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Teacher Strategies for Motivating Students Who Don’t Care

Motivating students is probably one of the most difficult tasks when relief teaching. There are a lot of unmotivated kids out there. We all know that motivating students will…

Classroom Tips

12 Easy Strategies to Engage Students

All is fair in love and relief teaching classroom. Any little help to engage and motivate the students is appreciated. Relief Teaching is Tough Teachers need to have a chance…

Classroom Tips

Improving Communication Between You and Your Students

Imagine a classroom where you and your students can express yourselves freely – no risk of being judged or humiliated. Feels good right? Communication is one of the fundamental parts…

Classroom Tips

Reducing Classroom Friction

It used to be that teachers were told not to crack a smile before Easter. Fortunately, that’s no longer how we see it. Children have plenty of learning to do…

Classroom Tips

Tips to Build Rapport With Students

Sound like an illusive holy grail? It needn’t be. As teachers our main hope is that we can impart some useful lessons that will help the students we teach. Building…

Classroom Tips

5 Ways To Avoid Being Hated By The Class

Being liked is an important goal for a full-time classroom teacher, as it should be. For relief teachers, this is slightly less important as their role in the student’s life…

Behaviour Management

Behaviour Management Strategies for Relief and Contract Teachers

Everyone has their own classroom management strategies that work for them. These can vary from school to school and class to class. We speak with hundreds of relief and contract…

Helping teachers control Student Defiance

Behaviour Management

5 Tips for Managing Student Defiance

Student defiance is one of the most difficult misbehaviours to manage in a classroom. If left unchecked, student defiance can be a destructive and, potentially, career ending classroom influence. Defiant students; Disrupt…

Behaviour Management

Managing the Classroom When You’re Angry

Managing students while angry makes teaching a complex activity so providing your team with strategies to help them deal with it in the heat of the moment is critical. The…

Culture & Relations

Navigating Ineffective Leadership: Strategies for Supply Teachers in a School Setting

Strategies for Supply Teachers in a School Setting Effective leadership is vital for a thriving educational environment. However, as a supply teacher, you may encounter situations where the regular leadership…

Culture & Relations

How To Impress A New School First Day

As short-term contract and supply teachers, there can be a lot of first days! Every time you start a role at a new school, it’s essentially another first day ….…

School Leadership

How to Hire A Team Player

We often get asked by school leaders: “How can we ensure we hire a team player and not a lone wolf?” The answer: recruit people with great soft skills.…

School Leadership

Part 1: Attracting Staff

Throughout the years of working with primary and secondary schools in both the private and public systems, we have heard of standout ways that certain schools use to become…

School Leadership

Part 2: Leading Staff

Time and time again we hear from relief and contract staff that they love working at a particular school. Similarly, we often hear that they don’t want to return to…

School Leadership

Part 3: Retaining Staff

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School Leadership

Touchpoints when recruiting staff

When we work with schools recruiting for positions, we help them improve their processes and get better candidates by mapping the candidate journey and considering candidate digital touchpoints. A…

Professional Development

Top 7 Tips For Managing Supply Teaching Requests

As a supply teacher, managing and choosing between different teaching job requests can be a crucial aspect of your career. Here are some top tips to help you in this…

Professional Development

Five Unlikely Skills to Help Progress Your Education Career

Influences from outside the school setting Developing skills outside the realm of education is an important part of developing your career. There are many qualities that seem to be…

Self-Care

Overcoming Key Challenges to Being a Supply Teacher

Supply teaching offers a unique and rewarding experience for educators, allowing us to gain diverse classroom exposure and flexibility. However, like any profession, it comes with its own set…

Self-Care

Nurture Your Mental Health

There is no doubt that teaching is a mentally stressful occupation. There are a lot of expectations on teachers to manage – from students to parents, senior staff and…