Trent Driver

@billybragg I was at tonight’s gig with a librarian who believes in the right of everyone to choose their own books. I am now in a quandary…..

Getting ready for the first night of my 2020 Australian tour at the Gov in Adelaide. Postponed three times, people have met, married and divorced since these tickets went on sale. On stage 8.30pm all three nights.

@mylescarrick So, today I learnt what kerning is. #lifelonglearning

This event has had these letters on the stage for 10 years… and every time the kerning makes me want to scream. #EduTECHAU

Educators, communicating with parents and communities about educational approaches and systems, can sometimes also have a lot to learn.

@sarahonthemove This is my accompaniment to painting window frames this weekend.

This weekend’s soundtrack…of soundtracks!! 👏🏼 🎶

It is important to think about how we build really rich feedback loops for early career teachers, so that they can become the best version of themselves, not the second-best version of someone else’s version of a teacher teachermagazine.com/au_en/articles…

The truth of school and student performance is not told by HSC league tables, they do not speak of growth, opportunity, rigour nor diversity. These, not Bands or ATARs, are the markers of success of our children. smh.com.au/national/nsw/h…

Binaries simplify arguments, but wash out the nuance and complexity of what high functioning classrooms look like. This piece from @Jennygore4 shines that light brightly educationhq.com/news/ideologic…

The questions of productivity and time will always plague teaching, but unless we challenge some assumptions about school and teacher work there will be few answers theconversation.com/teachers-dont-…

No-one could or should argue remote schooling is a better model but if the only conversation is about a binary of face-to-face vs online, I think we are missing the point as a profession. smh.com.au/national/nsw/w…

@oshergunsberg Rose

Audrey really wants me to do a fragrance like Warnie. What would we call it though? #MaskedSingerAU

An exciting day! For years I have taught how ue can theoretically fall at the same time that the number of people employed falls, and now it is our reality. Sad though, that it is our reality. abc.net.au/news/2021-09-1…

@cpaterso The self styled change makers with their educational silver bullets are worthwhile being wary of, alongside those that divorce evidence from practice in their writing….

Australia needs to stop listening to the loud voices of members of the global “consultocracy”. Australia has fallen into a pattern where the experts and expertise that shape reforms are no longer in schools. This needs to be urgently re-balanced. #flipthesystemoz

@AdrianoDiPrato I've had both my shots. I can't tell you how impressed I am with the Microsoft suite of products.

+ C’mon Australia 🇦🇺! We can do this. #COVID19Vic Ps: I can’t wait for my 5G reception on my iPhone to now improve. Hahaha 🤣.

@chriscawsey I have to trust that policy decisions are made with the best interests of kids at heart, and not rushed for the sake of media pressure. Globally, there are lots of precedents out there of clever solutions in odd times, that supported students at the final hurdle.

HSC EXAMS. NESA has 20 years of HSC and school assessment to moderate variations in marking. Expertise available to ensure the credential is valid. After all lots of universities offer early enrolment based on school (NESA validated) Year 11 ROSA grades, principal recommendation

For NSW teachers (as it has been for so many educators in so many places) managing fatigue for our students entering their fifth week of restrictions and lockdowns will be key to supporting them in the weeks ahead.

@PeterHarryYates Yep. I squeezed that tweet out in a 5min gap between Zoom meetings......

@trentdriver Great, in theory.

In a time when schools and teachers are being reactive in the challenges of lockdowns, it is more important to find space to give thought to what's next. hbr.org/2017/03/the-bu…

I hope that NSW teachers and schools are looking at the challenge of back to remote learning with optimism. We are asking our students to Be Organised, Be Ready, Be Respectful and Be Productive in their synchronous environment.

The question is as to how much early career teachers are supported by their immersion and induction into schools, not the length of ITE programs, as a measure of their long term success. smh.com.au/national/nsw/c…

While the community's view of assessment continues to be a judgment of a student at a point in time educators will struggle to make its explicit focus informing future student learning. Repositioning the role assessment for the community is key teachermagazine.com/au_en/articles…