Stephen Pares
@stevepares
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Much reflection still happening a week after @acelaustralia Conf. Teachers No.1 focus/priority should be to constantly advocate for their students. Leaders No.1 focus/priority should be to advocate for their teachers so they have the best chance to do just that #NC22 #ACEL
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As we look to post Easter schooling don’t look to refining the past but shaping a new experience for schooling that matches the “new normal” of today’s world. #CEDP2020
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So which assumptions about school no longer exactly work in a #covED world? A few: - that students need to sit still and listen for 6+ hours a day - that 100% of teachers & 100% of students are available according to a timetable - that attendance = engagement
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'growing awareness among students and parents that not all VCE graduates need the ranking to get ahead' https://t.co/8jpmKeH9VV via @smh
smh.com.au
Almost 4000 Victorian students graduated with an unscored VCE last year and educators are calling for the university ranking system to be dumped due to COVID-19.
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2 days of virtual learning with stage 3 students nurturing own social connections: practising Tik Tok dances, initiating pets show and tell; toys show and tell; and even siblings show and tell. Lots of screen sharing amongst students, resulting in a class of virtual teachers.
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Zoom breakout rooms are THE BEST! I have 21 girls across 3 groups right now presenting their scientific posters to each other. I'm popping in and out of each group while the listeners assess each other using Microsoft forms. Happy to help anyone to know more. #remotelearning
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NEW blog post — "The Story of a Curious Phone Call" https://t.co/t77UMMMNI5
tim.blog
The below is a true story from Auburn Sandstrom that blew my mind and opened my heart. It is excerpted with permission from All These Wonders: True Stories about Facing the Unknown. Read the whole ...
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Can never see this enough. We spend so much time glorifying the unworthy... and then there’s Sir Nicholas Winton. How do you praise such a man ? Hero is a word too light.
Nicholas Winton helped 669 Jewish children escape the Nazis. His efforts went unrecognized for 50 years; then in 1988, while sitting as a member of a TV audience, he suddenly found himself surrounded by the kids he’d rescued, now adults. It often takes the dark to see the stars.
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It’ll change you!! [Secret: You will still cover the standards!!]
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@realcolinquinn @ewanmcintosh It's like he is releasing his inner Gary Caldwell....
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Wrong way, Australia! ’More practice tests': New NAPLAN targets for tens of thousands of students https://t.co/mG0lxoWHap via @smh @PiccoliMp @HargreavesBC @YongZhaoEd @DianeRavitch
smh.com.au
Teachers and academics say the new government policy will lead to more NAPLAN-style practice tests at the cost of curriculum teaching time.
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Successful completion of Secondary schooling has many measures & celebration(s) of achievement https://t.co/LZSz34CgA2
@Iris827 @stevepares @cahill_paul @gregmiller68 @johnqgoh @FrankChiment @Education2040 @NSWBC @MySkills_VET @CaSPAust @LWholley @LucasLearn @vet_NESA
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Many ‘solutions’ to raising the status of VET fail because of the education system structure.
“VET needs to be at the forefront of our economic and educational debates. Raising the status of VET is a crucial part of addressing youth unemployment and disengagement” - @nicholas_wyman. Thanks to @TheEducatorAU for the latest article:
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Final day, but not the end, of our @IndSchoolsWA and @NoTosh #DT4L incubator @misscmorrison @robstorrie @wesleycollege
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Pathways Specialist - Preparing Secondary students for the current and future world of work. Applications for two positions are open to people with or without a teaching background. Familiarity with secondary education will be well regarded.
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I have been impressed by some of the consultations around the country in preparation for the 2020 Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Australia. But I think we still have some work to do in designing an appropriate structure. See
eurekastreet.com.au
What we need is a listening and inclusive Church - a plenary council at which the clergy and the laity have a proper place at the table, at which the voices of the 'rusted-on' and the 'cheesed-off'...
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Students from Greystanes High interviewing Mitchel Resnick, an expert in educational technologies & Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab. How lessons from kindergarten can help everyone develop the creative thinking skills needed thrive in today's society. @mscott
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In countries eg Germany, technical & trade occupations are held in higher esteem. There, it’s common to find young people who have university entrance but prefer to engage in apprenticeships https://t.co/3rm2Ola0pH
@SkillsAus @OECDEduSkills @SkillsOne @nicholas_wyman @aennswact
theconversation.com
Many young Australians and their parents don’t consider VET as a potential post-school pathway, even if it might be more suitable for them than university.
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There is a stark difference in higher education and VET expenditure. Expenditure on #voced hit its lowest point in a decade while #highered increased. We need a more consistent approach to distributing resources across tertiary education https://t.co/SPUCvUj0fJ
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This is something that we need to impress upon our children so much. It is counter to the cultural norm of wanting more.
We in the developed world are more prosperous than any civilization in history, but we’re still vaguely dissatisfied. When asked how much income they'd need to “live well,” Americans at every income level answer, “Twice as much.” Make Today Matter: https://t.co/16i1FONXaq
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