Meet the South Australian teachers sharing their classroom tips on Instagram
These teachers are giving their followers a behind the scenes look at what it’s like to work in South Australian education. See the full list.
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When they’re not inspiring young minds in the classroom, they’re posting about it to their audiences of thousands on social media.
Whether its sharing classroom tips for other educators or simply showing their daily routines, South Australian teachers have taken to Instagram to document their lives at school.
Luke Springer, also known as Mr Luke, is not just SA’s most popular teacher on social media, but perhaps the most well-known around the country with his 949,000 followers on the platform.
He is among the state’s teachers taking Instagram by storm.
Jaime Grandison
Handle: @atschoolwithmrsg
Followers: 1132
Jaime Grandison got her start on Instagram looking at teaching content to feel connected to the education community early in her career.
“It definitely helped me feel connected by seeing what other teachers were doing and how they were setting up different activities,” Ms Grandison, 32, said.
But soon she was posting herself and amassed more than 1000 followers by posting photos of activities her year 1 students engaged in including a mock ice cream stand and Christmas decorations in the classroom.
“I figured that posting content on Instagram may help to inspire another teacher out there, just like it helped me, particularly in the early days,” said the Cedar College teacher of 10 years.
Each of her posts “is a conversation starter” about classroom setups or resources.
“Every day is different and unpredictable,” she said.
“While they (her students) keep me on my toes, they always manage to make me laugh.”
Among the activities she shared with her class, the expecting mother of a baby boy due in September, told her class of the news through a game of hangman.
“I wanted to do something a bit fun with them and they love crack the code puzzles,” Ms Grandison said.
“One of my boys said ‘oh my god there’s a baby in her belly!’ when they got all the letters.
“They were all so shocked.”
Ms Grandison makes sure her students remain anonymous for security reasons as she never posts their names, school logos or uniforms.
“The school’s been fine with it,” she said
Ryan Mason
Handle: @therealryanmason
Followers: 910
One of two teachers who also hit the stage as stand-up comics on this list, Ryan Mason posts short snippets of his routines.
The English and history teacher, only in his second year in education at an Adelaide independent school, said while he initially tried to keep his Instagram account secret from his students, “that didn’t work at all”.
“Last year I gave my year 11 Essential English class a task where they had to analyse the language choice of the Instagram pages of various brands and public figures,” Mr Mason, 23, said.
“When they got to make their own choices of what profile they wanted to analyse, I had to add ‘you cannot choose Mr Mason’s account’ to the task sheet.”
When he isn’t teaching, you can catch him on stage regularly at the Adelaide Fringe Festival or the Rhino Room.
“I’ve done gigs that are teacher specific, and they’re always a lot of fun because you get an audience that is really engaged and can really relate to the material,” he said.
Bec
Handle: @littlemissbright
Followers: 17,600
Teacher fashion and activities for other educators to copy have attracted thousands of followers to Bec’s Instagram account.
Some of her latest posts from Term 1 of school documented Valentine’s Day in the classroom and how digital slides made teaching easier.
Miss Meg
Handle: @jumpingintojp
Followers: 16,400
Miss Meg began teaching at the end of 2016 and started posting to Instagram “to share the fun that can come within a classroom as well as my ideas, resources and insights for what I found successful”.
“I have a passion for making learning fun, inclusive and accessible to all,” the 31 year old says.
“The response to my posts has been incredible. It brings me lots of joy and I am so grateful for what it has given me.”
Audiences are treated to the whole range of experiences as a teacher on Miss Meg’s account, from dressing up as a character from the movie Inside Out for Book Week to taking snaps on school beach day.
In one of her recent videos, she showed her class singing along to the classroom classic “Once I Caught a Fish Alive” to teach her students language skills.
Miss Key
Handle: @misskeysclassroom
Followers: 13,700
Miss Key, an Adelaide high school English and history teacher, gives her followers insights into life as an educator.
Some of her recent posts included a peak at how her students decorated their classroom so far this school year.
Another was a step-by-step guide video to creating colourful displays of her students work around the room.
Molly Jefferys
Handle: @teachingwithmissmolly
Followers: 5273
Junior primary teacher and religious education curriculum leader Molly Jefferys’ account has a focus on sharing the changes of her classroom space from year to year.
In 2025, Ms Jeffreys is teaching year 2 and decked out the space with flowers, plants and a cool-down corner.
Miss Chelchowski
Handle: @teachingwithmisschelchowski
Followers: 3029
Early years teacher Marissa Chelchowski’s account is geared towards other educators with tips and activities for them to emulate.
In one of her recent videos, Ms Chelchowski sounds out words for her students.
While she does not show the students, they can be heard participating in the activities which teach concepts in both literacy and numeracy.
Kate
Handle: @educatewithkate
Followers: 2576
A co-worker of Ms Chelchowski, reception teacher Kate reveals all the ups and downs of being a teacher through her photos and videos of class exercises, yard duty and inspirational quotes for teachers.
In one video, with her school’s logo blurred, she revealed her co-worker was pregnant.
“So cute!” one of Kate’s students could be heard saying.
Miss Amalie
Handle: @teachingwith.missamalie
Followers: 1745
The lead up to the first day of school in 2025 was extensively documented on Miss Amalie’s account.
In one video, she showed her followers how she decorated the classroom.
In another, the teacher created gifts for parents on their child’s first day of school including chocolate “to say thank you for trusting me”.
Miss Conte
Handle: @teachingwithmisss_c
Followers: 1628
Resources for teachers are on offer on Miss Conte’s account, with a link to her online store which has items such as wall displays for classrooms and subject labels.
She also documents activities and excursions her year 1 students engage in such as painting and growing plants.
Miss Thompson
Handle: @kelseylouiseteaching
Followers: 977
Miss Thompson’s reception classroom is the subject of her account, filled with different spaces for her students.
Her most recent posts depict areas ready for the class when they return for term 2 including a mock ice cream shop and miniature zoo.
Miss Caputo
Handle: @teachingwithmisscaputo
Followers: 873
Teaching a new class for 2025, year 1s, “after having taught five reception classes”, Miss Caputo is documenting the new challenge.
“I’m so excited for a change and to try something new,” she wrote at the start of the year.
When the year started, the teacher showcased her colourful classroom.
Luke Springer
Handle: @iam.mrluke
Followers: 949,000
Luke Springer’s audience is so large he has attracted brand deals with Bunnings and appeared on iconic ABC kids’ TV show Play School.
He gained 1.9m followers on TikTok, where he goes by Mr Luke, and his videos, primarily about the oddball questions and comments posed by kids, have garnered more than 69 million likes on the platform.
In many of his videos, Springer shares the simple day-to-day conversations he has with kids from his class, slicing the footage of him as teacher and him acting as the kid in question.
Mr Springer started posting to social media seeing other people sharing their lives online and thought “why not give it a go?”.
Taylor Goodwin
Handle: @taylorgoodwinoz
Followers: 88,200
Charles Campbell College teacher Taylor Goodwin gained his more than 88,000 followers on Instagram by posting short videos of his classroom-related stand-up comedy routines.
Mr Goodwin had been balancing comedy and education since after he achieved his world record feat of telling 571 jokes in an hour in 2014, which attracted attention from television producers.
But he after he finished university and started teaching at Mount Barker High School in 2018, he fell in love with education and refused to give it up.
“A lot of the time I think teachers try to shut down humour or that leadership or that creativity but for my part it was ‘how can I embrace this?’,” he told The Advertiser earlier this month.
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