Now that I have children I can understand why parents have been telling me; “It’s just easier this way.” For years, almost apologetically, I have…
I recently watched the ABC four part series Revolution School. If you get a chance you should catch it on iView. One of the things…
Ah yes, school reports – teachers slave over them and parents spend hours trying to decipher them! Things have changed since we went to school….
Do your kids ever drive you crazy? You know those times when they’re whinging at you about something so trivial? You just feel like…
3:30pm is a wonderful time for teachers! But it can also be heart breaking. I used to feel so disappointed when I heard parents ask;…
Do you want a smack? Didn’t I say stop doing that? Will you be quiet? What’s that smell? They’re rhetorical questions. We don’t really…
This week, from the Teacher’s Desk I thought I’d share with you a piece I wrote for my local paper 8 years ago. Politics is…
This week I wanted to say just one more thing about consequences. And that one thing is this: Follow through. You gotta, gotta, gotta follow through…
Did you have a go at the Power Lecture this week? How did it work for you? I used it with good results at a…
Have you ever wondered, how a teacher manages a class of 20 kids (or more)? Do you ever look at your child’s class and think…
