This programme is of mutual benefit to student teachers and to the school community, this academy provides students with mentoring, classroom experience, and leadership opportunities. We currently have 13 teacher interns on this programme. They do academic studies through UNISA, and spend 15 hours a week in our classrooms assisting the teachers, and they also coach sport. We accommodate them on our campus, pay them a stipend and also pay for their studies. We are very proud of the fact that two of our Support Staff Teachers have come from menial jobs to becoming fully-fledged teachers. We are also encouraging our Assistant Teachers in the Pre Prep to study and to become fully-fledged Primary teachers.

For more information about the academy, please contact Mr Barendse barendse@wpps.org.za