2025, let's not only survive but also thrive and come alive -I think this should be a cool motto for the year. It is a bit lengthy, I'm open to making it shorter, maybe just thrive and come alive, as an ultimate goal? Unfortunately, the reality for most is that surviving is the main hurdle... Continue Reading →
Teaching Teachers: The Struggles of Studying Education While Teaching
Last year, I decided to go back to school to upgrade my qualifications in education. This year, I became a BEd Honours student, specialising in Mathematics Education, which makes sense with me being a mathematics teacher. I've been doing it via the purple university situated in North West. I heard a lot of good things... Continue Reading →
Teacher Appreciation: An Inside Job
Annually, on October 5th, it is International Teacher's Day. Interestingly, what I notice every year, since becoming a teacher in 2022, is that teachers (and we can add education NGOs/NPOs, because usually former teachers work there) all over social media celebrate each other more that the rest of the world actually knows about and appreciates... Continue Reading →
The Call to Move: Reflections on Leadership, Impact, and Change
I want to reflect on three real instances in my life where I see that we (or maybe just me) are not meant to stay in the same place for too long. First reflection Early on in my teaching career, in 2022, I attended one of Jakes Gerwel Fellowship (JGF) online community meetings (OCMs). The... Continue Reading →
If Teaching Were an Olympic Sport
The question is: If teachers qualified for the Olympics, what would we get us on the podium, winning either gold, silver or bronze? Or even breaking (inter)national records for? https://www.instagram.com/p/C-c-P8NxpD0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== I have been following the Paris Olympics and it has been wonderful, people are really doing the most and we can see the hard work... Continue Reading →