School wellbeing is not: Compulsory yoga - when a teacher wants to sleep ? Cakes in the staffroom - when a teacher isn’t hungry ? “Don’t do any work on the wknd” - when if a teacher doesnt, they’ll be ...
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Award-winning teacher’s equation for success
Dr Kevin Larkin can no longer claim to be an ordinary teacher. The Senior Lecturer (Mathematics Education) at Griffith University has just scooped the title of 2018 Australian University Teacher of the Year. As one of the 13 winners at the Australian ...
More »Climate change: as students strike again, teachers could be gagged
New South Wales Education Minister Rob Stokes has warned students and teachers will be punished if they follow through on a climate rally during class time, scheduled for 15 March. https://t.co/2yPT0QpRVu — Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) February 18, 2019 Ok. ...
More »Teachers’ HECS debt to be waived: Close the Gap
Despite efforts of successive cabinets, the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous outcomes has yet to be closed. Prime Minister Scott Morrison hopes a new plan will at least reduce it educationally. Unveiled today, it entails waiving the HECS debts of 3,100 ...
More »Literacy and numeracy are important, but there is far more to effective teaching
Graduates from accredited teaching courses will be required to pass literacy and numeracy tests before they can enter the profession this year. Potential teachers will have three attempts at passing the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) ...
More »Self-care: the critical reason why school staff and leaders must prioritise their own wellbeing without feeling guilty
The reality of schools (for as many years as I have worked in education) is that teachers, Principals, and school staff more broadly run the gauntlet each term at frenetic pace, often collapsing physically and emotionally at the finish line. ...
More »Are you ready to make a difference?
Would you like to effect change at a more senior level and prepare for potential roles in leadership, research, advocacy and policy in the education sector? Empower yourself to make a difference by building your knowledge and honing your skills ...
More »English grammar – how can teachers upskill?
In recent years, there has been ongoing discussion about whether mainstream primary and high school teachers are sufficiently prepared to fully implement the language components of the Australian Curriculum. Over the past decades, educators have successfully delivered the functional genre ...
More »New specialisations added to CSU’s popular Master of Education
Charles Sturt University (CSU) has updated their hugely successful and internationally recognised Master of Education with three new specialisations as part of a recent review of postgraduate education courses. The Master of Education is designed for education professionals looking to ...
More »Two in five teachers don’t know how to teach soft skills
As the Mitchell Institute prefaced last month, soft skills, straightforward as they seem, can be difficult to teach. Now, there's further evidence for this. After surveying 500 Australian teachers, Smiling Minds found that two in five of them feel they ...
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