Professional Development 2021

Along with my regular work as a casual relief teacher, this year so far I've done PD online in Behaviour Management, ADHD and Special Needs, Supporting Students with Anxiety and Depression, and Story Box Library Features and Functionality. I'm also looking forward to a short course about the history of Humane Education, which I'm passionate about... Humane Education teaches kindness, develops empathy, and cultivates compassion toward animals, people, and the natural world. Students gain the knowledge and tools to make more informed and socially responsible choices that counteract real-world problems: Humane Education Coalition; Institute for Humane Education; Heart.

Casual Relief Teaching

Term 2 is underway - I'm excited to be back in the classroom after the holidays! I'm looking forward to using humane education lessons whenever possible, i.e. when classroom teachers haven't left materials they want me to cover.

Solutionary Program Online Course

This month I started an exciting 11 week course with the Institute of Humane Education. The goal of the Solutionary Program Online Course is to provide teachers with foundational knowledge and skills to implement the Solutionary Program, so that they and their students become solutionaries who address local and global challenges in ways that do the most good and least harm for people, animals, and the planet. The Solutionary Program is an academic program which engages students in learning and caring about complex, interconnected issues, celebrates their passions, nurtures their compassion, provides an authentic learning experience that connects them to their community and the world, and helps them develop vital solutionary and systems-thinking skills. I'm looking forward to this learning journey!