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25.01.2022 Hi all - if you are in Perth this seminar next week might interest you? https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/seminar-resilient-teachers-
23.01.2022 A brilliant article linking school leadership, trust between staff & effective student learning to the importance of Collective Teacher Efficacy . A must read for schools wanting to improve #TeacherWellbeing & #studentoutcomes https://www.epicimpactedgroup.com//collective-efficacy-the
20.01.2022 It’s time to celebrate teachers for what they really are Super Heroes. Proud to join Ziploc to celebrate teachers and their heroic impact. Honor your own super hero teacher with #MoreThanATeacher
18.01.2022 This remote Pilbara community is trying a new approach to keep attendance rates on track - all aboard the metal barrel school train!
15.01.2022 Five-minute activities that develop safe and respectful classrooms where bullying can’t flourish. Subscribe to ReachOut Schools to download your free resources.
15.01.2022 Timely reminder!
07.01.2022 Children aren’t born with the ability to regulate their emotions, it’s something they learn as they get older and is often called self-regulation. This article looks at this concept and offers you some ideas to help support your child to self-regulate:
06.01.2022 Teaching is a strange job. I talk about my day to day with friends and family who are not teachers, and they just don’t get it. They don’t understand why that ...kid would do that, how could I let them get away with that, in their day that would never have happened. Teachers need other teachers. Non-teachers don’t understand. Oh, you’ve got more holidays coming up? What are your plans? What will you do with ALL those holidays? What? 12 weeks of holidays isn’t enough for you? I always answer that my favourite plan is to do absolutely nothing. Other teachers GET this. Teachers need other teachers. I have been extremely lucky in my career to be surrounded by groups of teachers who each taught me something. I have formed life long friendships based on mutual understanding, respect, care, acknowledgement, acceptance, guidance, feedback, advice and trust. I have worked with new teachers, very experienced teachers, tired teachers, enthusiastic teachers, teachers who are over it and teachers who are quiet achievers. Different teachers have each advised me in different ways. I was once told not to smile until Easter I did not take this advice. I was once told to connect to each child, personally not academically, each week I took that advice. I have worked with teachers who loved each of their students so much that their own children were sometimes neglected (their words, not mine). I have worked with teachers who were only in it until their unit at the coast was paid off. I am so grateful for the lessons I have learned from these teachers because teachers need other teachers. Recently, I have had a shift. I have become disheartened. I have become less grateful, less optimistic, less hopeful, less sure that this is the role for me. I have inadvertently stumbled into a culture that I have not experienced before. I have witnessed the dark side of teaching the competitive, cynical, fatalistic, obstructive and downright unprofessional side of the job. I have always loved my job. Don’t get me wrong, I have found it hard. I have been challenged daily! I have been frustrated by the demands, the restrictions, the accusations and the workload before, but this this is new to me. This has become personal. The behaviour I have witnessed is not teaching. It is not what this profession is about. It is now that I need other teachers most. I need other teachers to listen to my whinging, venting and boringly repetitive gripes, and nod knowingly. I need other teachers to re-inspire me. I need other teachers to support me. I need other teachers to encourage me, to motivate me, to remind me of all of the amazing parts of this job. I need other teachers to help me. I need other teachers to grab me by the shoulders, shake me, and tell me that this won’t last. That I am doing ok. That I will get out of this pit. That, someday soon, once again, I will be the teacher that other teachers need. I need you, teachers. Teachers need other teachers.
04.01.2022 Simple, but effective reminders for classroom management.
04.01.2022 Applying a strengths-based and culturally relevant approach to supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students benefits teachers as well. Here's an inspiring story about Maningrida College: http://www.sbs.com.au//teaching-teacher-how-mob-maningrida
03.01.2022 A stressful classroom affects a teacher's ability to effectively manage their studentswhich can cause more stress for students whose needs are not being met.
