Blog Category: Teachers’ Help

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‘It’s out of control… it’s insidious… it’s not okay’: Sexual Harassment of Teachers Report

A couple of years ago, the team at Collective Shout and I found ourselves comparing ...

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Connected Teaching, Child Development & Emotional Intelligence – Let’s Get Schooled podcast

Maggie appeared on the Let’s Get Schooled podcast with Emma Gentle and talked about: The ...

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Why our schooling system is flawed and what we need to change

Over the last month while running seminars and attending conferences I have had many conversations ...

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A letter to a 21st Century teen: 10 things I want you to know

Dear Teen, There are so many doomsayers and negative voices speaking despairingly about what’s wrong ...

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Managing the elephant in the classroom: stress & anxiety

The University of Sydney recently surveyed 18,000 teachers, and found they are “drowning under increasing ...

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The Teen Mask in the Classroom

Maggie wrote for Teachers Matter magazine about ‘Understanding Why Teens Wear a Mask and What it is ...

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Secrets of Successful Teaching-Positive Schools 2016

Maggie wrote for The Positive Times here on how to Dare to be An Exceptional Teacher. ...

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Building Connectedness in the Classroom

Maggie wrote for the Positive Times about the best-kept secret to exceptional education — relationship. ...

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Show caution when implementing change

In this article forTeachers Matter, Maggie writes about changing fads in education and how we ...

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Sensitive kids starting school

As school holidays run out faster than the water out of the bath, parents know ...

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Teaching with the teen brain in mind

Over the past 15 years there has been a massive outpouring of research that explores ...

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21 Things I Wish I had Known as a New Teacher

In this article for Teachers Matter, Maggie wrote about what she wished she’d known about being ...

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Why our children’s ability to think deeply is suffering

I want to chat about thinking. When I explore my building block about life skills ...

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8 ways to nurture friendships in our schools

“We’ll be friends forever, won’t we, Pooh?” asked Piglet. “Even longer,” Pooh answered. ― A.A. ...

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Bringing out the best in all students

Maggie wrote for Teachers Matter about what she learned from neuro linguistic programming and how ...

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Stop Stealing Childhood

Are we setting our children up to fail? In short, there is no evidence that ...