A notepad can save a teacher’s life

“Let me be honest, these strategies around time and personal effectiveness management have a lot of relevance for me right now. So, if it helps, consider me your own personal lab rat…or maybe guinea pig…much nicer!”

TIRED, STRESSED, EXHAUSTED? Personal Effectiveness For Teachers

I survived my first year of teaching by eating sausage rolls stuffed inside hot dog buns. Up at 5.00 a.m. to prepare lessons, I stumbled through the mornings, hungry and heavily caffeinated, before fleeing to the school canteen in my first period off, sometimes as late as 2pm to attack a super-sized sausage roll crammed inside a white hot dog bun which moments later I drowned in tomato sauce.

The Paradox of Work & Rest

In the last edition of Being Catholic I wrote about the sacred power of paying attention, so it was with some interest that I read a piece written a few weeks ago in the Sydney Morning Herald that declared that Australians are working longer and harder than ever before.

The Problem with Teaching

Last year, in New South Wales alone teachers made more than 500 mental stress claims. Taking into account the rest of the country the final figure is no doubt quite significant.