Autonomy with accountability. Implementing change from the ground up. teacherhead.com/2020/10/26/aut…

It’s #NAIDOCWeek2020 and for the first time in months the Department for Education SA ground floor gallery is in action, celebrating culture with some terrific examples of our Aboriginal learners’ work. Read about our Aboriginal Education Strategy at education.sa.gov.au/teaching/proje… #WorldClassEducation

(contin) "I always use January as a time to prepare, maintain tools and getting the classroom ready for the year, and obviously I didn’t really have that time. Many teachers experienced that loss of preparation time. We started the year just surviving how we could."

We have developed a School Leadership Identification Framework to help identify and develop teacher leaders. Learn about this resource here

An amazing piece of student work

SA’s hard lockdown ends on Saturday night, schools are back on Monday, and outside exercise starts now! It’s great news, but we must keep working hard, get on top of this very nasty cluster and stop a second wave. SA people will because they’re fantastic! youtu.be/GcOecXWIrv8

We’re opening a new high school in Goolwa in 2022 and we need your help choosing a name! The following 4 names have been shortlisted: 1️⃣ Goolwa Secondary College 2️⃣ Goolwa Yarluwar College 3️⃣ Goolwa Secondary School 4️⃣ Goolwa High School. 🏫 Vote here: education.sa.gov.au/NewGoolwaSchool

This is a great process for teachers of any career stage to undertake:

OFFICE HOURS OVER CHRISTMAS Our office will close at 12.30pm on Thursday 24 December and re-open at 9.00am on Tuesday 29 December. The office will be closed on Friday 1 January 2021. Normal office hours resume at 9.00am on Monday 4 January 2021. Have a safe and happy Christmas!

This is a great visual representation of impact!

Joe Biden yesterday youtu.be/WFtW_8ha6wI?t=… "Education isn't just what we do as a nation, it's who we are." Have a well-deserved break everyone. We're shaping the nation again when we come back next year. "The work teachers do is of extreme national importance." #thrive

IT'S TIME FOR A BREAK! The National Teacher Certification team office will close from 4pm today (24th December 2020) and re-open 9am 4th January 2021. We wish all of our teacher leaders, their mentors, leaders, assessors and advocates a restful holiday. See you in 2021!

Good morning! ☕ "The duties of a teacher are neither few nor small, but they elevate the mind and give energy to the character." – Dorothea Dix

"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself." – John Dewey

+ Meet Generation Z, The Newest Member to the Workforce: visualcapitalist.com/meet-generatio… #worldofwork #leadership #education

“The purpose of formative assessment techniques is to obtain feedback to use in improving teaching and learning, not to evaluate learning.” Internationally renowned author & speaker Jay McTighe shares ways to get a pulse check on what students are learning edutopia.org/article/8-quic…

Tonight at Government House we acknowledged the highest SACE Board of SA achievers from South Australia’s class of 2020. It was a privilege to spend some time talking with them. These outstanding young South Australians give all of us immense cause for optimism in the years ahead.

Succinct yet meaty article on vocabulary teaching. Emina McLean does it again (this rhymes in certain accents but not mine). eminamclean.com/post/explicit-…

We’ve launched a Research reflection guide to help you reflect on research evidence on a particular policy, program or practice that you may be considering implementing. edresearch.edu.au/research-refle…