the value of socially and environmentally responsible entrepreneurial activity.
Adam Jefford
Manager, Asia Pacific Design Library
Adam Jefford is a lifelong learner who is a passionate advocate for student empowerment through inquiry-based learning. He is an innovative educator who believes in the efficacy of Design Thinking and who has a proven ability to effectively reconcile the competing demands of contemporary education whilst cultivating a futures-oriented perspective.
Adam is currently on secondment from his role as HOD, PSSC and is a Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Fellow, an Arts Queensland #CultureChampion and a City of Gold Coast Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) committee member.
Student Entrepreneurs
Participating students have shown themselves to be innovative thinkers and have engaged with enthusiasm and commitment. With their newly learnt skills in design thinking and entrepreneurship, they will no doubt be amongst Australia's future leaders.
2016 Design Excellence Student Cohort, Semi-Intensive Mode
2016 has seen Jump Start shift to semi-intensive delivery. This exciting change means we have been able to scale up the program and extend the reach to more students. It is now embedded within the Year 7 & 8 Design Excellence classes and delivered to over 85 students! Not only are students learning the content at a younger age (and therefore applying their new skills and tools earlier) but the 500% increase in numbers sees more future social entrepreneurs and innovators graduate and therefore greater positive impact to the wider community!
2016 Industry Partnership programs
A selection of Year 9 students are set to engage with industry to develop and manufacture a range of ethical water sports products and solutions made from plastic ocean waste. More info soon!
2015 Cohort, 12 Week Intensive Mode
Dyllan
Interested in IT, app development and cars.
Quinn
Interested in all things mechanical, motorised and making things.
Mikayla
Passionate about Business Management, Film and creating a better world for future generations.
Anau
Loves to know what makes things tick.
Nick
Enjoys creative thinking, design and photography.
Tamara
Interested in film and TV, construction and IT.
Lochlan
Interested in all things to do with design, IT and photography.
Rachel
Enjoys being involved in arts and creativity.
Aaron
Interested in IT and digital design.
Kyle
Digital Design, Business and IT are his passions.
Jaidyn
Interested in graphic design and photography.
Ricardo
Passionate about architecture, art and landscaping.
Andres
Enjoys being creative, designing and getting out of his comfort zone.
Benjamin
Passionate artist, optimist & designer working towards a better world.
Participating Staff
Staff engagement has allowed for great input from experienced teaching professionals, whilst also building the capacity of the teaching team to develop innovative design thinking and entrepreneurship approaches in education.
Dwayne Scicluna
Head of Department, Creative Industries
As HOD, Dwayne oversees general Jump Start activities, helping facilitate operations in the school.
Camilla White
Visual Art & Design
Maygen Schwarze
Visual Art & Design
Stephen Robinson
Industrial Technology & Design & Graphics
David Harman
Information Technology Systems