December 5th, 2011
I always look forward to when author, educator and speaker Megan Dredge sends out ”A Teachable Moment“ to her online newsletter subscribers, a quick anecdote of professional inspiration. Megan presented at our most recent “Box of Tricks” professional learning day in October on the topic “Casual Teaching isn’t so Casual”. We also workshop her
CRT Starter Pack as part of our REd Toolkit for serious relief teachers. In her latest “Teachable Moment” she has humbled us by referring to a concept that we introduced to her when discussing the brilliance of our relief teachers who show “visible confidence” in their intention and delivery! If, like me, you value a little teaching inspiration now and again, check our Megan’s free book ”What Makes A Great Teacher Great!” and subscribe to her teachable moments.
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September 29th, 2011
Have you created your MyVIT account yet? Worth doing wethinks! After logging in to your secure MyVIT portal, you can record all of your Professional Learning by clicking on the MyPD tab. What do you like about the MyVIT facility? What doesn’t impress you? Are there any advantages, benefits or improvements for you, or do you only have frustrations or disappointments to relate? Looking forward to relief teachers sharing and comparing their impressions……
MyVIT
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August 2nd, 2011
Schools are increasingly employing strategies for coverage of absent teachers, in preference to CRTs for replacement.
Schools can choose to cover teacher absences and save money by rearranging the house internally, avoiding the need to employ a casual relief teacher. This is economically smart to some degree, but from what we hear it invariably disrupts normal program timetabling and delivery, class schedules, teachers’ duties and workload, and student groupings. Why, when teacher coverage is chosen over teacher replacement, is such widespread internal disruption being tolerated by school communities?
These practices are so widespread in the view of the Teacher Agency Network of Victoria (TANVic) that it is about to undertake its own research into the strategies employed by schools, and the possible costs to regular school program delivery of those tactics. This current epidemic of avoidance is driving many teachers to our agency in the hope that we can provide opportunities to them in place of their own former private work. Keep an eye out on the TANVic website, and for our own REd e-news for findings and recommendations expected to be released early next term. In the meantime do you know of the types of strategies that schools use?
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August 2nd, 2011
Did you receive your latest Resource Ed e-news Winter Edition ok? We used to publish the newsletter on the web site but these days it is circulated via email to all of our subscribers. Please let us know if you would like to register as a new subscriber or if your email address has changed recently!
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June 21st, 2011
Relief teachers who have attended our REd Toolkit Workshops have been full of praise in their evaluations of the value they received from the Toolkit materials and the workshop itself. The $60 Core Pack and workshop is great value on their own, but you also get to sample valuable excerts from three popular authors whose publications you can add to you toolkit if you wish: Glen Pearsall, Jenny Mackay and Megan Dredge. Great value whether you are wanting enaging activities, classroom behaviour strategies, or tips on how to get booked solid. Participants please add your comments….
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May 30th, 2011
Our NEW Head Office DIRECT phone number is 8756 4533. Press 1 to speak with Dianne, or wait for advice regarding other extensions. To call Daryl directly dial 8756 4544. To call Ian directly dial 8756 4555, or for Peter dial 8756 4566. For an Area Manager call 8756 4533 then Press 5, You will hear advice of the extension number of the particular Area Manager you wish to speak with. We’re here with new phones and keen to answer!
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March 9th, 2011
Schools are reminded that Resource Ed’s complete service to schools includes meeting all WorkCover, Public Liability and Professional Indemnity insurance obligations for all of its employees who are on-hired to schools, to save the schools valuable administrative time. Be aware that some teacher agencies take no responsibility whatsoever for WorkCover or related insurances. Schools engaging those agencies need to ensure that CRT’s sourced are included in the their own school’s calculations for WorkCover compliance purposes. Schools using Resource Ed teachers do not, and can rest easy. WorkSafe will not come knocking on your door.
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February 17th, 2011
Teachers from the UK applying for registration as a teacher with the Victorian Institute of Teaching are advised that the national CRC – Police Check from the UK needs to be less than 12 months old at the time of your application to the VIT. A number of new arrivals are having their teaching opportunities delayed by months because of the time involved in reapplying to the UK authorities and then having to wait patientlyback here in Australia to receive the clearance!
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February 4th, 2011
Take a look at another teacher – recommended video Education 2Moro . Are our classrooms keeping up?
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February 2nd, 2011
We know that relief teachers are expected to be thoroughly professional in their efforts to meet the expectations of different schools, but what are the expectations that relief teachers have of the schools they visit? What do you think helps define a “crt-friendly” school? What do you appreciate from a school to help you in your work?
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