Teacher/Intern Partnerships in Isolated Areas: A Project Overview
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https://doi.org/10.47381/aijre.v8i1.428Abstract
This paper reports on a collaborative project which aims to improve the preparation of preservice teachers for teaching in rural and remote schools. Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has joined with Education Queensland, Priority Country Area Program (PCAP), the Queensland Teachers' Union (QTU) and the Board of Teacher Registration (BTR) to trial an internship for 4th year Bachelor of Education students in isolated schools in Queensland. The ultimate goal of the project is to improve the quality of teaching and learning in remote and isolated areas. The project will trial the use of a mentor/intern model of professional development where students and teachers work together over a six week period and share a normal teaching work load. Experienced teachers will be given the opportunity to work closely with student teachers nearing the end of the pre-service program while the student teachers will gain from the experience of teachers familiar with special needs of schools in these communities.
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