If you want to succeed in this noble profession, to become a principal and sustain excellence in your role, you must place a high value on the quality of your self-leadership. I define self-leadership as your focus on your own self-improvement and professional growth.
   It is an often debated cliche that successful leaders aren't born great but learn through a series of mistakes and lessons.
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Teacher Shortage Stunting Teaching

Melbourne science teacher Amanda Peters, who taught at a secondary school in the city’s east before taking a recent career break to undertake her PhD, said she taught classes out-of-field for most of her 20-year career. During that time, she was asked to teach everything from driver education to sport, maths, physics, and geography as out-of-field subjects.
   While teaching out-of-field gives educators an opportunity to stretch their skills, she said most find the experience stressful. Read more

History is part of who we are, events big and small shape what we do, how we live and how we think.
   The National Museum of Australia is hoping students will explore defining moments in our past, produce a video and learn something along the way for its History Makers School Video Challenge competition. There are also generous $2,000 and $500 prizes to be won. Read more

There is little debate as to the overwhelming benefits of hybrid learning; the chaos of the pandemic triggered a truly revolutionised approach to education. Pairing the benefits of online accessibility and digital tools that complement learning for students and educators with the irreplaceable positive impact of in-person instruction, is now tried and tested.
  So, how do we ensure that methods of assessment evolve? Read more

Educators and parents must improve both the explicit and implicit messaging girls receive about science and maths. If we normalise language around these subjects being interesting, exciting and attainable we will begin to close the gender gap in the take up of STEM subjects. If we de-gender professions in the STEM subjects we will move closer to making STEM subjects feel more inclusive to women.
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I’m a filler of holes. Some of these holes are expected and predictable. I teach anywhere from six to 15 classes each week – some in person, others through our DE program. As Principal, I take the lead on writing high end documentation like Block Grant Authority applications for capital funding to expand our building or other government documentation as needed. Other holes to fill are less predictable.
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