About this Event
Join us in person for Avoiding Burnout: Building Resilience and Teacher Effectiveness in Contemporary Classrooms.
Teaching can wear you down — especially when the classroom itself keeps changing faster than the playbook you were trained on.
What keeps a teacher going when conventional ideas about teaching are being challenged from every direction?
In this session, experienced educator Russell Ives will explore how a clear, grounded teaching philosophy can act as an antidote to burnout — and how that philosophy needs to evolve to meet the pressures reshaping today's classrooms.
Drawing on real classroom experience, this session will explore:
- Why a strong teaching philosophy protects against exhaustion and disillusionment
- How conventional approaches to teaching are being challenged — and how to respond
- Active, kinesthetic strategies you can experience firsthand and take straight back to your students
- Practical ways to sustain your effectiveness and wellbeing together, not at each other's expense
This session is open to all educators looking to build resilience without losing what drew them to teaching in the first place.
If you're looking to feel more grounded, energised, and equipped for the classroom ahead, this is a session you won't want to miss.
🎤 Guest Speaker:
Russell Ives — Former Learning Leader
📍 Location:
Room 217, Kwong Lee Dow Building
📅 Date & Time:
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 | 3PM
🎟️ Free event — open to all educators.
Event venue & nearby stays
Kwong Lee Dow Building, 234 Queensberry Street, Parkville, Australia
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