HeyJaredTeacher Wellbeing
A teacher’s reflections and conversations on how to stay human in the current education system.
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We keep talking about teachers needing to be more capable (opens the original)
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Last week I sat in a room listening to some of the leaders shaping education in South Australia talk about the future of education. I have to say from the start, there was a lot I agreed with.The need for a focus on equity, excellence and wellbeing. The increasing complexity of student need. The importance of knowledge, literacy, critical thinking and relationships. Impacts of AI and the need to use it thoughtfully. The importance of civics, particularly in an increasingly polarised world. The n
Best practice teaching (opens the original)
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“The test is on Friday”I’ve been doing relief teaching in different schools lately, and I’m loving it — every school has its own strengths, its own vibe, its own way of doing things.Last week I was at a school where spelling was the first lesson of the day. Students moved between classes, grouped by ability. A group came to me with their word list. We worked through an explicit lesson on one grapheme, one set of words.“The test is on Friday,” they told me.At my previous school, we’d moved away f
Perhaps we’re not failing. Perhaps we’re paying attention. (opens the original)
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Lately, I’ve noticed a word that keeps returning to me. Unsettled.When I speak with educators, I hear it in different ways almost every week.“I don’t know how much longer I can keep doing this.” “Every year seems to get more overwhelming.”“The morale has never been so low.”Then, while listening to a recent conversation between Brené Brown and Lulu Garcia-Navarro, I heard Brené say this: “If you’re not unsettled, you̵
The Podcast I Never Meant to Make (opens the original)
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Six months ago, starting a podcast wasn’t even on my radar. I was simply trying to make sense of my own experience, and I kept wondering who might help us understand why teaching feels so different right now.When I started reaching out to people whose work I deeply respected, I didn’t expect much. I remember pressing send on those first invitations and thinking, ‘Well, no one’s going to say yes.’Within days, replies started appearing in my inbox. One by one, people I’d admired for years said the
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