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Realising the popularity of e-sports – particularly among young males, with game tournaments attracting 80 million viewers – schools have begun introducing e-sport competitions and forming gaming clubs.
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Using your extra skills in the classroom: why not?
It’s seems as though no-one is interested in other skills you may be able to pass along to your students, unless they were part of your teaching degree. There are rarely opportunities to show off these skills, and you never get asked, so senior leadership teams just don’t know they exist.
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There’s no argument or support for allowing schools to discriminate against LGBTIQ teachers
Teachers facing discrimination for their sexual and gender identity can’t support students to deal with theirs.
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Managing mental health in school students
Here are some different, easy, helpful tips for managing stress in children and promoting self-care in teenagers.
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Principal calls for ATAR to be overhauled... parents tend to agree
A new survey of 1000 Victorian parents and teachers shows it is life skills that are considered more valuable for students than their final academic result.
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Keeping your cool improves student comprehension
Professor Michael Nagel says studies dating as far back as the 1930s have shown a link between classroom temperature and learning ability.
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The leadership tip from Australia's female science explorer: NO TRIANGLES
Adam Voigt writes: Rachael Robertson is a quite remarkable Australian. Inspired by little more than an ad in the local paper, this totally unqualified woman applied for a role on a 12-month Australian scientific expedition to Antarctica. She was not only accepted, she was made the mission leader – for reasons that even Rachel finds it difficult to explain.
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24 banned QLD teachers pose "unacceptable risk" to students. 1 science teacher gets 4-year ban for grooming teenage girl...
Sexual relationships with students, inappropriate sleepovers and sexting were listed as some of the disturbing behaviours for which the Queensland College of Teachers launched proceedings. According to reports, five of the 24 teachers who have either been banned or suspended are female.
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Are you always busy?
Many educators only know two speeds – flat out and asleep. We often rush from one priority or crisis to another. While we often feel overloaded, somewhere inside we also like the sense of being indispensable and in-demand. This is typical of an adrenaline junkie.
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Study reveals patterns in STEM grades of girls versus boys
One finding: On average, girls’ grades were higher than boys’, and girls’ grades were less variable than boys’.
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Labor’s $14.1bn public school investment is a good step forward, say AEU
“This extra funding would mean smaller public school class sizes, more teachers and support staff, and more one-on-one individual attention for public school students.”
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How your birth date influences how well you do in school, and later in life
Whether you were born in December, January, August or September can have a significant and long-lasting impact on your life. Our new research shows your birthday month may also contribute to shaping your personality. In particular, we found people’s self-confidence can significantly differ because of their month of birth.
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Ensuring quality care
Outside of school hours care (OSHC) services have come a long way – from volunteer-based models to P&C committee-led models to the more regulated model we currently see in most schools today.
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The minds and resources revolutionising education at the National Education Summit
National Education Summit, held from 31 August – 1 September 2018 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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This Western Sydney School’s Lockable Display Systems make safe, secure announcements
CIVIQ teamed up with Wentworthville Primary School to install three FlexiDisplay TuffLok Premium Outdoor Lockable notice boards.
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Top 8 Novated Lease Questions Answered
A Novated Lease allows you to pay for a new or used car from your pre-tax salary.
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Applications now open to Australian schools to receive their share of $1 million worth of sport programs
Australia’s leading provider of skill based sport programs, Sport Star Academy (SSA) has launched an impressive initiative in a bid to promote sport and physical literacy to children across Australian schools.
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Take the pain out of finding videos
EnhanceTV is a not for profit video streaming service for teachers used in thousands of Australian classrooms...
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