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We're moving - 27 July, 2009
From 8.30am Monday, 27 July 2009, the College secretariat office will be located at Unit 4, 398 Great Eastern Highway, Ascot.
The existing office at Level 2, 165 Adelaide Terrace will remain open until 1pm on Friday, 24 July.
Click here for location, contact and travel details.
The Western Australian College of Teaching
congratulates the winners of its inaugural
Mentor Excellence Awards
recognising professional excellence
in the mentoring of early career teachers
Click to enlarge image. [Photo: Rob Securo]
GESB $3000 Mentor Excellence Award
Louise Secker, Shenton College, Shenton Park
Saron Education Ltd $3000 Mentor Excellence Award
Rick Gendle, Mindarie Senior College, Clarkson
Western Australian College of Teaching
$3000 Mentor Excellence Award
Peta Marinoni, St Bernard’s Primary School, Kojonup
Western Australian College of Teaching
$3000 Mentor Excellence Award
Danelle Turner, Ravensthorpe District High School
The College also congratulates the finalists - Suzanne Keay, Middle Swan Primary; Fae Turner, Bentley Primary; Rebecca Sutton, Waroona District High; Karyn Barbarich, Banksia Hill Education Centre, Canning Vale; Elaine Lewis, Chrysalis Montessori School; Gary Adamson, Shenton College; David Moulden, Collie Senior High; Helen Pynes, Yokine Primary; Helen Hagdorn, Thornlie Senior High; Ann Franich, Chisholm Catholic College, Inglewood; Nicole Brown, Peter Moyes Anglican Community College, Quinns Rocks; Gerhard May, Swan Christian College; Bill Allen, University of Sunshine Coast and formerly of Perth College, and Patricia van Kann, Holy Spirit School, Floreat.
The awards were presented at the College's annual Beginning and Returning Teachers' Seminar at The Vines Resort and Country Club. For more about the awards and the seminar, click here.
More support urged for out-of-field teachers
The Western Australian College of Teaching has urged State, Catholic and Independent schools to provide better support for teachers who teach outside their field of expertise.
This follows the findings of research done on behalf of the College into the extent and effects of Western Australian classroom teachers teaching out-of-field.
College Board Chairman Brian Lindberg said the research findings showed that it was crucial for employers to minimise the negative effects of this phenomenon.
“The research revealed that many teachers teaching out-of-field believe that they were not given adequate support by their employer,” he said.
“The Western Australian College of Teaching urges all employers to minimise the impact on student learning of teachers teaching out-of-field by providing adequate preparation time, mentoring support and, where possible, additional professional development opportunities.”
The College commissioned the research after numerous anecdotal reports of teachers being called upon, or choosing, to teach out of their field of expertise.
College’s submission to the review of the Act
The College has released a copy of the Board's submission to the section 90 review of the Western Australian College of Teaching Act 2004 and the effectiveness of the operations of the College for the information of College members. This copy can be found here. The deadline for submissions has passed but details of the review’s terms of reference can be found here.
Beginning & Returning Teachers' Seminar - session guide and booking facility now available