We recently polled members in Teachers in Remote Communities (Past, Present, Future) about their ‘biggest fear’ about teaching in a remote community school. The 4th biggest concern for new remote teachers was ‘crime’. Here are a list of safety and crime reduction hints and tips we learnt along the way.
Remote healthcare can be limited. Your remote community may have a regional hospital, a clinic that is staffed by staff in community, a clinic that is not staffed full time, or no clinic at all. You may have access to travelling specialists, you may have access to video calls with
We are so excited that amazing members in our Thrive Intensive begin their learning and collaboration this week! This week we are focusing on ‘relationships’ in our remote community schools. Relationships is the first of our topics in the Thrive Intensive because it is so important for everything else that
Remote teaching can be an adventure of a lifetime. You get to experience amazing things where you are too: places where hardly any non-Indigenous people ever get to see, hunt and gather traditional bush foods, fishing, hiking through red dirt country, parties with new friends and colleagues, 4WD on some
Remote teaching can be life changing. Remote teaching can be challenging. New culture, new language, new ways of being. Different expectations or settings at the school. Little handover or planning provided. Lack of resources. New colleagues- different opinions. Students with diverse needs. Teaching in an outback community school can be
Outback teachers we hear you. You’ve just moved hours away from your home town… to an outback community. You swallowed up warm feeling of adventure that made your heart pump with excitement, the way your eyes lit up and soaked up all the new. You have been in your new
How do you assess if it is the right time to teach in outback Australia? How do I know if remote teaching is for me? There are some things to consider before applying to teach in outback Australia. The decision to move to a remote outback location to teach is
Tips: Tip 1: Do your own research about your community before your application and interview- many of the following questions will be answered in the early stages of your application process. You can research by looking at the school website, Facebook page and online reports and School Strategic Plans. If
Imagine going through school and in all the text books, websites, worksheets and posters were faces and experiences that were different to yours. Imagine if the books you read in class, the videos you watched were of the mainstream experience only. This can be the experience of some of our
Are you considering teaching in a remote community in 2022? Or new to your remote teaching role and learning ways to manage challenging behaviour? It’s easy to think- more behaviour charts, more rules, more discipline, more consequences. But without reflecting on the why of the behaviour puzzle and addressing the
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