Areas
Close links have already been developed with Algester State School, our main feeder school, through a partnership in the New Basics trial and teachers are working together to ensure that all students have a smooth transition into the Middle School at Calamvale Community College.
As teachers plan and develop curriculum in their POD teams, mentors from a variety of agencies have worked with teachers, on-the-job. This has proved to be a very powerful model of professional development. As teachers have devised curriculum in unfamiliar territory, for example robotics, they have utilised the students' excursion to the university as a training opportunity for staff as well as students.
The College has been proactive in developing links with the universities that are establishing Middle Schooling teaching qualifications. These links, not only inform our current practices, but also provide important recruitment opportunities for the future.
As the Senior School develops, a range of links will be forged allowing students and other community members to have access to VET programs, both on and off site, delivered by both teachers from TAFE and other providers and the school's staff. Links with universities will be developed to provide enrichment and extension programs for talented students.
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