@AGavrielatos @TeachersFed@Mareeoh @maurie_mulheron Quality leaders, awesome people, each of you have positively impacted me. I have had true, deep, meaningful support from you and the union you led. I also appreciate how passionately you have advocated for public education and made real improvements for all of us. Thank you 🙏
@mrglangford We need great educators at schools like Warakirri. These schools meet a need public ed does not. Fairfield Warakirri is a very valuable safety net for some of our vulnerable students who need something different to help them remain in education. Good luck and enjoy the change
SDD topic: Behaviour @fairfieldh1 https://t.co/TcDoRWVLVL with @ianluscombe - all staff very engaged - “if we get the adults under control, we can generally get the students under control” 👍 positive feedback is the most effective 🥇⭐️
Do you have (or are you) an aspiring leader? HT Attendance - EOI - Fairfield High School New position
Great opportunity for aspiring leader - please pass this on. No experience required specifically in attendance - but knowledge of Attendance Matters hub - policies etc - 15 Dec
@pipcleaves@itsF1SKY@DebHoggoz Wow, Pip, that newsletter is awesome AND it has translate as a built in function - a great feature for our mostly NESB/EALD community. Def going to investigate further. 👍
8 easy ways to positively impact #culture:
1). Greet people
2). Say please and thank you
3). Don’t micromanage
4). Share credit
5). Own failure
6). Be humble
7). Always be kind
8). Apologize
Working with @CathPic1 as a part of a Design Sprint on the development of resources to support Mental Health education in schools - exciting initiative, diverse participants, meaningful contributions
@mkitteringham This is from "EAL/D advice for schools" published 2020 by NSW DoE YET these students are not exempt from HSC Minimum Standards (I am passionate about this as we have over 50% of our school coming from refugee backgrounds, with interrupted schooling & trauma.
@mkitteringham "It takes up to 2yrs for a beg EAL/D student to be fluent in Basic Interpersonal Communication...up to 5-7yrs to develop Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) . A student who has exp trauma/disrupted schooling: 9-11 yrs to master the language req for school success"