Feb 25, 2020

In this week’s episode, we are joined by very recent graduate Kerry Gray.

She recently completed her portfolio for the Graduate standards and did very well. 49/50 in fact!!

I asked her to share her secrets to success with us.

If you’re a pre-service teacher who knows you need to get your portfolio done, a uni....

Feb 18, 2020

How many times have you stopped to reflect this term?

Have you found just 15 minutes to sit down and connect with what you’ve been u to this year?

All that getting to know the students, planning and preparation and teaching? 

Did you tune into how you were feeling as you went and learn what you needed to so that you...

Feb 11, 2020

Balance. Do you have it in your Teaching Day?

How many lunches have you skipped already this term?

Did you get 8 hours of sleep last night?

It’s so hard, isn’t it?

This episode is important!

SO important.

Teaching has a strange culture around it where lunch is a luxury, and we train ourselves to hold a wee for two...

Feb 4, 2020

Boundaries. We set them for the kids but what about for ourselves?

Have you ever limped towards the end of term wishing that you’d said “no” to that extra project, feeling guilty about how you’re missing valuable family time and feeling like your patience is running very thin… with everything? 

Me...