by Melinda | Jun 19, 2017 | Personal, Reflective Teaching
I cried every day for 3 months during my first year of teaching. I was incredibly unprepared for how difficult and demoralizing being a teacher could be. But I survived—even thrived eventually—and want to help other new teachers get through. I was so excited for my...
by Melinda | Jul 8, 2013 | Personal, Reflective Teaching
Yep you read correctly, I quit teaching. So you may be wondering why I quit teaching, well there were a number of reasons and it goes a bit like this… My first teaching job was way up in the top end of Western Australia, in a little ole town called Port Hedland....
by Melinda | May 30, 2013 | Lesson Ideas, Personal
Every day I’m amazed at how much my Little Miss Nearly Three learns. She’s constantly on the go and all of her imaginative play involves some form of learning. I wanted to document some of her learning and share this with you. So below you’ll find a picture post...
by Melinda | Mar 7, 2013 | Personal, Reflective Teaching
Continued from Tales From A First Year Teacher: Adapting To Life In The Pilbara Now back to my classroom. So much to do and so little time….how am I going to get everything I want done? I have big plans for my classroom and students. Now I get to put in practice all...
by Melinda | Jan 4, 2013 | Personal, Reflective Teaching
Hi Everyone, Well I haven’t done this before…but thought it was a great idea so decided to give it a try for the start of the new year! Farley over at Oh’ Boy Fourth Grade regularly hosts ‘Currently.’ So I hope you enjoy reading a bit more about me and what I’m up to...
by Melinda | Dec 8, 2012 | Personal, Reflective Teaching
Woohoo I’ve been spotlighted :-). John (aka Mr Hughes) over at An Educator’s Life has spotlighted little ole me this week in his blog series: Share the Wealth. I feel very honoured that Mr Hughes would want to spotlight me on his blog. Mr Hughes also reviewed one of...
