His esports program began as an extra-curricular activity and has evolved into a school-wide initiative, incorporated into the digital technologies' ...
Q&A with MJ Raatz: Commonwealth Bank Teaching Award-winner 2023
In the first of four feature Q&A’s in the coming weeks profiling winners from this year’s Commonwealth Bank Teaching Awards, we chat to Forest Lake High School’s MJ Raatz, who has harnessed students’ interest in gaming into the curriculum in an innovative and highly impactful way.
Raatz's outstanding esports program has expanded beyond his own Forest Lake High school, with connections to more than 300 schools and 550 teachers across the country, all collaborating on growing esports programs with a student wellbeing focus.