By George, You've Got It! Articles

It has been an unprecedented long 11-week term, and everyone is feeling the weight of what one extra week feels like. You have done your...

As part of my quest to reduce educator’s workload by reducing unproductive and disengaging meetings, I am researching Team meetings and...

When you start out to make a difference based on what you see and hear, you need to keep an open mind, listen to feedback and have some...

Last Thursday I was privileged to be invited to the Neerigen Brook Primary School’s smoking ceremony for their new Yarning Circle space....

I have been very fortunate and am very grateful for a decision my grandfather Ted George made in 1953. He and two mates would enjoy their...

In the context of busy school environments, meetings often fall short of their potential, resulting in disengagement and lack of...

With the Collaboration meeting drought drawing to a hopeful conclusion. It feels like we did when COVID was beginning to come under...

There is no doubt that the COVID years were very tough not only due to the terrible suffering for people both physically and mentally,...

While waiting on the line (telephone line) to speak to the audiologist, there were 3 “Messages on hold” that gave you something to think...

Imagine the feeling as an educator opening your emails to find this as a subject heading? In 2015, these four words were enough to...

When asked about the barriers for moving the School’s Culture forward, the staff, in groups, listed several reasons. I was intrigued by...

The end of the year is busy with graduations, assemblies, awards and general celebrations of a job well done. Students and parents show...

The premise of a Courageous Culture is where people feel safe, belonging, valued and heard. It is not a set of value posters created at a...

It was serendipitous that the name of my practice is "By George". More of a play on words between my last name than the original context....

It seems every educational problem requires more resources. The “Facing the Facts” report led by Dr Carmen Lawrence had 46...

I was recently speaking with a principal on the phone about the work I do in Wellbeing, Leadership and Culture. She is a newly appointed...

Educators are feeling the pressure of the pending conclusion of the year. All the signs are reminding them – assessing, reporting, 2024...

I can appreciate the fourth Term workload – reporting season, end of year celebrations, class configuration for 2024 and staffing....

“What we need to fix the problem is to make it part of the school curriculum.” This is a common war cry when there are issues needing to...

“The Perceptions of Teachers and Teaching in Australia” report from Monash University November 2019 found that 75% of teachers disagreed...