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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Day 2: Learning to keep quiet and watch and learn

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Ok, seemed to navigate day 1 without creating a reef of grief.  Fell asleep during the yoga exercise, hopefully didn't snore too loudly....
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

New day, new job, first day jitters

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For the first time in many years I start in a new job, with new people and a new context to apply my skills.  It's a bullet I should hav...
Sunday, January 19, 2020

Should I send my children to a state high school?

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Short answer.  In nearly every case. Yes.  If you live in the Western Suburbs and their peers are going to an Independent Public school, if...
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Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Sadler Methods text and general ideas for improving ATAR results

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I've been a proponent of Sadler texts in low SES schools as they are relatively cheap, ramp slowly, have reasonable worked examples and ...
Sunday, December 29, 2019

Three Games - Machi Koro, My First Carcassonne and Arkham Horror 3rd Ed

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Machi Koro (G Rated) I played this with my 10 year old and her grandparents.  A simple card game where you build a city engine that is run...
Friday, December 20, 2019

Writing an application - unwritten rules

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To begin with, I think it is awful that we have a process where it is considered ok to have unwritten rules.  Thankfully there are schools t...
Thursday, December 5, 2019

So what comes next?

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Career management is an interesting problem in education.  Back in the day, a five year plan was probably sufficient to guide a young teache...
Friday, November 8, 2019

Looking back at 2019

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So when I look back at 2019 I see a successful year. Deputy for the majority of the year Supported three different Principals Assisted s...
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