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Education Committee Membership and Tasks
- Sue Grant, formerly Balwyn High School (Chair)
- Gary Bass, St Helena Secondary College
- Chris Bowen, Caulfield Grammar School (WH)
- Keith Burrows, formerly Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School
- Gary Cohen, Highvale Secondary College
- Paul Cuthbert, Kew High School
- Jonathon de Booy, Australian Synchrotron, formerly Craigieburn Secondary College
- Dr Christina Hart, formerly University of Melbourne
- Theo Hughes, Monash University, formerly Haileybury College
- Helen Lye, ACER
- Shane MacLean, Kew High School
- Oscar Menuel, Academy of Mary Immaculate
- Dr David Mills, Monash University
- Dan O’Keeffe, formerly Camberwell Grammar School
- Jim Royston, formerly La Trobe University
- Alan Reynolds, Box Hill High School
- Francis Sidari, Caroline Springs Secondary College
- Diane Wilkinson, Box Hill High School
The Education Committee is a group of teachers and academics. Membership of the Committee and its meetings are open to any interested teacher. The Committee meets monthly after school on the second Tuesday of each month at 5.00 – 7.00pm, to work for physics in the following areas:
- Liaising with VCAA on curriculum matters
- Distributing an email newsletter to physics teachers several times each term
- Preparing a written review of the June and November VCE Physics Exams
- Liaising with STAV on professional development matters
- Planning the Physics Teachers Conference in association with STAV
- Running professional development activities on the Synchrotron and Medical Physics
- Organising physics promotional activities for students, such as Switch On To Physics program, VCE Physics Days at Luna Park and the Photonics program at Swinburne University
- Distributing Physics material such as the Transistor kit, the Bragg Diffraction kit, the Synchrotron CDROM and Physics Careers DVD "Physics as a Life Skill"
- Surveying physics teachers on their qualifications, teaching experience and retirement plans
- Undertaking research on student participation in Physics across Australia, tertiary course selection by VCE Physics students and subject selection of science and maths subjects at the secondary VCE level
- Administering www.vicphysics.org
- Advising the Victorian Branch and the Federal Branch of the AIP on educational matters
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AIP Education Committee Meetings
The meeting dates for 2010 are:
- 3rd February
- 10th March
- 12th May
- 15th June
- 13th July July
- 10th August
- 14th September
- 12th October
- 11th November*
- 7th December
The meetings in 2010 will be held at Kew High School, beginning at 5.00pm and finishing about 7.00pm. If you would like to attend, please contact the chairperson, Sue Grant