Waypoint Teacher Development

Free for early career primary teachers

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A free field guide for early career primary teachers

A calmer classroom, less planning, and a job you can’t help but love.

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A free guide for early career primary teachers, from a teacher with ten years in NSW classrooms.

What's inside

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Classroom systems that fix behaviour before it becomes a problem

Teach your expectations like a maths lesson (I do, we do, you do), plus a simple attention signal you can start using this week.

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One lesson structure for about 80% of what you teach

Start at the end with backwards mapping, and spend less time planning.

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Boundaries that hold

Set your hours, say no without the guilt, and build your people so you stay long enough to enjoy this job

“I couldn’t recommend this programme enough for beginning teachers. Starting your teaching career can be really daunting, and mentoring from Daniel has helped me grow significantly as an early career teacher.”

Sarah, first year Kindergarten teacher

Hi, I'm Daniel

I’m a primary teacher in NSW with ten years in the classroom, and I’ve coached more than fifteen early career and preservice teachers.

I wrote this guide because I kept seeing the same thing. Good teachers, working incredibly hard, who just hadn’t been handed the systems. This is what I wish someone had handed me.

Teaching 30 little minds is one of the most rewarding things you’ll ever do, and it’s a lot easier when you’re not figuring it out alone.

That’s why I started Waypoint Teacher Development, where I coach early career teachers in their own classrooms, in the hope that more of them get to feel that, and stay long enough to enjoy it.

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