Teach, Learn, Live Department of Education

Albert Einstein reportedly said that “there is only one thing that you absolutely have to know”, and that’s the location of the library.

Today Tim is chatting with Liz Jack, Executive Director of Libraries Tasmania, about why that recommendation absolutely stands up, the role of libraries in our communities, and what it means that we can now access the library wherever we are, any time of day, and for a whole lot more than books.

Libraries Tasmania: https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/Pages/Home.aspx

I’ve had to do a lot of talking this year, but what I want to say to you today – my reflection on 2020 – is short and sweet:


This agency is extraordinary.
Our learners are extraordinary.
We really nailed the ‘together’ part of our brief this year.
And as much as we inspired and supported our learners, they (and our families and communities) kept inspiring and supporting us right back.

Let’s take some rest, recharge, and choose to be extraordinary again in 2021. But before we do, listen to this end-of-year wrap-up episode of the podcast.

We'll be back in 2021 with more stories about those people who teach, learn and live in Tasmania.

Today Tim is talking to Leesa Pettit from Jordan River Learning Federation (JRLF) Senior School in Hobart's northern suburbs. They talk about:


Packages of learning, wellbeing and having a growth mindset.
The importance of moving out of your comfort zone and having tools to move from comfort through fear into learning and growth (and how JRLF is supporting students to do this).
The importance of values within a school (and broader organisation) and what JRLF has done to embed the Department of Education values within their school.

Links


Jordan River Learning Federation website: https://jrlf.education.tas.edu.au/Pages/Home.aspx

Tim recently spoke to Natalie Brown from The Peter Underwood Centre and Children's University.

Hear how the Peter Underwood Centre works with schools and families to access learning both inside and outside the classroom.

They also discussed six things that parents can do to give their child the best start to learning and how the Centre is contributing to Tasmania’s future through research and partnerships.

Links


https://www.utas.edu.au/underwood-centre
https://www.utas.edu.au/underwood-centre/childrens-university-tas
https://www.thebasicstasmania.com/about

In this week’s episode of the Teach, Learn, Live podcast Tim interviews Brent Armitstead, Jamie Synnott and Gay Cumming about their reflections of the department's response to COVID-19.

Communication, collaboration and wellbeing are the key themes in this episode as the panel talks about supporting schools and learners with new technologies during a very uncertain time.

This episode coincides with a state-wide celebration of all staff as we recognise the hard work and efforts of staff throughout 2020.

Welcome to a special edition of the Teach, Learn, Live, Live podcast. 

Today, we're celebrating teachers for World Teachers Day. 

Teachers change the world. The ripples from what they do every day in the classroom flow through the lives of individuals and of generations.

Throughout my public school education, I've had many great teachers who both supported and challenged me. But most important, it was their belief in what I could achieve. If we want Tasmanian communities to be strong and vibrant, education is front and centre and teachers play a really important role in that. I come to work every day inspired to work alongside teachers who are working hard to have more of our learners learning more every single day.

Thanks for joining me today as I interview students in public education right across the state to hear what they think is most important about their teachers.