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Book Week 2021 - Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds Aug 15, 2021

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Book Week is rolling around once more and this year we're created new resources to support your teaching, whether you're in the classroom or teaching remotely. Happy Book Week, teachers and students!

Read Holly's Book Week blog here!

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Book Week 2021 Ideas from Teachers Aug 12, 2021

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Welcome to Teacher Voicemail, where we give teachers a voice every week to reach thousands of other teachers and strengthen our community!

This week we asked teachers: How are you celebrating Book Week this year?

Listen to hear what they said!

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Challenging the Notion of Learning Loss - with Ron Berger Aug 11, 2021

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Today we will be talking about the persisting narrative around “learning loss” – The idea that students have suffered a collective educational deficit due to the global pandemic. We’re joined by Ron Berger, chief academic officer at EL Education, to look at how, as educators, we can challenge this negative dialogue and reframe how we view students – seeing them as capable, resilient learners whom we believe in.

Read Ron's article "Our Kids Are Not Broken" in The Atlantic.

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Hit Refresh Aug 08, 2021

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It's a really weird time, right, guys? Queensland teachers return to face-to face learning this week, while Victorian teachers enter another lockdown and remote learning period. Here are some ideas for how to reset yourself and help to feel a little bit normal, it very unusual times. Stay safe and well.

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Teachers' Messages of Support for Beginning Teachers! Aug 05, 2021

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Being a beginning teacher is challenging, and transitioning from a largely theory-based, academic understanding of education into a real-life, operational classroom with students with diverse needs, can be tricky. Throw in a pandemic, some remote learning, and physical isolation from your teaching friends and colleagues, and the challenge grows. But it’s not bad news. Beginning teachers right now are developing resilience and flexibility which will hold them in good stead throughout their careers.

We asked some teachers in the field: What’s your best advice for beginning teachers?

Listen to hear what they said!

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Lessons Learned in a Global Pandemic - with Cassie Stephens Aug 03, 2021

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Having had three school years, now, affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, what are the key learnings for teachers? Where are those elusive silver linings for learners?

Cassie Stephens is a spirited and passionate art teacher who adapted her teaching style and method when the pandemic hit. Her changes lead to successful student outcomes which the experienced teacher would have never anticipated.

Listen as Cassie talks through some of the amazing 'gifts' the pandemic gave us and our students.

Cassie Stephens on Youtube

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Completely Composite Aug 01, 2021

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Have you ever taught a composite or multi-age class? One Brisbane school has gone completely composite in its upper years classrooms, and the change has been super successful!

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Welcome to the Teach Starter Podcast! Jul 31, 2021

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Welcome to the Teach Starter podcast, where teaching inspiration begins!

At Teach Starter, we help teachers and their students have more of those amazing aha moments in the classroom. Every week, we'll be bringing you updates and news about the teaching profession!

We think teaching is the best job in the world… and we’re here to help you thrive, teachers! Let’s do this.

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Realities of Remote Teaching and Learning Jul 29, 2021

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Hello and happy Friday teachers! What a week that was! We’ve had schools in Victoria and South Australia come out of lockdown, while teachers in New South Wales learned that they will be teaching remotely for some time still.

So many of us have been through this before and it never gets easy, but teaching is a big and inclusive and supportive community and we are here for each other. In this week’s teacher voicemail, we asked for some messages of support, and Lisa from Redpoppy's Class has shared some of her own experiences. Take a listen.

Welcome to Teacher Voicemail, our newest mini-episode coming to you every Friday! If you've got something to share, DM us on Instagram and send a voice recording (just tap the little microphone icon to start).

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Primary to Secondary - Sharing with our Colleagues in other Sectors. Jul 25, 2021

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A recent chance-conversation Jill had with a secondary teacher got us thinking: how can we support and help our education colleagues and bridge the gap between primary and secondary sectors?

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