A study into the experiences of school leaders during the first round of COVID-19 related school shutdowns in 2020 has found that those who engaged in community, communication and compassion-based responses were most successful in leading their school community through ...
More »How are performing arts teachers and students coping in a time of remote learning?
A team of international education researchers has released a study that details the challenges performing arts teachers and their students face during periods of lockdown and remote learning. The study, led by Associate Professor Susan Davis of CQUniversity Australia and ...
More »Sydney COVID lockdown: learning from home extended, HSC concessions
People living in Greater Sydney will be in lockdown until at least July 30 as the NSW government battles to contain the city’s outbreak of Covid-19. As 97 new cases of community transmission were announced on Wednesday, NSW Premier Gladys ...
More »‘Trying times for teachers’: NSW Teachers Federation president speaks out
NSW Teachers Federation President Angelo Gavrielatos warned these are “trying times for teachers” as Sydney’s lockdown continues and term three kicks off in remote learning mode. Speaking to the ABC on Monday night, Gavrielatos welcomed the news that 10,000 teachers ...
More »Teacher perceptions: survey reveals shift in public’s view after pandemic
Australians have sounded off on how their view of teachers has changed after the pandemic – and four in 10 say it has improved. The Monash University survey canvassed the views of just over 1000 Australians. It showed that 41.6 ...
More »Australia’s opportunity to emerge from coronavirus as a global education superpower
The scourge of coronavirus has placed an enormous strain on our educators and our education system. As a nation, we should have celebrated harder that teachers in all sectors were able to entirely re-imagine the learning experience for every single ...
More »NSW follows Victoria’s lead in hiring tutors to help struggling students catch up
The NSW government will offer free tutoring next year to disadvantaged students who have struggled after periods of home learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a first for the state, the tutoring will be provided by casual and retired teachers, ...
More »Data and differentiation in online learning: opinion
In my frequent conversations with teachers across the globe, I am privy to many of their challenges. Many of these challenges are centred around differentiation in the classroom. And with the recent pandemic forcing a far deeper engagement with their ...
More »Now more than ever, it’s vital that schools teach their pupils to be e-smart: Opinion
The educational, social and developmental benefits of digital technology are clear - especially in the midst of a global pandemic, where our devices have become a vital window to the outside world. Despite this, we can’t ignore the risks that ...
More »Some first-hand thoughts on educational leadership in 2020: Opinion
I can only imagine the number of times that visionaries and leaders in organisations were intending to take “2020” as a significant play on words as vision was cast and strategic plans were unrolled. Because, let’s face it, every leader ...
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