What’s Important? We all lead busy lives and despite our character traits, our dominant brain hemisphere’s and our ability to handle pressure, we ALL suffer stress in some form or other at different times. If you feel as though you are becoming overwhelmed from a work perspective – STOP! No, we don’t expect you to down…
Self Nourishing Activities- by Emma Waters
I hope that you have spent a week being on YOUR own side – this can simply be internally in terms of your self-talk and how long you stay with positive emotions and experiences but it might also be an external practice where you physically and spiritually nourish yourself. I’m urging you to try the…
Alternatives to Collective Punishment- by Larry Ferlazzo
I suspect many teachers have had an experience like this: A paper airplane, ball of paper, or pencil flies through the air, or somebody makes an obnoxious noise. The object is probably aimed at another student, and it may or may not hit the intended target. The noise is just meant to be funny. You…
Fullan’s Thoughts On Raising Respect for Teachers
Highly regarded educator Professor Michael Fullan recently commented on what can be done in the U.S. to raise the profile of the teaching profession. The comments also have relevance to the respect shown to the profession in Australia. “When you look at Finland, Singapore, South Korea and Hong Kong, all of which have high quality…
Are YOU a Workaholic?
At this time of the year it is not unusual for many leaders in schools to be ‘on the brink’. Absolutely inundated with so much to do and so many competing demands that they are on the edge of burning out. Many leaders in schools are workaholics. Sadly many of them don’t realize it until…
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Meetings – Pain OR Gain?
Do you spend hours every week at boring meetings that never seem to get anywhere and are a complete waste of time? Are they your meetings? One of the BIGGEST gripes for many of us, is attending meetings that are a waste of time. All of us are too busy and have too much to…
Who Would You Rather Have Teaching YOUR Children?
I’m worried about the morale of teachers. Just quietly, many of them are NOT happy! They may not say that openly to the Principal or other school leaders but many are feeling unhappy and frustrated. They often vent to their partners, their colleagues and even to strangers in social settings. Unhappy teachers often present a…
7 Sins of Leading Change
Staff and leaders in schools are currently experiencing a massive amount of change and it shows no sign of slowing. It’s like a tsunami of change! I believe we have three options – Ignore the change and hope it goes away – it won’t! Fight against the change and hope we will maintain the status quo –…