Lilly Bayes always dreamt of being a teacher. Even when she was 10-years-old she was playing the part, taking classes with her cousins. Flash forward 15 years and she’s doing it for real.
Mitcham Primary School maths co-ordinator Laura Scriven is on a mission to inspire students and create valuable life skills.
It’s ‘lights, camera, action, go’ as Barmera Primary School science and digi-tech teacher Leighton Pearce takes to the classroom every day.
Compass Catholic Community learning facilitator Roshanna Bull helps young South Australians find a way forward.
With the teacher shortage crisis across our nation, Australians have revealed what it would take for them to switch careers.
Australian public school principals have opened up about the difficult and confronting incidents that keep them awake in a bid to bring positive changes to the role.
Educators have been kept in the dark over the funding future of a ‘life changing’ remote preschool program helping more than 2600 mums and bubs.
Alex Whitting is a teacher at an ordinary school achieving extraordinary results. And her students have revealed why.
Former Tiwi Islands teacher Tictac Moore is working with Australian school students to create and publish books to preserve our nation’s many Indigenous languages.
Queensland special education teacher Diana Backhouse revealed how her personal story has helped her dedicate her career to helping children find their unique voice.
A fire destroyed where teacher Craig Mulder works at Corrimal High School. But after it was rebuilt, he tells of how he has helped change his students’ lives.
Cat Fleming has told of how she became a teacher who helped students heal after their school was saved from a burning bushfire.
Students around the country have joined our Best Teacher campaign and penned personal letters to their teachers. Download one and write yours.
A new generation of young Aussies has given schools a beacon of hope that our nation can change the teaching crisis, as 1000 teaching students have received $10,000 a year scholarships.
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