Tackling Teacher Traps

Tackling Teacher Traps

Charles Haddon Spurgeon once wrote, ‘begin as you mean to continue’ – sounds simple enough in principal, but often we can find ourselves wishing we knew how to begin. With the myriad of factors to juggle when learning this craft, how do you know which is the...
Lifetime Award for Amanda Wicks

Lifetime Award for Amanda Wicks

At the 2019 Spirit of Learning conference at the Hilton Brisbane, current BETA Treasurer Amanda Wicks, was recognised for 16 years of volunteer service to our Association.   The BETA Lifetime Membership Award acknowledges the incredible contribution an individual...
Mentoring Beginning Early Childhood Teachers

Mentoring Beginning Early Childhood Teachers

The Department of Education is pleased to announce the new Mentoring Beginning Early Childhood Teachers program. The Mentoring Beginning Early Childhood Teachers program is a new Queensland Government initiative which aims to lift teaching standards across early...
Coast Conference is Back

Coast Conference is Back

At the 2018 AGM the Committee decided that the Beginning and Establishing Teachers’ Association would look to host a conference at the Gold Coast in 2019. BETA was unable to host a Southern conference in 2018 with the Commonwealth Games in full swing during Term...
Posthumous Life Membership

Posthumous Life Membership

Photo above: The Fallon Family on stage with BETA President Michelle Cubis (right) at the Posthumous Life Membership presentation for Mitch Fallon. The family of the late BETA Vice-President Mitch Fallon joined more than 270 people at the 2018 Spirit of Learning...
3 steps to becoming a better budgeter

3 steps to becoming a better budgeter

Your dream holiday, a pool or a new car, whatever it is you’re dreaming about, becoming a better budgeter will help make it a reality sooner. Here are three simple tips to get you on your way: 1. Write down your goals There’s something about seeing them in black and...