The best part of the induction conference for me
so far has been listening to Patrea Walton
and Aunty Valda Coolwell
I thought their insights into
real world teaching and
some of the inspirational things
we can take away and
incorporate in our classrooms
was really insightful and
helpful for me as a teacher.
It’s amazing having the Minister here
at the conference to welcome
all the beginning teachers to the department.
She was very inspiring and passionate
about education and the difference
teachers can make.
My favourite session from today
has been where the students were talking.
Students are the centre
of why we become teachers
and just hearing from them
their special experiences
teachers have given to them;
that’s probably been my favourite part.
I’m finally getting to do
what I want to do and
I know that there’s a lot of support for me
as I enter the profession.
The best part of the induction conference
would be meeting everybody
who’s going to be in my area next year.
Central Queensland’s such a larger area of the department
and it’s going to be really good to know who
will be there to help
and be helped as well
next year when we’re teaching.
The best part of the induction conference
has been listening to all the different
beginning teachers’ stories.
So the people from Kelvin Grove,
especially, Mel.
I really, really could relate to her really well.
She eased some of my fears,
which was really, really good,
and I’m really looking forward
to the rest of the conference.
The best part about the induction has been
the fact that
it has been overwhelming
with the amount of support
that we have been introduced to today.
All the extra
people we can get in contact with
and all that sort of stuff.
It really actually makes this entire experience
just that much more achievable
for someone who’s
looking at a year’s working contract
and freaking out just a little bit.
There’s been a lot of good things.
I think the best part was
meeting some of the kids
and hearing from them
and hearing about the impact that
that we do have
on their lives,
particularly the kids
who come from overseas
and who are
struggling over language barriers
and that was really lovely and also
meeting different people from all over the State
and realising that
we’re all in it together is really nice.
My one take away from the conference is
the excitement and energy
of seeing so many new faces around
who are all committed
to bringing the best potential
for their students
and it’s really inspiring
to see so many people and it gives you
a renewed sense of hope
that we can do a really great thing
as a big team.
The best part of the induction conference for me so far
has been getting the opportunity
to network with so many other teachers,
not just beginning teachers
but also some of the master teachers
and some of the other speakers
that we’ve already had today.
It’s been really great so far.
What I’ve taken from the conference today is
it’s been really great
just to get little insights
into all the different aspects of education
that we don’t learn at university.
We get to see things from OneSchool to C2C
that they don’t really target
in a university classroom
and you get to think about ooh,
how am I going to do that next year?
How am I going to apply that
to what I’m going to do
and to the class that I have?
So the best part of the induction conference for me
has been hearing from the master teachers.
Hearing their experience
and the different situations
that they’ve come across
throughout their
very large career
has been really good to hear from.
And hearing from the beginning teachers as well
and knowing what we could expect
in our first year of teaching and
it just better prepares us for the future
and what will hopefully be
a successful year for us.
I think my favourite session today
was probably the OneSchool.
As a pre-service teacher on placement,
there’s not a lot of access
being able to hop on to OneSchool
whenever you want and being able to
check all of the little things.
So going into that as a teacher next year,
it is going to be one of
the more daunting aspects of
being a first year teacher,
so being able to have an overview
today
from an early year teacher
about the OneSchool was really interesting.
I think I’m most excited about
having my own classroom.
Just, you know.
You’ve been working for four years studying
and to be able to take
all of that learning
and now put it into practice
to have my own classroom,
to have my own students
that I’m going to be working with
will just be amazing.
I started my career with the department
quite a few years ago
as an admin officer
and through that I had contact
with many teachers
who would tell me about
all the wonderful things
they got to do in their jobs
and all the lives they got to affect
and I thought I really wanted to be a part of that.