Learning from lockdown - a catalyst for teacher agency

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What have you and your colleagues learned from the experience of remote teaching and learning during lockdown, and has that had an impact on how you do things now? The Knox School in Victoria has used its existing relationship with Monash University to research what teachers would like to take forward (and leave behind). The data reveal three key areas of change: teacher agency; community collaboration; and, teacher wellbeing.

The new way of working during Melbourne’s Stage 4 restrictions created opportunities for leaders and teachers at the K-12 independent school in the city’s eastern suburbs. This article, the first of three, explores how teacher agency began to shape the work of Richard Black and Brenden Morris, two middle leaders at the school.