Posts by Rochelle Borton
Professional Goals
‘Practice design, not decoration: Don’t just make pretty talking points. Instead display information in a way that makes complex information clear.” Nancy Durate There has been an undeniable erosion of the value and status of the teaching profession. Teacher accreditation that is based on evidence, and a continuous program of improvement and professional learning is…
Read MoreTaking a Breath – Managing The Start Of The School Year Rush and Strategies For A Healthy Work Life Balance
How has the year started for you? Inspiring professional learning to start the year? Social media posts and reels have shared some great pictures of teachers and school leaders in action! The annual rush of mandatory compliance tasks waits online, and new syllabi are ready to go. Primary school teachers are familiar with the routine…
Read MoreGoals for Growth. Importance of professional learning and self-growth
“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” Albert Einstein AITSL describes professional learning as a continuous cycle. Planning goals for growth should be a straightforward, self-directed process. Without a plan there will be little or no growth. The reality is that mandatory professional learning and compliance tasks have overshadowed the importance…
Read MoreRecharged and ready to go. Starting the year with a self-care plan
Teachers look forward to summer breaks as much as students – maybe even more than – they do. A few weeks without rigorously regimented days; we’re free to do things like take a toilet break or eat lunch whenever we need to and wear pants as little as we want. Summer breaks mean we don’t…
Read MoreSummer Days…
The perennial media cries of ‘all’ the school holidays and teachers working daylight hours, not on the weekend and a ‘good’ salary does not shine a light on the work in schools and the school community. School holidays are part of the award that teachers and school leaders are employed under. The school year seemed…
Read MoreReflecting on your successes this year
December 1 is the 335th day of the year and the first day of Summer. Human Rights Day is celebrated on December 10. The 2022 theme: Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All. The ’30-day’ race toward 2023 begins in earnest. The school year is almost behind you. End of year Professional learning; new English and…
Read More21st Century Learners
“Everything changes and nothing remains still…and you cannot step twice into the same stream.” Heraclitus Education is changing. It is more than new curriculum and policies, longer days and little thanks, the work of teachers and school leaders continue to play the most significant role in the growth and development of our society. It is…
Read MoreTake a moment for yourself
“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails” John Maxwell I can only imagine school leadership being something like sailing. It could almost be so as the constant stream of new policies, curriculum updates and compliance deadlines throwing you around a bubbling sea. Some days you…
Read MoreTerm 4 is here! Professional learning, planning for 2023 and self-care
Racing toward summer holidays, rest, and recovery. Time to take a breath. Family, friends, and a moment for self. Term 4 is here! Congratulations to our wonderful teachers and school leaders who have worked hard and made it to the end of another school year. It is not hard to understand the current campaigns of…
Read MoreHow often do you think about reading for pleasure?
“Reading is a joy, a desperately needed escape — I don’t read to learn, I read to read”. Christian Bauman There is an ocean of descriptions and observations about reading, and the pleasure in reading. Nora Epheon wrote “Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it’s a way to make contact with reality after…
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