Summit Blog

Great teachers guide children how to think: not what to think….

As humans we are designed to think in linear terms. This produces a paradox for educational leaders.

Developmental Bibliotherapy is designed to help young people navigate their developmental years, and can be reinvigorated throughout one’s life, simply by picking up the right book.

Instructional video is a way to free up the teacher or leader to engage more actively with students and staff while still delivering Direct Instruction or information as needed, says Steven Kolber. Named among the ‘Top 100 Educators leading Flipped Learning’ in the K-12 sector for 2018, Kolber is an advocate for delivering instructional content, particularly via video.

Reading and spelling acquisition is much simpler, faster and more sustainable than conventional ‘phonic’ approaches when a phonetics teaching-tool is used with a phonographic, multisensory focus, says Denyse Ritchie, Principal at The THRASS Institute.

It is vital that teachers and school leaders understand that body image and eating disorders are developing and increasing in those who identify as boys and men, according to Danni Rowlands, National Manager, Prevention Services, Butterfly Foundation.

The learning outcomes and mental health of Victorian students is being challenged by sobering statistics around healthy eating and nutrition. According to the Department of Education’s VCAMS data (2018), Victorian students are getting forty per cent of their daily energy intake from ‘junk foods’ such as cakes, fast food, confectionary, and sugary drinks, with only ten per cent of students eating their recommended intake of fruit and vegetables.

The school setting is the most critical and untapped site for identification and support of school aged students with mental health concerns, says special education consultant Tim Connell.

If we could design a program for young adults with the aim of boosting good mental health, like a wellbeing vitamin, what would such a program look like?

Now working as Microsoft’s Learning Delivery and Accessibility Specialist, Troy has seen the positive impact that can be achieved when computer software includes tools to support students with dyslexia.

For anyone with even the tiniest awareness of Educational Leadership, the reality of schools is almost entirely predicated on time. Specifically, for leadership and leaders, the most impactful…

Technology is amoral. It is neither good nor bad. It simply enables and amplifies that which we use it for, says passionate educator Chris Betcher.

Bibliotherapy, the use of stories for personal growth and emotional healing, predates the written word.

Eating disorders are complex mental and physical illnesses. They are not a lifestyle choice and develop due to a range of biological, socio-cultural and psychological reasons.

Instructional Video provides unique affordances, or possibilities, that can shift teaching and learning from the page onto the webpage and allows students to become more empowered and independent as a result

I decided to take a moment to reflect on the positive outcomes that I have personally experienced by using instructional video for aspects of my teaching….

Anxiety itself is not necessarily a problem. Anxiety is a natural and required response which often protects us from dangerous situations. We need anxiety to survive….

Physical activities have been shown to “develop important life skills while also boosting self-esteem, motivation, confidence and general wellbeing”.