Feb 22, 2022

Before I begin accreditation I need to make sure I have “stuff”…. 

Oh I hear you! 

I can’t believe how many people I coach who come to me with a big box/onedrive/folder full of stuff and proudly tell me  

“I’m ready… I just need to put this into evidence sets” 

The box or folder of “stuff” includes...

Feb 17, 2022

Who needs to write lesson plans anyway?
Teaching is an art and lesson plans are the maps we use to help us meet the needs of our students.  Without them, we might not take the opportunity to pause and consider the needs of each of the children in our classroom.  Lesson planning is something that is also a really...

Feb 8, 2022

How do you make sure your learning goals challenge all your students? 

You've planned your unit, and your lessons using the Australian curriculum's achievement standards to guide your expectation. But... it's super hard to judge what might be considered a open quotation marks challenging close quotation marks learning...

Feb 1, 2022

Beginning a New School Year Online will cause Damage to Students’ Social Emotional Development 

The first week of school is one of the trickiest.  You know nothing about your kids and can only use data, guess work and the advice of the previous teacher (if you’re lucky!) to begin to try new pedagogies and lesson...