The Monash University report “Perceptions of Teachers and Teaching In Australia” should alarm us all. Could their underappreciation of teachers be largely due to a big dose of ignorance? Here’s how that story goes …
love the fact that educational innovation happens in Dandenong, the area in which I live. This changes from seeing everything once painted a horrible pale green to knowing we were going implement something extraordinary here was exciting.
I have a belief in children as being very capable human beings. They have a lot to offer, whether they’re 5 or 12.
Writing online holds a special challenge for busy school leaders and teachers. Not only do principals and their staff today have to deal with the usual complexities of language, now they have to use multimedia in critically important too.
An autobiographical viewpoint of why I set up Fantastic Learning Systems P/L and what it means to understand what I can uniquely offer in school-based professional learning.
What are your school’s current communications strategy and plan? How is it helping you realise the school’s vision and mission? How well is it helping the school community to understand the school’s learning principles?
Scanning job advertisements for curriculum management positions supports several insights into the broad application of formal learning in a knowledge-based economy.
There’s a long history in education producing school-based publications and media artefacts. Schools produce yearbooks, newsletters and a wide variety of classroom materials and resources, as well as a wealth of school photos and videos.
If we don’t tell our story, someone else will, and more often than not, another’s version will not be the one we want told. Leaders need to become storyteller-in-chief…By doing so, we create the means by which we share all of the positives associated with our schools and create a much-needed level of transparency in … Read more
It’s OK to take a little more time and use this time to build ICT skills, after all the motivation to do so is so necessary.