Tag: teach for Australia
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Helping Students Self-Regulate & Be Ready to Learn
This is the fifth post in the ‘Insights from Teaching’ Series Helping students develop self-regulation skills is essential for creating a calm, focused, and supportive classroom environment. When students struggle to manage their emotions and behaviour, they may disengage, act out, or find it difficult to concentrate. As educators, we can guide them by introducing…
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Understanding Trauma-Informed Teaching: Strategies for Inclusive and Supportive Classrooms
Recognising trauma’s impact on learning and applying inclusive, supportive strategies. This is the sixth post in the ‘Insights from Teaching’ Series Let’s delve into a crucial aspect of modern education: trauma-informed teaching. Understanding how trauma affects learning and implementing supportive strategies can significantly enhance the educational experience for all students, particularly those who have faced adverse experiences. Trauma-informed teaching is an approach that…
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Managing Behaviour and Creating a Safe Learning Space
This is the fourth post in the ‘Insights from Teaching’ Series Managing behaviour is one of the most complex aspects of teaching. A well-managed classroom fosters learning, encourages respect, and ensures that students feel safe and supported. However, no single strategy works for every student or situation. Instead, effective classroom management is about setting clear expectations,…
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Checking for Understanding – How to Ensure Students Are Learning
This is the third post in the ‘Insights from Teaching’ Series One of the biggest challenges teachers face is knowing whether students are actually learning. We can’t just assume that because we’ve taught something, students have absorbed it. That’s why checking for understanding (CFU) is crucial—it helps us gauge student progress in real-time and adjust our teaching…
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Building a Positive Classroom Environment
This is the second post in the ‘Insights from Teaching’ Series Creating a positive classroom environment is one of the most important factors in student success. A welcoming, structured, and engaging classroom helps students feel safe, respected, and ready to learn. It also makes a teacher’s work so much more enjoyable. But how do we build…
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‘Insights from Teaching’
From a wannabe teacher Before becoming a teacher, I worked in marketing, a world of strategy, creativity, and persuasion. But during lockdowns I wanted to do something more meaningful, something that made a real impact. That’s how I found myself on the Teach For Australia pathway, an intense program designed to bring high-achieving professionals into disadvantaged schools to…