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 For Education Leaders
Advancing Teaching and Learning in the Era of Overwhelm  You might find yourself trying to ‘keep up’ with the latest strategies, initiatives, frameworks and requirements. This environment can increase your stress and mental load as you try to keep up. A new way forward is not about ‘chasing’ the latest teaching strategies or working to create compliance measures across your school. A School’s Guide to Navigating Video in The Classroom After the YouTube Ban  Video has become one of the most powerful tools in a teacher’s toolkit, helping to spark curiosity, simplify complex ideas, and bring real-world context into the classroom. But recent changes to how under-16s can access YouTube mean that schools now face fresh considerations when deciding how to incorporate video into lessons. How Long it Takes to Learn English  It can take multiple years to learn the language to the level required to do well at school which means kids from non-English-speaking backgrounds need support. However, they tend to bolt away in achievement once language proficiency is attained. Approximately 30 per cent of Australian students come from language backgrounds other than English, and about 25 per cent are actively learning English. Read more I do not Think Therefore I am Not?  How much thinking goes into my reflex to “Just Google It”? Has our search for information superseded our desire to acquire knowledge? Has the effort to become knowledgeable become too much work? After all, knowledge is about turning information into a context. A context requires reasoning and cognitive congruity. The major reason for this reasoning process is that factual information eventually changes or alters according to context. Read more Beyond the Band-aid  As schools become increasingly focused on student health and wellness, the demand for qualified school nurses continues to grow, making this an often overlooked yet deeply rewarding career path for those in the nursing profession. Annual Felton Grant with Prize Pool of $40,000  Felton Industries, designer, manufacturer, and supplier of Australian-made aluminium outdoor furniture has announced the return of its Felton Grant program for the third year. 
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