The year co-ordinator in selected Victorian metropolitan independent schools : profile, practice and prospects

Abstract

This study was designed to examine the position and role of the Year Co-ordinator in selected Victorian Metropolitan Independent schools.

The principal objectives of the study were:

(i) to discover what sorts of persons undertake this role and establish whether they have personal, academic and career characteristics in common;

(ii) to look at the year co-ordinator's perception of the role; and

(iii) to examine the career interests of year co-ordinators and, in particular, to gauge their opinions on how well their present role is preparing them for future responsibilities, such as Deputy Principal or Principal.

A questionnaire was distributed to forty AHISA affiliated Independent schools in Victoria. Twenty eight valid responses were received. Six Principals returned their questionnaires stating that the position of year co-ordinator did not exist in their schools. The schools who did not reply were telephoned and it was established that year co-ordinators did exist in those schools.