Felicity Neeson
Top 3 Mistakes Teachers Make with Applied Learning (And How to Fix Them)
In this post, we’ll explore the top three mistakes teachers often make when implementing applied learning.
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Michael Walter
Jul 83 min read
Enhance Your Student Leadership Program with Our Leadership Skills Quiz
Explore how you can use our leadership skills quiz to design the best possible student leadership programme!
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Michael Walter
Feb 244 min read
Not “no” but “not yet” – how to support your student leaders to develop feasible and viable project ideas
Students can become frustrated when they suggest ideas to the school leadership only to get rejected each time. This can cause a lower...
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Michael Walter
Jan 115 min read
6 Leadership Styles and Their Impact on Student Leadership Development
When developing a leadership program at your school, it’s important to encourage your student leaders to apply different leadership...
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Michael Walter & Felicity Neeson
Nov 17, 20232 min read
Introducing agogue, our learning community
Today we launched “agogue”, our learning and development platform for teachers and professionals who work with young people. You might be...
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Felicity Neeson
May 16, 20236 min read
15 unique ways for student leaders to take tangible action in their role.
Here are 15 ideas that you can share with your student leaders to inspire them.
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Felicity Neeson
Apr 18, 20232 min read
5 ideas to make student leader meetings more engaging
These 5 strategies will help ensure that students continue to choose to show up and value the time spent in the meetings.
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Felicity Neeson
Dec 5, 20222 min read
6 ways to get your students’ attention
When working with students it is essential to have a range of ways to get their attention when you need to. While it can be tempting to...
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Lauren Hichaaba
May 17, 20214 min read
Top 5 Reasons to run a service learning project in your school
Service learning occurs when students engage in real-life community projects to learn skills.
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Michael Walter
Mar 26, 20218 min read
What volunteers think about volunteering: A guide for volunteer managers
It was through volunteering that I discovered a passion for community work. I have spent the best part of 15 years either volunteering or...
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Lauren Hichaaba
Mar 9, 20213 min read
5 key factors to develop a positive group culture
Over the past decade, a key part of my role as Director of the Cagliero Project, an organisation that sends volunteers internationally,...
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Felicity Neeson
Feb 5, 20219 min read
11 things nonprofit employees wish students knew before they came to volunteer
I volunteered extensively throughout school and university. I credit these experiences with teaching me resilience, compassion,...
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Dr. Stephanie Pirotta
Jan 25, 20214 min read
Brain food: 5 easy impactful changes to help teachers improve their memory and concentration
Teachers have a mentally and physically taxing role. Managing a classroom of young people, explaining complex topics, managing parent...
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Michael Walter
Nov 8, 20205 min read
Service Learning - Reflections from designing a school experience for a not-for-profit
On Wednesday night we hosted our first webinar on service learning. The definition of service learning that we were working with is...
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Felicity Neeson
Oct 26, 20202 min read
Are you motivating yourself in the right way?
There are two key types of motivation. “Away-from” motivation which is about avoiding something you don’t want, and “towards” motivation ...
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Michael Walter
Oct 18, 20203 min read
The Future We Create
Ever since June last year I have been trying to develop my inner character. This commitment was prompted by a complete restructure of the...
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Felicity Neeson
Oct 12, 20203 min read
5 videos to inspire you and your team
Videos are a powerful tool to convey your message and inspire others. Here are five of my favourites and why I recommend you check them out:
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Michael Walter
Oct 5, 20203 min read
Connection problems: what we can learn from Zoom about how to communicate
I was on a zoom call the other day and everyone else was choppy but my screen was fine. Initially I thought that it must be a problem...
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Felicity Neeson
Sep 28, 20206 min read
5 tips to make the most of your student leadership role
As we near the end of the year, many students will be preparing to take on leadership roles in their school next year...
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Michael Walter
Sep 13, 20208 min read
Scaffolded leadership - Strategies to support the development of young leaders
“That’s not what I think you need.” I was at Bunnings with my housemate Maddi trying to find washers to fix our spinning tap. A kind and...
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