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Support for Beginning Physics Teachers
In-Services and a Mentor Scheme
The AIP Education Committee is keen to assist new physics teachers whether they be:
- First Year Outs,
- Teachers returning to Physics teaching after many years’ absence, or
- Teachers who have been asked by their school to take physics.
It offers two programs:
i) An in-service program of a half-day in-service on Saturday morning, mid Term 1 and a full day in-service on Monday during the 1st Term holidays. The two events are free and travel coverage is available for country participants. The two events are complementary, so people can come to both. .
The Saturday morning event was held on 29th February at the Victorian Space Science Education Centre at Strathmore and the Monday event will be held at Kew High school on Monday 29th March.
When dates and venues are publised, you can register by email to the AIP with subject “Registration: New Physics Teachers” and include in the email, not only your contact details, but your reason for applying and which events you are applying for.
ii) The Mentor Scheme. Several retired physics teachers have offered their services to support new teachers. The AIP Education Committee will give them a stipend to meet with the teacher once during Terms 2, 3 and 4 and to be available for phone and email contact. Teachers wishing to participate in this scheme should send an expression of interest containing their contact details and a statement of why they want to be involved in the scheme. The expression of interest should be accompanied by a letter of support from the Science Coordinator or the School Principal. The documents should be either posted to the AIP mentor Scheme, PO Box 304, Glen Waverley, VIC 3150 or emailed as an attachment to AIP with subject “Booking: Mentor Scheme”.
Schools are welcome to fund additional support from the mentor.