<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I 100% support Vic's suggestion here. </div><div><br></div><div>Reflecting on the current state of teacher employment, we recently advertised and receive 0 applicants. ZERO. I think academia is doing the best it can, but we need to think about this problem a different way. (I'm tempted to quote Einstein here, but you all know the quote!!). Looking forward, a BETTER solution would be to look to the teachers we have and work upskilling them to deliver our APC courses. </div><div><br></div><div>Phil - perhaps you could convene a think tank around this?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,<br>Adrian</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 12:58 PM Victoria Farrell <<a href="mailto:farrellv@stkevins.vic.edu.au">farrellv@stkevins.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I would be keen to run some teacher training courses to upskill staff to teach Software. I am doing this at Parade College while I support their VCE class one day a week.<div><br></div><div>I think that would be a pro-active option for the long term to offer assistance to upskill teaching staff around Victoria. I have plenty of resources I am happy to share too, including a VB coding resource I have written. Coding is the main hurdle teachers have with teaching SD.<br><div><br></div><div>Thoughts?<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4z8sI9MYMFjbXtzxdKhgpK4dCGcMzYQJo2eZHOb4IvYvWlyt1G3gTS3fQpX8T5d71cGcqqyMjM"></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><b>Victoria Farrell</b><br>Head of Technology Department </span></i></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">St Kevin's College</span></i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><br><i>P 03 9832 4980</i></span></p><p><font face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" color="#274e13"><span style="font-size:12px"><i>E <a href="mailto:farrellv@stkevins.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">farrellv@stkevins.vic.edu.au</a></i></span></font></p><div dir="ltr"><i><font color="#274e13" face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.vicfarrell.com.au/" target="_blank">vicfarrell.com.au</a><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></i></div><div><i><font color="#274e13" face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.skc3.club/" target="_blank">Computer Club</a></font></i></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 at 12:29, Philip Feain <<a href="mailto:Philip.Feain@education.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">Philip.Feain@education.vic.gov.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have been asked by a major school (not far from the city and bay) if there are any Software Development teachers who would be available to cover their class after their teaching has become unavailable.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">They are happy to discuss how this could be done understanding that teachers would be full-time in their current school.<u></u><u></u></p>
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