2 Mindset Traps To Avoid When Leading Change (Part 2)
In last week’s blog on effective Literacy leadership, I introduced 2 key mindset traps that literacy leaders can fall into at this time of year. With one foot in the …
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What is Dysgraphia?
Have you ever had a student who battled against the written word every time you asked them to put pen to paper? A student who just can’t come up with …
Are you considering a leadership role?
Have you ever dared to think ‘maybe, just maybe, I could take on a formal leadership role in a school?’ Just to be clear: By ‘formal leadership role’ I’m not …
3 common change leadership mistakes in schools
My husband and I have always loved the outdoors. The bush is our defibrillator; it recharges us and brings us back into our natural rhythm. It clears the mind and …
5 assessment tips for remote learning
“How can we assess students in the online environment?” This is a question I‘ve been asked A LOT lately. So, here are 5 tips for approaching assessment in the remote …
Writers and their notebooks: Claire Saxby
Claire Saxby is a Victorian writer who has written almost 40 children’s books. She writes beautiful fiction and non-fiction texts as well as poetry and has won many awards for …
Anchor charts- the what, why and how
Think about your classroom. What do your walls say about the instruction that occurs in your classroom? What is valued? What is not? What is the current instructional focus (according to the walls)?
What are anchor charts and why and how should you use them?
5 ‘getting to know you’ activities for the start of the year
If we want our students to be risk takers in their learning, we must create an environment in our classroom where they feel safe to take risks. So much of …
How Oz Lit Teacher began
Oz Lit Teacher is a movement of sorts- it’s about sharing good quality mentor texts to help Australian teachers teach reading and writing. The whole concept of Oz Lit Teacher …
Lessons in leadership: Mind your language!
There’s a cost effective and simple strategy, implementable by all levels of leadership, in schools of every size that will help build a strong positive school culture in your …