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Author Archives: Benjamin Barker

Benjamin Barker is an assistant principal at Wollongbar Public School in Wollongbar, New South Wales, Australia. As a primary school teacher for more than two decades, he has taught across all key learning areas. In his current role, Barker is focused on professional learning and teacher quality.

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TEACHER VOICE: How Australia built a better career path for teachers

by Benjamin Barker September 25, 2017December 7, 2021

As a young teacher during the early 1990’s, my first classroom felt somewhat akin to herding cats. In the time it took to get my head around what lesson was coming next, the class would spot the opportunity to veer off into mischief. By the time I had resettled everyone my carefully timed lesson had […]

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