Posts tagged teacher health
Teachers Supporting Teachers Series 4 Episode 7: Bullet journaling

Welcome to this episode where we talk about the what, how and why of bullet journaling. My guests for this episode are Michelle Tichy & Stephen "Namu" Orsborn.

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Teachers Supporting Teachers Series 4 Episode 3: Self-care non-negotiables when overwhelmed or exhausted

Welcome to episode 3 where Dr Michelle Tichy joins Narelle once again and we talk through self-care non-negotiables when overwhelmed or exhausted.

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Teachers Supporting Teachers Summer Series: Episode 5 - Job interviews, panic attacks and aligning to your values

The job interview roller coaster ride is a feature in this episode of the summer series with Ruby and Ellen. We talk about applying for jobs, writing applications, preparing for interviews, and the all that comes with the ups, downs, twists and turns of the yes, no or maybe, or hang on we want you for a different role!

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Teachers Supporting Teachers SERIES 2 Episode 17 - 6 teachers, 1 purpose: Embarking on a pioneering journey of online simulated teaching

Welcome to this episode were we hear from 6 pre-service teachers about their experience of working together over 5 days for an online simulation professional experience. Say hello to Ashley Toth, Kayla Fioritti, Lauren Hevey, Manami Menich, Natasha Rahilly, and Nina Mossop who are primary and secondary education students at Swinburne University of Technology. In this episode we discuss the impact from planning curriculum together, working as a collaboration, and teaching in the online space. As a celebration of this time together, and as a contribution back to the sector, a series of tips have been generated on the themes of engagement, supporting inclusion, wellbeing, supporting culture and indigenous perspectives, collaboration, and possibilities. Enjoy these unique insights as these PSTs adapt and embrace the continual changes as a result of Covid.

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Teachers supporting teachers: SERIES 2 EPISODE 9 - Play as an interruption to stress

Welcome to this episode where we talk play. My guest Jodie Cooper joins me as we have a few giggles, and investigate smiles, laughs and conscious choices to engage in positivity . Play in our personal life for teachers is critical, we often think about it in regard to curriculum, but in this podcast episode we want to extend our ideas of play and we ask the questions: why is play important for us in our personal life? What might it look like in practice? And why is it important for our wellbeing and self-care?

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Teachers supporting teachers: Series 2, Episode 7 - developing a community of support to approach wellbeing

In this episode I talk with Tina Hascher, a Professor of Education Science at the University of Bern in Switzerland. We talk about her latest research in wellbeing and why is it important for future teachers and teachers to care about wellbeing. Throughout the episode we raise the importance of caring about wellbeing coming from both sides - teachers and students.

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Teachers supporting teachers: Series 2, Episode 3 - Wellbeing Literacy and teachers

In this episode I talk with Lisa Baker, an early childhood educator, coach and all time inspiring colleague who has a wealth of knowledge and experience in education and positive psychology. We focus on wellbeing literacy and unpack what this is, why it is important and what it can look like in the classroom. Lisa shares loads of top tips and strategies to help us explore this topic and connect with what is possible.

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Teachers supporting teachers: Series 2, Episode 1 - teacher resilience and BRITE modules

Welcome to series 2, episode 1 of Teachers Supporting Teachers. In this episode Professor Caroline Mansfield joins me. I am so excited to introduce you to Caroline as she introduces us to her journey of being an educator. I was first introduced to Caroline a few years ago and have been a huge fan of her work and approach to teacher resilience ever since. In this episode we talk about the BRITE modules which stands for Building Resilience in Teacher Education. This project focuses on embedding resilience skills and strategies in teacher education programs and developing contextually responsive curriculum and resources.

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