Brad Gaynor
@Brad1968
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Educator and Leadership Coach. Proud former primary principal and President of the Australian Catholic Primary Principals Association.
Canberra
Joined May 2011
Grateful to Teacher ACER for sharing this extract. Naming burnout was genuinely the hardest part of my own recovery - and also the most important. If this resonates with you or someone you lead, I hope it’s a useful starting point. https://t.co/LGlOj7BWU6
teachermagazine.com
In his new book, From Burnout to Breakthrough: The Leadership Reset , educational leader and author Brad Gaynor explores the growing pressures on school…
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I’ve spent the past two years listening to teachers. Not One More Teacher Lost tells the truth about why good teachers are leaving - and what we can do now, soon and systemically to make teaching sustainable again. This is about dignity. Not blame.
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This was the moment @Brad1968 knew something was seriously wrong. Burnout does not always look like falling apart in public. Often it hides behind competence, humour, and keeping everything moving. Performing well does not mean you are well. 🎧 Listen to the full conversation
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I’m grateful to The Educator for publishing my latest article. It’s encouraging to see thoughtful, evidence-informed conversations about teaching and leadership being given space. Thanks to the team for the opportunity to contribute https://t.co/mKswaWpDrj
theeducatoronline.com
How to build schools where leaders are not running on fumes, but leading with energy, courage and hope
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Is exhaustion really a "badge of honour"? 🎖️ We often talk about the hidden emotional labour of schools, but rarely the actual cost. I sat down with @brad_coaching to discuss why burnout isn’t just a lack of resilience, it’s neurological and systemic. In this episode: 🧠 The
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From Burnout to Breakthrough is about what leadership carries below the surface.
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I received this note recently from a reader of From Burnout to Breakthrough. It was completely unsolicited, and I’m sharing it with permission and gratitude. What stayed with me wasn’t the praise. It was the reminder of why this book needed to be written.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about what we’re cutting from primary curricula - and what we’re unintentionally cutting kids off from in the process. Here’s my take after hearing Greg Ashman and Natalie Wexler recently.
bradgaynor.com.au
Over the weekend I read Greg Ashman’s piece in Nomanis - Why Almost Everyone Is Wrong About the Curriculum. A few days earlier I’d listened to Natalie Wexler at ResearchEd Sydney make a passing...
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Pre-prepared materials can lighten the workload - but not the thinking. Intellectual preparation is what makes great teaching come alive.
bradgaynor.com.au
I heard the phrase “intellectual preparation” recently, and it’s been echoing in my head ever since. One of those lightbulb moments where your thinking is given a language. It describes something...
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