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 For Education Leaders
The Discipline of Follow Through. The Leadership Behaviour That Changes Everything  Follow through is the most underrated leadership behaviour in education. It’s not glamorous, it’s not theoretical, and it rarely appears in leadership frameworks. But it is the behaviour that staff, students, and parents notice most. Read more Principal is a Prep for a Day  Australian Christian College Echuca Principal, Kevin Sourgen, recently set aside his usual routines to spend a full school day shadowing Prep student, Harvey Zeglin, as part of an international initiative designed to help educators better understand student life from the inside. “I walked in expecting that our classrooms are calm and well structured, but seeing that from a student’s seat brought it into sharper focus," he said. Scootering Safely  Scooters are everywhere and so are scooters in accidents, some serious. Kids are also making scootering more dangerous again by searching for plans online that allow them to remove components to make the scooters faster. The AI Threat Landscape and Schools  AI is reshaping the threat landscape at speed. Threats are becoming more automated and more targeted, which raises the stakes around student privacy, trust, and the continuity of learning. Mental Health Issues Disqualify Almost Half Job Candidates  The close to half of Australians who do experience mental health issues are excluded from work to a degree given a third of hiring managers would not consider employing people with a history of mental illness.The Australian HR Institute surveyed hundreds of businesses, and found seven out of 10 were excluding candidates from certain groups, including those with a history of mental illness. Calls for Stronger Safeguards in Outside School Hours Care  Despite the vital role OSHC services play in supporting families and communities, supervision and standards vary significantly across the sector. These inconsistencies create unnecessary risk and leave children at greater risk. 
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