#ThankATeacherDay!
As the world celebrates #ThankATeacherDay, St Catherine’s would like to put a spotlight on our residents who are studying to become teachers.
We spoke with one of RAs, Tilly Johnston about what made her pursue teaching, as well as her amazing work with Teach Learn Grow.
“I’ve always known that I want to work with young people particularly after being a mentor for a long time. I want to inspire children to find the things that light them up and to pursue them with passion. Learning should be a fun, explorative and relevant experience and I hope I can give children the opportunity to explore this.”
“Teaching has a lot of work behind the scenes, planning and marking can be very exhausting and keep you up to all hours. It is also a constant learning process of what works and what doesn’t, this is always changing depending on the students.”
“Seeing the children, I’ve taught/mentored to achieve amazing things, is the most rewarding thing. It just gives you this rush and fills you with so much pride. It’s indescribable how rewarding it can be. Some of my most special memories are when a child/teenager/adult comes up to you years after you taught or mentored them to say thank you.”
“For a long time, I’ve wanted to work rural or remote, I’m in love with the bush but mostly the people and kids in these communities. I want to provide meaningful and relevant education and inspire them to believe in achieving the impossible. I’m currently Education Manager with the non-for-profit organisation Teach Learn Grow which sends out tutors and mentors to remote communities, it’s an amazing program that aims to engage and inspire children in schools.”
Our College community would also like to give a special shout out to some of our other residents studying teaching, like Albert Dean, Emily Simpson and more.
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