by Carolyn | Apr 24, 2020 | Students, Teaching
Prior to any discussion about the opening of schools and childcare centres, it is critical to understand a couple of things. The first is that, no teacher in either sector resents being at work to care for the children of nurses, doctors, paramedics and any of...
by Carolyn | Feb 22, 2020 | Mentoring and Coaching, Teaching
Mentoring and Coaching for Teachers. There has been a lot of talk recently about the value of mentoring and coaching as professional development for teachers in K-12. That is, having experienced senior teachers assisting new or inexperienced teachers. The two latest...
by Carolyn | Aug 23, 2019 | EdTech, English, Students, Teaching
We Teach Well was fortunate to receive a Global Victoria and EduGrowth sponsorship to the 2019 EduTECH conference in Sydney back in June. It was certainly an experience. I had been to other EdTech events but nothing came close to this. For Judy it was her first foray...
by Carolyn | Aug 9, 2019 | EdTech, English, Students, Teaching
Last year I attended the MAP18 launch. Map is highly regarded accelerator program in Melbourne that is hard to get into. Startups go through a rigorous selection process and the 10 teams chosen get some equity free investment and lots of mentoring and stuff. It was at...
by Carolyn | Jul 25, 2019 | EdTech, Literature, Teaching
It is 3 years since I made my geriatric foray into the wonderful world of EdTech. Ok, maybe I am exaggerating the geriatric bit, but not much. As a woman in her 60s I often find myself as the oldest person in the room and often the room shows surprise at my...
by Carolyn | May 2, 2019 | Teaching
It is no surprise that a slew of articles about the teaching profession appeared yesterday May 1st. Neither is it a surprise that it took a violent physical attack on a teacher the day before, to get the issue onto the National public radar. Sadly, a dedicated...
