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The concept of a teacher “shortage” seems to flowing through the mainstream media at the moment. The only thing is that there is no teacher shortage and never has been. There are at any point in time plenty of teachers floating around and an ample number of teaching graduates entering the realms of education.However, a greater number of these people either do not want enter teaching or even stay in teaching.The big question then is….why? Why would someone not want…..
As a teacher I’ve had a very unique view of the world throughout the covid pandemic. By seeing things through the eyes of our children. This has made me realise what the real pandemic in our society is. It certainly isn’t a communicable disease but rather a condition which costs us much more in time, money and resources than we could ever imagine.Forget about the “covid” pandemic. This is the “lack of confidence” pandemic. This pandemic has been around long…..
My decision to become an early childhood teacher was a fairly simple one. I knew that I loved interacting and working with young children and knew that this was something that just felt right for me. As my dad once told me, “Adam, you always loved being around little kids, even when you were a little kid.” I recall looking at a brochure about doing an early childhood teaching degree at a particular university. I saw this picture on the…..