Character can comprise ethical and moral decision-making; honesty, integrity, stamina and drive; the ability to inspire; abundant self-confidence; unflinching passion for the job; sound moral judgement; and social and emotional intelligence.
   An essential element of the principal's character is the will to take the lead. I have felt I was at my best when I was leading by example.
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Hundreds of Australian Catholic University (ACU) pre-service teachers have headed into regional, rural, and remote areas nationally to complete their teaching placements this year.
  It’s hoped that the experience will inspire these student teachers to return to a rural setting after completing their degrees to boost the teaching workforce outside of the metro areas.
  More than 250 teaching students have learned on the job in the country. Read more

Ten Tasmanian Christian schools have joined together to create a training program to ensure there is a supply of quality teachers for their schools.
   Trainee teachers will enter into a four-year undergraduate or two-year postgraduate degree program and will be working in the schools with students for their entire tertiary education which means HECs debt will be halved as they will be paid part time as teaching assistants. Read more

Short on staff, schools will inevitably look to technology for help and automated grading technologies could soon be rolled out in Australia.
   However, without robust national guidelines and an independent advisory body, some schools could be left behind.
   'Machine marking' or 'automated essay scoring” (AES) is increasingly used internationally, especially in the United States. Read more

Educational Technology company Digistorm has released its new special web series 'The Admissions Club'. The video series, made up of 13 educational videos, aims to deliver school marketing and admissions professionals across the world with strategies and practical advice by some of the world's leading K-12 admissions experts.
   The admissions landscape is changing for schools everywhere, as parent expectations are higher than ever. Read more

D2L, has launched its D2L Brightspace Creator+ Package, which makes creating engaging digital course content easier by using workflows integrated into Brightspace.
  Teachers in Australia work longer than the standard 40 hour week, with the respondents working about 44 hours a week on average.
   With Creator+, D2L promises the need to buy and train on expensive, interactive content authoring software is reduced. Read more