Peron AllianceCurriculum & TeachingA collaboration of public schools in the Rockingham/Kwinana region

“Building the Collaborative”

Sharing the PACT Journey

31 May 2011

What is PACT?

• A collaboration between 7 schools

• Sharing expertise

• Efficiency

• In 2009 – one shared course

• In 2010 – 19 shared courses

• In 2011 – 30 shared courses

• In 2012 – 41 courses offered

How does it work?

• An Operational PerspectiveCourse selectionTimetablingPolicy/Risk ManagementPR & Training

“Don’t sweat the small stuff”

Take a leap of faith.

Where did we start?

• 1 Course – Maths Specialist 3 AB run at Murdoch University.

• Align the school period structures.• Cooperate for the good of all of the students across

the schools without letting egos interfere. • Identify courses that have small numbers that

schools could not afford to run individually.• Identify the best teachers to teach each course whilst

not reducing the capacity of schools to cover the curriculum.

• Rotate courses to maintain expertise in each school.

The Period Structure

• 5 Periods per day.

• Each period 64 Minutes

• 20 periods = 1,280 minutes (full time teaching load)

• 5 periods = 320 minutes (DOTT)

• 25 periods = 1600 minutes (middle school teaching requirement)

Code Fee Grid line Host School Access to

Applied Information Technology 2ABAIT $80 6 G GRS

Biological Science 2ABBIO $65 6 GRGRS

Business Management Enterprise 2ABBME $65 5 S

S

Dance Studies 1ABDAN $150 6 SRSC

Dance Studies 2ABDAN $100 5 RRC

Drama 1ABDRA $65 6 GGR

Earth and Environmental Science 2ABEES $65 6 CCRS

Engineering Studies 2ABEST $130 5 WRSW

Geography 2ABGEO $ 80 6 CGCGRS

Modern History 2ABHIM $65 5 CGCGR

Indonesian: Second Language CT2IND $70 6 SSWC

Mathematics 3ABMAT $45 6 SS

The Timetable

• The common grid.

• Flexibility for staff and students

• Period 0 and 6

• “PACT Wednesday”

• The 25th Period

The Grid

  Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

0          

1 1 6 5 4 5

2 2 1 5 3 4

3 3 2 7 2 3

4 4 3 6 1 2

5 5 4 6 6 1

6          

Policy/Risk Management

• Communication• The teacher handbook• The student handbook• The assessment policy • Attendance• SIS data transfer• Course changes• Course charges

• Reporting• Travel• Excursions• Staffing

PR & Training

• Publications – Teacher Handbook; Student Handbook; Assessment Policy

• Parent evening

• Trial Travel Days

• Staff induction and training

RTO/VET

• Achieved RTO status 2010• Current scope:

Cert I & II Information Technology Cert I & II BusinessCert I Work EducationCert II Work PracticesCert 1 Community Recreation.

• Applying for scope in: Cert II & III Outdoor RecreationCert I & II HorticultureCert IV Training and Assessment.

There are currently 490 Year 11 and 12 students involved in PACT courses across 7 schools.