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The Side Eye: Everything to Everyone – understanding the teacher crisis: A unique take on the Teacher Crisis put into a visual narrative succinctly and accurately by Toby Morris. Be sure to check it out over at The Spinoff –…
Alexia Cochrane has wanted to be a teacher since she was five years old. Dedication, numerous part-time jobs and a $65,000 student loan helped get her through years of study and within reach of teaching her own class of young…
Hekia did a U-Turn on class sizes back in 2012 when she announced National would be increasing class sizes. John Key himself stated that he sent his children to private schools because of the smaller class sizes. Yesterday Simon Bridges…
So part of my job is providing PD for our staff on a variety of things, usually anything to do with ICT. I have been asked to run a workshop on online PTC portfolios, and so as part of that,…
When I was at school, I can’t remember ever doing a one on one test with my teacher. I’m not saying it didn’t happen. I’m saying I don’t remember it. I do remember being tested, in whole class tests, PAT…
View Video on YouTube Thanks Russell for standing up for Teachers everywhere.
Original article: Survey says teachers’ mental health declining A long list of anxieties — around school budget cuts, bullying, coarse political discourse and the shaky status of immigrant students — is taking a toll on teachers, a new survey shows, with more…
Over the last few months, I’ve found a way of grouping my student’s writing that makes it quick to moderate my own judgments of each sample. It started off as a quick few post-it notes, but me being me, decided…
Original article: Hipkins says National Standards ‘will be gone very quickly’ to allow ‘a bit less testing and a bit more teaching’ The controversial school testing method of National Standards is being scrapped by the new government for reasons that include…
Original article found here: The Cornerstone for Teachers.com I am always looking for ways to save energy. I shared in my book Unshakeable that energy is one of our most precious resources because unlike time, energy does not naturally replenish itself. We have…