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May 12, 2021 12.05am
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I did not know whether to laugh or cry as I read your story (“Intensive support: Budget to offer to retrain Australians in new skills”, May 11). Haven’t we heard this before? How is this ‘you beaut’ training or retraining going to happen? More dodgy, rip-off private so-called training colleges that have a history of defrauding taxpayers of eye-watering amounts of money?
We did have a wonderfully comprehensive national TAFE system with specialised permanent teachers. Then the system was constantly restructured and dismantled until it became a shadow of its former self, depending on casual and part-time teachers who work in unpredictable, unreliable employment. All in the name of privatisation.
By Megan Brock
I will never forget the moment on March 13, 2020, when Gov. Tom Wolf announced the two-week closure of all Pennsylvania schools. I let out a visceral a cry of frustration at the unprecedented news.
It was a simpler time before the phrases “social distance” and “mask up” were embedded into the popular vernacular. Believing in the importance of a quality, face-to-face education was not only socially acceptable, it was unquestionable. Never could I have imagined, 11 months later, thousands of students across Pennsylvania would not have access to an in-person education.
The mission of the Pennsylvania Department of Education is, “…to ensure that every learner has access to a world-class education system that academically prepares children and adults to succeed as productive citizens.”
Lecturer, coach helps students navigate academia
January 8, 2021
Megan Brock’s teaching serves to keep students on their academic course
After spending just a few minutes with Megan Brock, it is evident that student equity and wellness is at the center of her teaching philosophy.
“My goal as a lecturer and academic coach is to empower students to stabilize themselves when waves of life threaten their trajectory,” she said. “If you imagine students as boats on a sea, there are always going to be waves challenges that could move them off course. Our goal is to help them know what their anchor in life is, to equip them with skills needed to navigate rough waters of academia, so they’ll be in control of their own journey.”