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The Post Prac File

You kept the lesson plans. Did you keep the reason they worked? After 43 years of teaching, Kerri reflects on the moments that get lost — and the simple file that could save yours.

You are more than your Grade

You've survived prac. Maybe more than one. But how do you actually know if you're getting better? In this solo episode, Kerri unpacks what your grade does and doesn't tell you, and offers a set of real, ungradeable indicators of progress — from how you recover when a lesson goes wrong, to the moment a student says hello to you at recess.

It's exhausting, and you're only half way through!

The midpoint of a teaching placement is where the gloss wears off. The first-week adrenaline is gone, the mentor's feedback is landing harder, and the finish line still feels a long way off. In this episode we talk about what's actually happening at the halfway mark — why the dip is normal, what it means about your progress (usually the opposite of what you fear), and the practical moves that get you to the end of placement stronger than you started. 
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The Power of Choice in the Classroom

Recently retired teacher Megan shares one of her most effective classroom approaches: giving students choices so they feel ownership and responsibility within the classroom. We also discuss relationships, longevity in teaching and the importance of still finding joy in the work.

Classroom Management- Stemming behaviour problems.

In this episode of Turn to Page 53, we look at practical classroom management strategies that help prevent behaviour problems before they begin — from rapport and routines to consistency, engagement and follow-through.

The Timetable doesn't wait.

In this episode of Turn to Page 53, we talk about the everyday realities of teaching — managing timetables, lesson timing, organisation, diaries, workload and wellbeing — and the small habits that can make school life far more manageable.

Learning while teaching

What happens when you are still studying — but already standing in front of a class?In this episode of Turn to Page 53, we talk with a teacher on limited registration about rapport, confidence, classroom presence and learning to trust yourself as a beginning teacher.

You don't have to know everything (Yet)

In this episode, I speak with Brad, a mature-aged teacher who came to the profession after working in other roles within schools. We talk about the importance of building rapport with students, making learning relevant, and remembering that as a prac student you are not expected to know everything straight away.
Brad also reflects on the value of experience, confidence, and staying focused on relationships in the classroom.