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 For Education Leaders
When Stress Walks into the Classroom - Understanding the Emotional Relationship Between Teachers and Teenagers  Increasingly, educators are recognising the importance of understanding adolescent behaviour through developmental and relational lenses rather than automatically pathologising young people. The goal is not simply behaviour management, but helping adults more confidently identify “what children need” emotionally, relationally, and developmentally. What Keeps Apprentices in Training  Apprenticeship and traineeship commencements continue to decline, and the idea is that apprentices drop out because they lack commitment. Most apprentices and trainees want to stay, learn and build a career. Leading Wellbeing in Schools: A Leadership Coach’s Perspective and Personal Reflections  Across contemporary Australian schooling, wellbeing leadership has become a cornerstone of whole-school improvement. Rising mental health challenges, teacher attrition, complex family dynamics, and rapidly changing social environments have placed significant expectations on school leaders. They are no longer simply instructional or operational figures; they are cultural architects. The Same Advice, Seven Different Answers: What Victoria Did Differently  Education has always been a contested space. Educational research rarely dictates a single course of action; more often, it establishes a range of defensible possibilities from which governments make choices. The current enthusiasm for explicit teaching is no exception. Every Australian jurisdiction has been exposed to substantially the same evidence base around explicit instruction, yet the reforms look remarkably different. Read more School Photo Posts Vulnerable to Emerging AI Threat  The rapid evolution, deployment and accessibility of AI tools, has significantly escalated safety risks associated with sharing photos and videos online - particularly for school communities. Orangutan Santan Back on his Feet and Hands  Like many middle-aged gentlemen Santan, 45, the beloved orangutan at Sydney Zoo, had a spot of arthritis, stopping him from moving and climbing around his enclosure and enjoying life as he had. Now a year after undergoing a groundbreaking medical procedure, Santan’s new lease on life has demonstrated the remarkable long-term success of a world-first multi-joint radiofrequency ablation (RFA) procedure. Read more |
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