Tassie AP's ground-breaking Year 7 transition program

Grant Quarry

By Grant Quarry
Published July 25, 2022

Several years ago while working as an advanced skills teacher at Kings Meadows High School in Launceston, now assistant principal Katie Wightman was struck by the glaring inadequacies of her school’s transition program for students entering Year 7.

Assistant principal Katie Wightman picked up the 2021 Together We Inspire Telstra Innovation Award for her evidence-backed transition program.

Briefed by the school’s AP at the time, who’d overseen the transition, Wightman had a list of 150 names in ...

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