Following a mild heart attack, Craig*, a senior mathematics teacher, returned to work physically and emotionally exhausted. Once a successful and experienced teacher, Craig now failed to engage with his students. Unmotivated and unfocused, Craig’s authority and discipline in the ...

Mental health issues, in particular depressive and anxiety disorders, are becoming increasingly common among young people, with their peak period of onset being around the age of 15 or 16. In fact, the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and ...

Boys’ Town in Sydney’s south caters for 32 enrolments in its residential and day programs for students at risk of entering state care or the juvenile justice system, and works intensively with at least 60 families each year. Students at ...

I am the head of Department of Health and Physical Education at Rossmoyne Senior High School and have been at my current school for 10 years. Postgraduate studies are very intellectually stimulating. I am developing a greater understanding of why ...

I am currently principal of Lightning Ridge Central School, which is where I’ve been since August of 2008. My teaching background was originally in the social sciences, particularly in geography and economics, but for the last few years I taught ...

My current position is as deputy headmaster (curriculum) at Guildford Grammar School in Perth. I have been teaching for 23 years, working primarily in independent boys’ education. I really enjoyed my masters study, which had a strong emphasis on connecting ...

I have been a secondary school teacher of mathematics and science since 1985 following the completion of a B.Sc. in Physical Chemistry from Flinders University. Initially I enrolled in the two semester Master of Educational Studies, upgraded to the three ...

After 30 years of teaching across primary and secondary level I reached a point where I found the challenge was no longer there; I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do My principal encouraged me to study my Masters ...

I am currently the primary years music teacher at Loreto College Marryatville, Adelaide. I teach R-5 classroom music, conduct a variety of primary school choirs and bands within the college, music liturgy groups and coordinate primary school performances throughout the ...

I have been teaching or in education for over 30 years. I am currently the principal of Wiley Park PS, a large multicultural school in south western Sydney. I have had the opportunity to work in a number of diverse ...