Teachers Supporting Teachers Series 4 Episode 2: Connection and support during challenging times

Michelle and Narelle talk about staying connected and supporting our students through challenging times and the pandemic. We explore what it means to be holding space for yourself and others.

Teachers Supporting Teachers Summer Series: Episode 6 - How not to be too hard on yourself

In this final episode of the summer series, Ruby and Ellen talk us through some cool tips and unpack what self-care is and how not to be too hard on yourself.

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Teachers Supporting Teachers Summer Series: Episode 5 - Job interviews, panic attacks and aligning to your values

The job interview roller coaster ride is a feature in this episode of the summer series with Ruby and Ellen. We talk about applying for jobs, writing applications, preparing for interviews, and the all that comes with the ups, downs, twists and turns of the yes, no or maybe, or hang on we want you for a different role!

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Teachers Supporting Teachers Summer Series: Episode 4 - International placements, slowing down and time management

This episode with Ruby and Ellen talks about what an international placement brings to personal and professional growth and understandings of self-care. We unpack the place of feedback and the art of really slowing down.

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Teachers supporting teachers: SERIES 2 EPISODE 16 - Literacy, reading, wellbeing and the relationship between school and home

Welcome to this episode where Siobhan O’Brien joins this series and unpacks for us how literacy can be an avenue to discuss our wellbeing. We talk about literacy in this episode in relation to working with young children, with parents, and in the classroom. One of the highlights of this episode is a discussion about the place of literacy & reading in the home.

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Teachers supporting teachers: SERIES 2 EPISODE 15 - Managing expectations, isolation & self-care during a remote learning prac

Welcome to this episode where we hear from Claire, Breanna and Chrystal who are secondary pre-service teachers who are getting ready to graduate. They join me to reveal their insights of undertaking a professional experience placement in the secondary context during a Covid remote and flexible learning directive. Head’s up, this episode is honest, raw and insightful with moments touching on disappointment, isolation and a sadness that has been 2020 for some of us.

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Teachers supporting teachers: SERIES 2 EPISODE 11 - Overcoming the shock of remote placement

Kelsey Chandler and Kathryn Pudney are final year Masters of Education (Primary) students from Swinburne University of Technology about the enter into their final ready to teach professional experience placement. In this episode they join me to share their tips, tricks and insights into how they navigated their previous remote and flexible placement. Their sharing offers great insights especially for those who have not experienced this way of working as yet.

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Teachers supporting teachers: Episode 1 Podcast with Leesa Downes

Say hello to Leesa Downes, she is a teacher heavily influenced by Reggio Emilia, and currently working in an International Baccalaureate school that is delivering Primary Years Program (PYP) in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Leesa is currently teaching prep, or the foundation year level, and working with inquiry learning and a strengths-based approach influenced by positive psychology. In this podcast we talk COVID-19 as an opportunity for change, wellbeing as a teacher, and tips and tricks for pre-service teachers applying for jobs and undertaking an interview.

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