Teaching Opportunities
with G.A.T.E.WAYS

Over the last fifteen years over 250 people from a range of different backgrounds (primary, secondary & tertiary teaching; science; mathematics; the arts; politics; sport; philosophy & thinking skills ) have presented programs for G.A.T.E.WAYS. Our organisation runs educational programs for children who have special educational needs because of their advanced or potential abilities. This can be academic ability across a range of curriculum areas or talent in one area.

G.A.T.E.WAYS is always seeking presenters of the highest quality to develop and teach programs to gifted and talented children. These presenters must be:

• Experts in their given field or fields
• Passionate about their field and able to convey this enthusiasm to children
• Knowledgeable about the special needs of gifted children and how they learn, or be prepared to do some training in this area
• Extremely creative and skilled in terms of curriculum development and delivery. The programs must not be 'chalk and talk' and teacher focused but inquiry based, with lots of hands-on activities, problem solving; higher order thinking skills etc. Gifted children are extremely capable of understanding advanced, abstract concepts and curriculum well beyond their chronological age, so long as the teaching methodology is appropriately adapted. Programs which are particularly popular are those programs which are scenario-based or 'hypotheticals' - children enjoy having their learning embedded within such a framework. Programs need not follow the CSFs but take children well beyond the regular curriculum. G.A.T.E.WAYS will always consider any proposal if we feel it is an area that will inspire the children. We also work with and advise presenters at the program development stage.
• Willing and able to travel throughout the metropolitan area. G.A.T.E.WAYS runs its programs at host schools, from Bonbeach to Brunswick; from Malvern to Mooroolbark, and anywhere in between. If a presenter is engaged to run a Eureka program (see below) for example, that person would be engaged every Wednesday or Thursday in a given term. Each week he/she will go to a different school somewhere in Melbourne. If a presenter has devised a problem solving mystery 'Journey' (see below) he/she might be engaged to run the same program in a number of different venues over a term/terms.

Individuals who work for G.A.T.E.WAYS are not engaged full time. Engagement is on a 'per program' contract basis and is extremely flexible. Some presenters who are particularly prolific in program development and very skilled in delivery may work on two, three, or four days a week in any given term. Other presenters might prefer to offer their services on one particular day of the week. Presenters must have an Australian Business Number. All presenters must provide a current Working With Children Certificate and Training in Anaphalaxis Management. They must provide all their own teaching materials and equipment, although we can request use of such things as whiteboards, TV/videos from the host school. Rates of pay for all programs on application.

G.A.T.E.WAYS is interested in talking to people from all fields, but especially in the areas of science, mathematics, problem solving/thinking skills, spoken English (debating/public speaking), politics/world issues; history. There are fewer opportunities in the areas of art, drama and literature as we have many presenters working in those fields already.

G.A.T.E.WAYS
PO Box 207, Blackburn VIC 3130 Australia
Phone 03 9894 2116  Fax 03 9894 2117
info@gateways.edu.au