Teachers and staff who support Rockhampton school students to create a positive future through education will be celebrated on World Teachers\u2019 Day Queensland on October 27.<\/p>\n
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For Tamara Warner, her ambition to become a teacher began in the early years of her own school journey.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had an amazing teacher in Year 1 that ran a very inclusive class. She nurtured my love of reading and helped me overcome other hurdles,\u201d said Tamara, a teacher at Carinity Education Rockhampton\u2019s junior campus at Mt Chalmers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI decided then, that when I grew up, I wanted to make a difference in young people\u2019s lives, the same way she had made a difference in mine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Experiencing the \u201ctouching moments\u201d teaching Year 7 and 8 students is what Tamara finds most rewarding.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose light bulb moments in young people \u2013 that start with them generally not believing in themselves or in the system \u2013 when they smile and tell you that they now can do it,\u201d Tamara said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy rebuilding their belief in themselves, students are able to build resilience and build lifelong skills.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dan Shaw, who has been teaching at Carinity Education Rockhampton for three years, also enjoys \u201cseeing the growth and development of students\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you have a student who you\u2019ve been working alongside for months finally have some form of breakthrough, it\u2019s hands down the most rewarding part of the job,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Carinity Education Rockhampton Principal, Lyn Harland, said Dan and Tamara \u201cgo beyond the typical classroom approach when engaging their students\u201d.<\/p>\n
Dan agrees that being a Carinity Education teacher provides him flexibility to \u201cteach subjects and lessons in fun and creative ways\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cInstead of students copying notes about gravity, air resistance and thrust, we can load up into a flight simulator and see how these work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can go to the beach to learn about the tides and moon phases as opposed to textbooks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carinity Interim CEO, David Angell,\u00a0thanked the teachers, youth workers and support staff working across six Carinity Education school campuses around Queensland.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur Carinity Education staff support the academic, social, physical, spiritual and mental development of the vulnerable young people who attend our schools,\u201d David said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is inspirational watching our education teams continue to deliver life-changing experiences for our students \u2013 to ensure these young people receive a vital education.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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