26 episodes

Each episode will dive into their challenges, triumphs, inspirations and motivations of theses teachers’ journey on how they find their confidence, pedagogy and sense of belonging in the world of early education.

Teaching Journey : Connecting through Early Education Dee Suvanmani

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Each episode will dive into their challenges, triumphs, inspirations and motivations of theses teachers’ journey on how they find their confidence, pedagogy and sense of belonging in the world of early education.

    Episode 25 : Samantha Barrish

    Episode 25 : Samantha Barrish

    Samantha Barrish has been in the sector for 30 years and is currently an early childhood teacher in NSW. Her focus this year is to say ‘yes’ to all opportunities of new challenges. We spoke about many things- her passion for the importance of relationships with families and risky play and her experience with sitting in the discomfort. She said it has been years and is still in the space of discomfort and spoke about how this honest reflection with herself translate to her own life and her teaching practices.
     
    Guest speaker : Samantha Barrish @_the.unplugged.educator_
    (https://www.instagram.com/_the.unplugged.educator_/)
     
    Host: Dee Suvanmani  @teachingjourneypodcast (https://www.instagram.com/teachingjourneypodcast/) 
     

    • 44 min
    Episode 24: Anne Gordan

    Episode 24: Anne Gordan

    Anne Gordan has been in the education sector for more than 30 years. She started as a high school science teacher and is now a lecturer and consultant in the early childhood space.
    Anne has shared with us her love and passion for STEM and how she has integrated it into her practices even as a mum and grandma to a relational, contextualised play based inquiry. Her fascination on children’s theory really shapes her pedagogy and the questions that she presented to children that opens up to the idea of imagination and wondering and have shared with us the language and words that she uses in highlighting the connections with the concepts and the 'doing' in her many examples. 
     
    Guest speaker : Anne Gordon 
    (https://www.facebook.com/yellowhateducation/)
     
    Host: Dee Suvanmani  @teachingjourneypodcast (https://www.instagram.com/teachingjourneypodcast/) 
     

    • 50 min
    Episode 23 : Rachel Smith

    Episode 23 : Rachel Smith

    Rachel Smith is a Family Day Care educator based in a small town of 25 houses in Konorgong, NSW. She has been awarded Educator of the Year in 2020 and 2023 by Family Day Care Australia and recently been nominated for Women Changing the World Award.
    She is a perfect example of rising from adversity. Being through with personal and professional challenges she has an inspiring ability to self-reflect and motivate herself and others. She shared her recent blog post in Out of the Box blog page by 'baring it all' with the challenges she faced and that post have reached, inspired and connected educators nationwide who are in similar positions.
     
    In this episode prologue, I've shared some reflections around finding your identity before finding your 'tribe': 
    Who are you as a teacher/educator/leader?
    What are your values and where does it sit in your practice?
    What are your passion and interest or what gets you very excited?
     
     
    Guest speaker : Rachel Smith @rachelshomechildcarefdc
    (https://mailrhcc.wixsite.com/rachel-s-home-child) 
     
    Host: Dee Suvanmani  @teachingjourneypodcast (https://www.instagram.com/teachingjourneypodcast/) 
     
     

    • 49 min
    Episode 22 : Leanne Kapetanovski

    Episode 22 : Leanne Kapetanovski

    Leanne Kapetanovski has worked in the sector for 33 years. She has worn many hats and taken on many leadership role from being a centre Director and a Preschool Field Officer. 
    We spoke in depth about change and how Leanne shares how she navigates when changes happens and was honest that she didn't like change and reflected on the discomfort. She shared some thought processes that she considers when is reflecting of the change and priority she place for the children and families as she considers on the impact of change that it can bring.
     
    Guest speaker : Leanne Kapetanovski
     
    Host: Dee Suvanmani  @teachingjourneypodcast (https://www.instagram.com/teachingjourneypodcast/) 

    • 40 min
    Episode 21 : Carrie Rose

    Episode 21 : Carrie Rose

    Carrie Rose has been in the sector for 35 years and is a founder of The Rose Way consultancy. Carrie spoke about her challenges in her early days as a teacher and with working with people with different dispositions and pedagogical practices. She shared her reflection of her own traits and how it influences her relationship with people, her leadership style and the drive to the continual motivation after 35 years in the sector. And shared her latest passion and advocacy work on the access to quality of education for all children in Australia. 
     
    Reflections to ponder for this episode: 
    What does quality of early education look like to you? What are you seeing in practice at the moment? And do both (your vision and realities) are aligned?
    What are you doing in your everyday practice that reflects on your vision of quality early education?
    How can you as an early childhood professional close that gap to the quality ratings that we see at the moment? 
    Where/ how can you access information and expand your knowledge or practices on early education?
     
     
    Resources mentioned in this episode: 
    Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority. (2023, November). National Quality Framework (NQF) Snapshot Q3 2023 [PDF]. Retrieved from https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-11/NQF%20Snapshot%20Q3%202023_0.pdf
     
    Oncken Jr., W., & Wass, D. L. (1999). Management time: Who's got the monkey? Harvard Business Review, 77(11), [PDF]. Retrieved fromhttps://evolutionpartners.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Management-Time_-Whos-Got-the-Monkey.pdf
     
     
    Guest speaker : Carrie Rose (https://therosewayplanning.com/) 
     
    Host: Dee Suvanmani  @teachingjourneypodcast (https://www.instagram.com/teachingjourneypodcast/) 
     
     

    • 57 min
    Episode 20 : Sarah Louise Gandolfo

    Episode 20 : Sarah Louise Gandolfo

    Sarah Louise is an exceptional leader and advocator for the Early Years Sector and have many years of experiences within the sector with multiple roles and leadership hats. She is now a consultant and founder of Learning to Lead in Early Childhood. Sarah Louise talks about Kind Leadership vs Nice Leadership and discussed what burnout can look like. She spoke passionately about her Social Justice advocacy work and shared with us behind her 'why' on continuing the work that she does within the Early Childhood Sector. 
     
    Resources: 
    Rogers, M. (2023, April 18). Early educators around the world feel burned out and devalued: Here is how we can help. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/early-educators-around-the-world-feel-burnt-out-and-devalued-heres-how-we-can-help-202513
    Ng, J., Rogers, M., & McNamara, C. (2023). Early childhood educator’s burnout: A systematic review of the determinants and effectiveness of interventions. Issues in Educational Research, 33(1), 173. https://www.iier.org.au/iier33/ng.pdf
     
    Guest: Sarah Louise Gandolfo (https://slmconti.wixsite.com/learningtoleadinec)
     
    Host: Dee Suvanmani  Instagram: @teachingjourneypodcast
     

    • 51 min

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