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Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
The Kingston Internship Model
Darryl Owen Sarah Samuelson Gemma Foxall
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
In second semester 2012, Kingston Primary School has 12 extra qualified teachers whose prime focus is to improve the literacy and numeracy outcomes of our students.The Interns;• hold a duty of care • know all the students in their class • know all the parents in their class • understand our whole school procedures • know the culture of the school
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Background to the model
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Green light evidence• Top of the Class Report• State Election• Expected Teacher Shortages• Questions about “Quality Teachers / Graduates”• DoE Rural Teaching Scholarships
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Actioned by Alan KiddFounding Principal
Kingston Primary School
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
• Opened as an IPS 2009• K-7 facilities• Merit select staff• Opening enrolment - 320• Current enrolment 800 students• First Professional Learning School of its type in Australia
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Intern Teacher Journey
Kingston Primary School
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Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
• Merit select 3rd year Undergraduate students
• Spend 4th year of Uni on site at KPS
• Assignment requirements negotiated between Uni and KPS
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Term 1 • 3 full days from start of term one including School
Development Days Term 2 • Final PracticumSemester 2 • Full time at KPS• Interns will be teaching whole classes and small groups,
based on student and school needs• Limited Authority to Teach (LATs) enables paid relief
work at KPS only
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Scholarships• 10 scholarships worth $30,000 from DoE• Commit to first 2 years of teaching in a rural public
school• $15,000 paid over course of the year at KPS• $15,000 paid at completion of 2 year rural placement
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Non-Scholarships• Non-Scholarship Interns are not restricted by DoE placement• Non-Scholarship Interns can apply for merit select schools• Non-Scholarship Interns are in demand
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
School Support Structures
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Intern Coordinator
• 1-1 meetings – weekly with each Intern• Accountability – Framework documentation• Feedback – to admin, mentors and interns• Mentor forums – Mentor group discussions• Intern forums – Intern group discussions
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Internship Framework• Based on AITSL’s National Professional Standards for Teachers
• This framework also provides consistency of expectations, teaching loads, quantity & quality of reflective feedback
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Internship PDBy the end of the Internship year all interns will; Be CMS Level 1 trained Participate in First Steps Literacy and Numeracy PD Receive coaching in the Kingston Explicit Teaching Model Use SIS, money books etc Use DoE Reporting to Parents online system Virtues Training Be accountable to whole school processes Be experienced using the Australian Curriculum
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Outcomes for Kingston PS
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Teleah Meuleners:Intervention Model for Underperforming Year Three Students
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Sarah SamuelsonSmall group geometry extension for year five and six students
BEFORE 5 WEEKS LATER
Kingston Primary School
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Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Daniel MooreExplicitly teaching decoding strategies in guided reading to improve reading accuracy.
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
What’s next?
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Where to from here?
Woodside $1.34 million over 3 years for the expansion of the model;
•Across WA•Across Australia
University
Partners
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Outcomes for Rural and Remote Schools
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
By the end of 2012 there will be 44 Intern Graduates
Interns are teaching in:• Remote Aboriginal Communities• Isolated mining towns• Schools with a high turn over of teachers• Isolated farming towns• Hard to staff schools
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
“The Kingston Internship Model: An Alternative Approach to Pre-Service Teacher Training”
• Investigating principals’ perceptions of the performance of intern graduate teachers compared to non-intern graduates
• Study in progress, so far 5 statistically significant findings...
Kingston Primary School
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Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Standard One: Know students and how they learn
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Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Standard Two: Know the content and how to teach it
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Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Standard Three: Plan for and implementeffective teaching and learning
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Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Standard Four: Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments
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Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Standard Five: Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning
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Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
From an Intern’s Perspective
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
• Supportive environment while learning• Puts university education into perspective• Increased knowledge of classroom and school routines• Efforts are recognised by all staff• Know the students for a full year• Build positive support network• Behaviour management knowledge• Opportunities for other PD• Experience a full year of teaching• Increased knowledge of the Curriculum and how to
teach it.
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Questions
Kingston Primary School
Care, Respect, Excellence, Courage
Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
Contact DetailsKingston Primary School
08 9797 0451Gemma Foxall Sarah SamuelsonIntern Coordinator 2012 [email protected]
Darryl OwenDeputy [email protected]