Term 3 and Term 4, 2015

As educators, we strive for the best! We want our knowledge and skills to bring about personal satisfaction in knowing that what we deliver, on a daily basis, is as good as we can make it. Our job is to ensure that every classroom in which we step, is 'inclusive'. To that end, we must remember the following 'Professional Standards for Teachers":

1.5 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities

1.6 Strategies to support full participation of students with disability 

4.1 Support student participation

When we accept the weighty responsibility of playing a part in the overall education plan for children and young people, we accept the challenge associated with it. 

 

Make Term 4 an opportunity for you to deliver your 'personal best' in the educational environment. Set your realistic, teaching goals and learning intentions with enthusiasm and determination, and enjoy the 'ripple effect'.

 

 

Term 2 - Have you heard of "Nature Deficit Disorder"?

This newly diagnosed 'condition', comes about when someone (child, young person or adult) is deprived of the opportunity of 'connecting' with nature through the senses. So, what does this mean for teachers? 

Well, it means that as teachers we are in the amazing position of creating learning opportunities for children and young people in our care; these opportunities could include: cognitive, physical, social, emotional and language experiences, which could be enhanced by interacting with and engaging in our natural environment. (Food for thought?)

Let Term 2 be a term of natural learning opportunities. Enjoy!  

Welcome to 2015!

Well, the new year has come, and with it excitement for the new challenges ahead, new learning experiences and new "role-modelling" for us to lead, and for us to follow. "New Year's Resolutions"have been made with the intention of keeping each and every one of them. (What have you promised yourself?) We all have to set our challenges which help to bring out the best in us. So, what challenges have you set for yourself?  What will you do differently this year? What will you learn? What will you teach someone else?   
 
Make a conscious effort to promote "Best Teaching Practice" every opportunity that you get. Have a great year!