In Series 6 of Teachers Supporting Teachers Podcast we go local, global and international in hearing stories from pre-service teachers about becoming a teacher during a pandemic.
Welcome to this episode where Susie Boyes joins Narelle to talk about becoming a teacher during the pandemic. Susie is a third year pre-service teacher at Swinburne University of Technology and she talks in depth in this episode about caring duties as a teacher, parent and carer of her mother. Revealed are insights into what it is like to home school, teach from home, and teach in a classroom with new covid safe protocols. We explore the power of gallery view, feedback, relationships, and caring for each other. We unpack a number of areas including passion and compassion for self and others, embracing micro-moments, and prioritising self-care.
Series 6 team:
Executive Producer: Narelle Lemon (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)
Producers: Susan Anak Musis Jantan (Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Tun Abdul Razak (IPGKTAR), Sarawak, Malaysia), Marcelle Cacciattolo (Victoria University, Australia)
Team members: Siobhan O'Brien (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia), Katrina Van Vuuren (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia), and Jan Drew (The Global Student, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia).
Connect to the why of this series:
The Global Education Consortium has been on pause during the pandemic with the closure of international borders. International teaching practicums have stop, however, the collaboration and partnership established between the Australian and Malaysian universities of this project has enabled the enactment of innovative ways of working. We are still connected. And we want to extend this connection in new and tangible ways.
We draw attention to how we want to:
· continue to build on relationships and strengthen the development of initial teacher educators and pre-service teachers as a community across international borders.
· utilise the power of storytelling.
· support impact of the pandemic on being and becoming a teacher.
· share, hear, and learn with and from pre-service teachers locally, nationally, and globally.
· be proactive, honest, and compassionate with one another.
· enhance global conversations about becoming a teacher and making personal and professional adjustments during the pandemic with a focus on wellbeing.
· create a space that is underpinned by compassion and empathy for varied lived experiences that we can all learn from.