How to Find Your Purpose as A Teacher

The tip I want to look at today is finding your “why” or finding your purpose. It is absolutely crucial that you know why you do what you do in the classroom so that you can effectively manage behavior even on the days when things feel like they are out of control.

5 ways to Address Name Calling

It’s really essential that we highlight bullying and that we support children who are being bullied, we need to teach children about how wrong it is. One of the things we’ve got to do is learn to work with both children, not just the perpetrator or the person that seems to be at fault.

How to Have Win-Win Conversations

How can you have win-win conversations when you have to discipline or reprimand a student that has been misbehaving?
Here are four tips:
1.Understand the student’s point of view.
2.Ask them to hear your point of view.
3.Ask them to empathise.
4.Hold them accountable.

4 Tips for Teaching During A Crisis

A lot of behavior comes out of Anxiety. If children feel anxious or they feel worried about the situation, sometimes they can manifest really negative behaviors as an expression of that. So you’ve got to learn how you can best manage your class during a crisis so that the emotion of it doesn’t overwhelm them.

How To Manage Your Emotions Well

I’m here with Marian at the Australian Industry Trade College. We’re just about to do a PD on understanding and educating boys. Marian, I was just chatting with you, just asking you what’s one challenge you’ve had recently in the classroom that you would like to sort of unpack a little bit today.