Author: Janinemeadley
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Margaret Thorsborne: The healing ripples of Restorative Practices
Margaret Thorsborne OAM was a pioneer of Restorative Practices and played an important role in introducing it into schools in the 90s. Listen to us dig deeper into the healing power of Restorative Practices and discuss the many flow-on effects from taking a relational approach to behaviour development.
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Francean McCall: Alternatives to mainstream classroom education
When her life took an unexpected turn, Francean had to find ways to continue her passion for teaching – outside of the traditional classroom environment.
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Julie S Hasson: What we remember and value about our teachers
Listen to us talk with Dr Julie Schmidt Hasson about how important relationships with students are in creating safe classrooms and how to care for our own safety as teachers.
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Blog: If change is the only constant, why do we ask kids to plan so far ahead?
If there’s one thing that has become very clear to me over the past few weeks (and years), it is that nothing stays the same forever. We are all vulnerable to the unexpected. The pandemic has taught us all that literally anything could happen at any time. So why doesn’t school reflect this?
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Blog: School can break us, but it can heal us too: This is my story.
This is the story of what it’s been like to be a ‘gay’ teacher in a changing world. It’s a story of sadness, but it’s also a story of hope; because so much has changed since I first started teaching.
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Kylie Lewis on why vulnerability is needed in schools
Kylie is a leadership developer and climate reality leader specialising in building brave leaders and courage cultures. Join us as we chat about vulnerability, leadership and self-compassion.
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Blog: We need to teach that rights come hand in hand with responsibility
What I’ve determined is this. Rights you have – yes. Some rights are more obvious and permanent than others. Other rights are more like privileges – they exist provided you are equally willing to meet your civil responsibilities.
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Reframing the purpose of education
In this episode, I talk about why our world and education system needs healing. I go back through history to explore how Australia has inherited some habits that need healing and muse on the purpose of compulsory school education.