A recent report from the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership reveals that nearly five hundred thousand educators have had their wellbeing impacted by the last three years of bushfires, floods, Covid-19, lockdowns and online learning. Teacher, coach, author and ...

Low teacher well-being and high teacher attrition are issues faced by many teachers, schools and educational systems. Pinpointing job supports that are associated with greater well-being and lower attrition among teachers is, therefore, important. This is particularly true during COVID-19, ...

Both the education sector and the Australian public are well aware of the significant challenges COVID has presented to teachers and students over the last two years. Recent data cited in an article by the Independent Education Union of Australia ...

Like health practitioners of all stripes, 2020 and 2021 are years that many teachers in COVID-19 affected areas would probably rather forget. Undoubtedly acquiring new skills – and a greater sense of agility and resilience – benefitted many teachers, but ...

Reflective practice has been adopted by teachers for many years to ensure that they are meeting the needs of students. It helps teachers understand their personal areas of development and addresses underlying beliefs and assumptions about learning and teaching in ...

Walk into any school and you will find teachers who are smiling, chatting happily with students and who seem to be enjoying each day.  Scratch below the surface though and what you may notice is that these teachers, who on ...

An education expert is concerned that the increasing pressures and demands facing Australian teachers is limiting the spaces available for them to speak frankly about their emotions and learn from colleagues and mentors. Dr Saul Karnovsky spoke to Education Review ...

A new article highlights how teachers believe they have to hide their emotions in the profession, which is correlating with both mental health problems and high rates of burnout in the sector. In a piece published in The Conversation, Curtin ...

This year has been nothing short of extraordinary for all Australian school leaders, teams and school communities. It has required an extraordinary level of resilience and energy. It probably comes as no surprise that staff wellbeing is one of the ...

While strong and positive student-teacher relationships are always important, they take on a new level of significance during a pandemic, a UNSW educational psychology lecturer says. In a climate of fear, change and disruption, Dr Rebecca Collie argues that developing ...