STEM professional experiences
STEM professional experiences
Undertaking a placement in a STEM specialist school provides pre-service teachers with additional skills and experiences required for a range of educational settings.
Having the ability to teach and integrate STEM across all learning areas is vital to teachers and enables children to develop the skills needed to constantly adapt in a dynamic and evolving global landscape.
We have established STEM professional experience opportunities in four secondary schools where pre-service teachers gain specialised skills and participate in a STEM focussed mentoring program. In addition to these, we have a large number of STEM specialist primary and secondary schools across the State suitable for professional experiences.
We encourage pre-service teachers from all learning areas to apply and broaden their STEM cross-curriculum skills.
- Ashdale Secondary College
- Carine Senior High School
- Comet Bay College
- Melville Senior High School
- STEM specialist schools
- Professional learning opportunities
Ashdale Secondary College has state of the art facilities and a whole school STEM approach. As a teacher development school, pre-service professional experience opportunities include:
- The ICT Approved Specialist Program focussing on an interdisciplinary approach across STEM subjects. The program includes two Institutes:
- Creative Technologies Institute
- STEM Institute.
- Access to teaching mentors who use a STEM matrix to engage students in the transferable skills of creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and communication across the curriculum.
Carine Senior High School recognises and prioritises a whole school approach to STEM with a focus on visible learning, creative thinking and problem solving. Pre-service professional experience opportunities include:
- The Academic Extension Program offering lower secondary students the opportunity to participate in up to five extension classes including areas of mathematics and science.
- The Gifted and Talented Program, our selective entrance program.
Comet Bay College is a highly-awarded STEM school with modern facilities. As a STEM teacher development school, pre-service professional experience opportunities include:
- A STEM Innovation School, in partnership with our Innovation Unit, leading teacher development in STEM activities in schools.
- The Gifted and Talented Program, our selective entrance program.
Melville Senior High School is a highly-awarded STEM school and leader in integrating technology and learning. Pre-service professional experience opportunities include:
- The Aviation Specialist program focussing on aviation, science and engineering including a purpose-built Aviation Centre within the school.
- The Academic Extension Course offering lower secondary students a diverse range of extended academic opportunities including a mathematics and science sector.
- The Gifted and Talented Program, our selective entrance program.
A large number of our primary and secondary public schools across the State are committed to the development and implementation of a whole school STEM approach. These schools are recognised for their expertise in STEM, and have programs in place that support other schools and the teachers within them to collaborate and develop their own contemporary STEM practices.
Our Teacher Development Schools have been developed to offer professional learning on teaching and learning practices in specialised areas including mathematics, science, digital technologies, design and technologies and broader STEM across the curriculum.
View all STEM specialist public schools in WA.
Term 1
| Event | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday | 7.40-8.30am | Ashdale College | |
| Introduction to Low Key Classroom Engagement Skills Carine Senior High School | Thursday, 25 February 2021 | 3.15-4.00pm | Carine Senior High School |
| Friday, 26 February 2021 | 9.15-10.45am | Ashdale College | |
| Tuesday, 2 March 2021 | 5.00-6.30pm | Ashdale College | |
| STEM in the classroom and STEM across the school | Tuesday, 3 March 2021 | 3.15pm-4.15pm | Melville Senior High School |
| Wednesday, 10 March 2021 | 3.15-4.00pm | Carine Senior High School | |
| Wednesday, 24 March 2021 | 3.15-4.00pm | Carine Senior High School | |
| Wednesday, 24 March 2021 | 2.30-4.15pm | Ashdale College |
Term 2
| Event | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 28 April 2021 | 3.15-4.00pm | Carine Senior High School | |
| Classroom Management Strategies | Friday, 7 May 2021 | 9.00am-12.00pm | Comet Bay College |
| Strategies for working with students with diagnosed conditions | Wednesday, 12 May 2021 | 3.15-4.00pm | Carine Senior High School |
| Observation of STEM lesson with live commentary | Wednesday, 12 May 2021 | 7.45-8.30am | Ashdale College |
| STEM Champions cluster students & parents after school workshop | Tuesday, 18 May 2021 | 5.00-6.30pm | Ashdale College |
| Classroom Management Strategies and STEM Professional Learning | Wednesday, 19 May 2021 | 3.15-4.15pm | Melville Senior High School |
| Project Based Learning & Solution Fluency | Wednesday, 26 May 2021 | 9.00am-12.00pm | Comet Bay College |
| Observe in Nautilus & STEM Academy | Wednesday, 26 May 2021 | 12.15- 2.50pm | Comet Bay College |
| Lesson design and framing questions for active participation | Wednesday, 26 May 2021 | 3.15-4.00pm | Carine Senior High School |
| Nearpod | Wednesday, 9 June 2021 | 3.15-4.00pm | Carine Senior High School |
| Differentiation with ICT | Wednesday, 23 June 2021 | 3.15-4.00pm | Carine Senior High School |
| STEM Girls Day Camp | Saturday, 26 June 2021 |
| Ashdale College |
| Harry Potter Year 7 Enrichment | TBC | Ashdale College |
To register your interest or for more information on upcoming professional learning opportunities contact the school directly:
Ashdale College - Deborah.Doyle@education.wa.edu.au or register directly through event links.
Carine Senior High School - register directly through event links.
Comet Bay College - Joanna.harmer@education.wa.edu.au
Melville Senior High School- Alanna.sherwood@education.wa.edu.au or register directly through event links.
Arrange your placement
If you would like to undertake a STEM professional experience at a public school, speak to your university professional experience team directly. Email us if you are unsure if your placement or selected school is suitable.