Episode 23 : Rachel Smith

2024-03-22

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Rachel Smith is a Family Day Care educator based in a small town of 25 houses in Konorgong, NSW. She has been awarded Educator of the Year in 2020 and 2023 by Family Day Care Australia and recently been nominated for Women Changing the World Award. She is a perfect example of rising from adversity. Being through with personal and professional challenges she has an inspiring ability to self-reflect and motivate herself and others. She shared her recent blog post in Out of the Box blog page by 'baring it all' with the challenges she faced and that post have...

She is a perfect example of rising from adversity. Being through with personal and professional challenges she has an inspiring ability to self-reflect and motivate herself and others. She shared her recent blog post in Out of the Box blog page by 'baring it all' with the challenges she faced and that post have reached, inspired and connected educators nationwide who are in similar positions.

In this episode prologue, I've shared some reflections around finding your identity before finding your 'tribe':

Who are you as a teacher/educator/leader?

What are your values and where does it sit in your practice?

What are your passion and interest or what gets you very excited?

Guest speaker : Rachel Smith @rachelshomechildcarefdc

(https://mailrhcc.wixsite.com/rachel-s-home-child)

Host: Dee Suvanmani @teachingjourneypodcast (https://www.instagram.com/teachingjourneypodcast/)

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