by Kelly | Jun 20, 2021 | Blog, Recommendations
Now that school holidays are upon us, money can get a little tight. Here are some suggestions to make a little extra dough to help make ends meet. Vacation care and holiday camps. These are becoming more and more popular since families can’t afford to take such a long...
by Kelly | Apr 19, 2021 | Blog
This “Pop It” craze is sweeping the nation, so as great educators, it is our duty to find ways to engage our students in meaningful ways that excite, inspire and appeal to their interests. Here are 15 fun ways you can incorporate Pop-its for Literacy, Numeracy and...
by Kelly | Feb 22, 2021 | Blog
Have you been lucky enough to get the call up this term? The longer it takes to get your first day teaching, the more nervous and anxious you get about it. You start wondering if you will know what to do, how and what to teach. You feel like a phoney and that everyone...
by Kelly | Feb 8, 2021 | Blog
Are you sitting by the phone, waiting for the call to work? I have been reading of lots of disheartened supply teachers still hanging out for their first day of work. I hear you, I’ve been there and it sucks! The first few weeks of this term are notoriously...
by Kelly | Aug 18, 2020 | Blog
Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash Teaching can be one of the most rewarding jobs in the world, but it is also a profession with one of the highest rates of stress. The act of teaching hasn’t really changed that much, but the pressures put on teachers by...
by Kelly | Mar 20, 2020 | Blog
Wow! So much has happened since a week ago when I was getting ready to set off on my glorious girls trip to Thailand. There was a bit of buzz about “Coronavirus” when we left, but at that stage we thought it was no worse than the “flu”. Still,...
by Kelly | Jan 19, 2020 | Blog
Welcome back and welcome to a whole new decade! I’ve been a bit slow off the mark, enjoying school holidays far too much but I am slowing getting back into the swing of it ready for an epic year! The start of a new year always seems to bring new hope and dreams...
by Kelly | Jul 15, 2019 | Blog
It can be tough getting noticed by an executive of a school. Everyone tells you; you need to speak to the Principal, Deputy or the person in charge of HR. This can be tough when often they are so busy and especially when the admin staff can be staunch gatekeepers....
by Kelly | May 31, 2019 | Blog
I recently interviewed over 100 teachers and some administrative staff to find out what they love and loathe about replacement teachers and boy were the results interesting! Being a substitute, relief, supply or casual teacher can be a tough and competitive gig. Many...
by Kelly | May 9, 2019 | Behaviour Management, Blog
So, the teacher has left you a snooze-worthy lesson to teach that you know is going to bomb. What’s a supply teacher to do? This is an all too familiar issue for casual teachers and it can be a tricky one to navigate. As the fill-in, you want to do what is asked of...
by Kelly | Apr 23, 2019 | Blog, Recommendations
Sometimes when teaching, especially as a supply, substitute or relief teacher, you will get moments when lessons don’t go to plan or finish sooner than anticipated, technology fails you, photocopies and resources go missing and you are needing to fill in some...
by Kelly | Mar 17, 2019 | Blog
So, you’ve had a kid or two or three (or more if you are crazy! 😉) and you are now ready to do some supply or substitute teaching on the side? Supply teaching can be the perfect gig whilst raising children. You get all the joy of teaching without any of the...
