What do the Great Teacher Exodus, the media, and school culture have in common? Much more than you might first think… Adam Voigt from Real Schools shares: the real reasons teachers are quitting in droves (Hint: COVID isn’t actually the…
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This is part three in a three part mini-series exploring my unconventional takeaways from the RELIT2022 cup-filling day!
Shelley Moore challenged perspectives about inclusion in the classroom (and in society). She shined a light on our selfish excuses, our alienating policies, and our one-size-fits-all approach.
I provide real, actually achievable steps you can enact in your classroom today to work toward true inclusion for all of your students – because the barriers are in the environment, not in the small human in front of you.
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This episode is a little different – I call out the notion that you are ‘just’ a teacher.
Screw that up, throw it in the bin. Yeet it, if you will. Far out the window.
There is nothing ‘just’ about being a teacher…
The messages in todays episode from the community should convince you otherwise!
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This is Part Two of my three part reflection on RELIT2022.
This week I take a dive into the talk from Nikki Sanchez – an incredibly powerful storyteller, decolonisation educator, and orca extraordinaire.
Her messages are deep, distressing, and so critically important for us as educators. Be warned, I cry in this episode. But the takeaways I had were a little off-point – the power of giving windows of resiliency, and of true storytelling.
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This is part one in a three part mini-series exploring my unconventional takeaways from the RELIT2022 cup-filling day!
Part 1 takes a dive into the wisdom of Dr Jody Carrington. Her messages ring with such truth:
– If you’re not ok, the people you’re in charge of don’t stand a chance
– All we want is to feel seen
– When you are acknowledged, you rise
Join me as I explore these topics and what they mean for us in our classrooms.
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A new term is dawning, shining it’s somewhat unwelcome light upon us. Holidays never seem long enough, do they?
But as you turn your gaze to the new term, I hope that you can see it with at least a little bit of welcome. A bit of curiosity, a bit of hope, a bit of joy. A new term is a time for refreshing and resetting.
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This is the first of our Anonymous Teacher Files, where teachers have asked for me to be their voice on a sensitive topic.
In this episode, a teacher has reached out to discuss discrimination related to a hearing impairment. I delved into the statistics of teachers with disabilities, and offer advice for how to deal with discrimination that may be occurring in your workplace as a teacher.
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This week in Aus is Teacher Aide Appreciation Week! Holy dooly do I appreciate every single teacher aide I’ve ever worked with. In this episode I want to highlight some of the key reasons why we cannot live without our…
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