Course Summary
Mindful Teaching: Using Poetry for Reflection and Resilience is a 45-minute micro professional learning course that offers space to pause, reflect, and reconnect with your purpose through poetry. You don’t need to be a poetry expert, or even a poetry lover, to benefit from this gentle, thoughtful course.
You’ll explore six carefully selected poems, reflect on your own teaching practice, and discover how poetry can support your wellbeing, spark inspiration, and help you process the challenges and joys of school life. A perfect moment of calm in the busyness of teaching, this course invites you to see your work in a new light, one poem at a time.
You will learn:
- To read and interpret six poems and reflect on your experiences and practice through them.
- To develop in your appreciation of poetry as a form and consider how it can be used to support you and create space for reflection.
- Be encouraged to further your engagement with poetry and consider how it can be a source of inspiration, solace or joy.
Course time:
This course will take 45 minutes to complete.
Alignment to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards:
This course is mapped to the following Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL). Your completion can be logged as elective PD hours with your state's teaching regulatory authority.
- 6.2.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice
- 7.4.2 Engage with professional teaching networks and broader communities
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Course Content
Poetry for Teachers
Course Instructors
Hayley Sommeling-Farrugia is an experienced Early Years Educator, Primary School Teacher, and Instructional Designer for Cool. Hayley is an expert at developing content that considers the educational journey from start to finish, as she knows first-hand the experiences, knowledge and challenges of the educators.
Daniel Donahoo's work is driven by play, technology and narrative. Daniel is the author books on children, family, media and technology “Idolising Children” and (co-author) “Adproofing Your Kids” and writes and blogs regularly on the topics of technology, children, education and families.
This course has been designed in consultation with experts in the fields of education and wellbeing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I log this PD with my State's teaching authority?
Yes! Our courses are mapped to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL), and your completion can be logged as elective PD hours with your state's teaching regulatory authority. To do this, grab your certificate of completion from your personal dashboard once the course is complete.
- 6.2.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice
- 6.3.2 Engage with colleagues and improve practice
How long will this take to complete?
About 30 to 45 minutes - perfect for after work or during a spare period. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.
How does it work?
This course is on-demand and for private study. Learn at your own pace and at times that suit you. Get a certificate when you finish. You will have ongoing access.
Is this course accredited?
While this course is not accredited by state teaching authorities, it is mapped to the national Professional Standards for Teachers. This means that you can log this course with your state regulatory authority as elective PD hours.
6.2.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice
6.3.2 Engage with colleagues and improve practice
Who are the instructors?
This course is designed in consultation with teachers, principals, psychologists, counsellors, scientists, and all manner of experts in the education field.
Cool Australia's curriculum team continually reviews and refines our resources to be in line with changes to the Australian Curriculum and best educational practice, so you can be sure your learning is at the cutting edge of education theory.
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