Category Education

Reading Recovery Outdated?

Reading Recovery outdated Change seems to be addictive in today’s culture. We always want the latest and greatest, and tend to shun anything that is deemed too old. We strip back perfectly good wallpaper, desire the latest iDevice even though…

That strange quiet kid

But they do their work. They get on well enough with others. They coast through the year, and by the end of the following year you’ve already forgotten them. This here is a story of what I would consider one…

The Property Game – Wellington Schools

It’s been a bit of a rough start to the year for education. If it’s not people complaining about the amount of holiday the teachers get, then it’s the cost of education and how supposedly it is meant to be…

The Cost of Free Education

Families struggle to afford the rising cost of back-to-school requirements Free Education Firstly, I want to point out that this is purely my thoughts on this, and only using my view as a teacher and educator in my opinions of…

Teachers with Mental illness investigated

Firstly; I’m a teacher. Secondly; I suffer from depression. Thirdly; I’m a teacher with depression. Yes; every part of my life is affected by my mental illness. That does not stop me from being a good teacher, nor does it…

EdBookNZ Terms – 2015

This year I was asked to write a guest article for EdBookNZ 2015, which is an initiative started up for the Connected Educator month of October each year. Check it out here