Wine with Teacher Blog

00:00 Welcome to another episode of Wine with Teacher, where I have a wine with an actual teacher. I'm your host Ceri from @ourcreativeclassroom on Instagram and on today's episode I have another of my favourite teacher-lit authors, Brendan James Murray, whose book, 'The School' has truly touched many teachers hearts. It has been shared all over Instagram, you can find him online at @bjmurrayauthor. Welcome to the show. 00:32 Thank you so much for having me I appreciate it. 00:37 Right, it's that time again to pause the podcast pour yourself a well deserved glass of whatever you like, and join me. Let's have...

STOP #1 South Melbourne, VIC Don’t write this down, as none of the months are set in stone. Imagine instead that they’re written in sand while the tide is coming in. At least half of each month will be washed away by the many, many commitments that I’ve made to edit magazines, record podcasts, and create resources for the Wine with Teacher Wellbeing Club. So, keep that in mind. This tour is reliably unreliable – in other words, flexible. Border closures? We’ll adapt. Cold and flu? We’ll adapt. Possible root canal? We’ll adapt. So here it is, the many mini tours...

This month's article is supporting teachers who have just heard the soul-crushing news, probably delivered by an extremely sympathetic principal: "There is no position for you next year." Each year, teachers without permanency face the uncertain risk of their job disappearing due to changes in staffing or school enrolment numbers. I urge you to find the lesson in this experience. Remind yourself that you are not a terrible teacher, you are just an expendable one. This realisation is no less devastating...  Back in 2016, I was reeling from the fresh pain of rejection and it could only be described as...

This month's article is asking you to question why teachers are labelled heroes and essential workers only when they're putting their health at risk, yet outside of this time there is still a largely negative opinion about our profession in the eyes of the general public and media.