Education Perfect Brochure
A brochure to promote Education Perfect throughout Australia. I wrote all of the copy and created new brand messaging. This item was created as a new asset for use both digitally, and in print format.
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Education Perfect - Whitepaper
A comprehensive research base for the Education Perfect product design. This report required research, collaboration, analysis, and yet still had to be readable. The final report was validated by Johns Hopkins University.
Education Perfect - Impact Report
Understanding a company's impact is important and this report provides an overview of the social, environmental, and other initiatives that the company has taken part in throughout the year.
Why Feedback Matters
As teachers, one of the greatest challenges we face is providing effective feedback that not only improves student outcomes but maintains their enthusiasm and desire to learn. This is often compounded by a lack of time, the requirement to provide tangible assessment grades, and the diversity of student needs.
Understanding what we mean by feedback is an important starting point. John Hattie’s research has revealed that feedback is one of the most essential aspects of a teacher’s job, and yet de
Understanding what we mean by feedback is an important starting point. John Hattie’s research has revealed that feedback is one of the most essential aspects of a teacher’s job, and yet de
Dreams matter for teachers, too.
Today’s world demands so much more from teachers.
They must become aware of pedagogical theory, adapt their teaching and learning programmes to provide individualised differentiation, and help students to develop their social, emotional, and intellectual growth. This guidance is delicate, it is a new form of both relationship and instruction, and it bears the hallmarks of a true profession.
Increasingly, experienced educators are turning to postgraduate study as a way of extending their abilit
They must become aware of pedagogical theory, adapt their teaching and learning programmes to provide individualised differentiation, and help students to develop their social, emotional, and intellectual growth. This guidance is delicate, it is a new form of both relationship and instruction, and it bears the hallmarks of a true profession.
Increasingly, experienced educators are turning to postgraduate study as a way of extending their abilit
Idiots or idealists: can teachers make a difference?
I am in the garage when the principal of the school calls me. It is a weekend. Erin* is a student who moved to our town from a different country. She found it hard to fit in at first but then discovers a sense of herself with a combination of sports, self-defence classes, and some success in school. I work with her on her English assessments, and she receives the best grade she had ever had. We talk about her being a nurse, and she comes to my office to talk through the credits that she needs, t
Idiots or idealists: can teachers make a difference?
It might sound a little like a cliche, as though teachers are this rare breed of idealistic individuals who enter the profession with a self-sacrificing mindset, prepared to give everything of themselves and subsume their personality into work. They do, but the reasons why we teach are a little more complex. It’s the prospect of making a difference and having a stable career that is relatively recession-proof that is attractive.
Why pay to work?
It’s time for Queenstown to face the human cost of being a high-turnover, transient tourist town, Poppie Johnson writes.
Living in New Zealand’s tourism hotspot, Queenstown, comes with its benefits – we have world-class restaurants and bars befitting a city 10 times our size. There is every type of cuisine imaginable available, opening hours are the most generous in the country, and there’s always a venue for any event.
All of these restaurants and bars require staff. For many on working holid
Living in New Zealand’s tourism hotspot, Queenstown, comes with its benefits – we have world-class restaurants and bars befitting a city 10 times our size. There is every type of cuisine imaginable available, opening hours are the most generous in the country, and there’s always a venue for any event.
All of these restaurants and bars require staff. For many on working holid
Inside an 'Innovative Learning Environment'
Next year a fresh cadre of bright-eyed and refreshed students will enter schools around the country. For many, at both primary and secondary level, they will be walking into a sleek modern building complete with climate control, ergonomic furniture and state-of-the-art technology. Welcome to the Innovative Learning Environment, or ‘ILE’.
The Ministry of Education is committed to giving every school access to ‘a learning environment that best supports educational success’. In their view, that me
The Ministry of Education is committed to giving every school access to ‘a learning environment that best supports educational success’. In their view, that me
Why we should demand more of teachers
Why we should demand more of teachers
Teacher Poppie Johnson examines performance pay, teacher appraisals and asks: what should New Zealanders be demanding for their education tax dollars?
In my almost 10 years as a teacher I’ve seen most of what goes on in a secondary school. I’ve been a dean, head of department and held myriad other responsibilities that come up on an annual basis. I’m experienced but not yet so established that I’m an institution in my own right. It’s the sweet spot, young
Teacher Poppie Johnson examines performance pay, teacher appraisals and asks: what should New Zealanders be demanding for their education tax dollars?
In my almost 10 years as a teacher I’ve seen most of what goes on in a secondary school. I’ve been a dean, head of department and held myriad other responsibilities that come up on an annual basis. I’m experienced but not yet so established that I’m an institution in my own right. It’s the sweet spot, young
Queenstown’s Joan of Arc is battling for affordable housing
Former ski patroller Julie Scott has taken on a challenge of a very different kind: finding low-cost homes for families in New Zealand’s most expensive property market.
Not all heroes wear capes. Sometimes they walk among us and perform their magic without needing to transform into someone different.
It’s the seemingly ordinary-looking jobs that can have a tremendous effect. Meet Julie Scott, the executive officer of the Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust. Every day she helps families ac
Not all heroes wear capes. Sometimes they walk among us and perform their magic without needing to transform into someone different.
It’s the seemingly ordinary-looking jobs that can have a tremendous effect. Meet Julie Scott, the executive officer of the Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust. Every day she helps families ac
North & South: Profile
Jane Morris is the first female president of the New Zealand Mountain Guides’ Association. The road has sometimes been rocky for this humble mountaineer, but Morris is quietly blazing a trail for a new generation of “girl guides”. Poppie Johnson reports.
