"I would recommend this kit to any teacher"

As a competent and experienced teacher, I was impressed with the ideas in the New Teachers Kit.  The resource has fresh, creative, and practical ideas, which have certainly helped me to meet my goal of working smarter, not harder.  I was able to use the templates either as they were, or easily modify them to meet my own needs.  A very updated, practical and informative resource that I would recommend to any teacher.

Jillene Haaja, Victoria, Australia

"This has honestly made me feel more confident"

I am approaching my fourth year at University, and this year I will be embarking on a six week teaching block.  What a fantastic resource you have made!  I am so glad I came across it.  Some of the resources will be really handy for my teaching block.

I should mention that I was really worried about starting a career with so little 'start up' resources, but this has honestly made me feel more confident.  I will definitely be using a lot from it!  Thank you so much.

Paul Demarcoli, Tasmania, Australia

"I can't wait to use the resources in my very own classroom"

I am currently a 3rd year Early Childhood student teacher at JCU in Townsville, Queensland. I saw an ad for the New Teachers Kit on Facebook.  I've read through several of the documents and they sound wonderful. I can't wait to use the resources in my very own classroom - only 1 year and 8 months to go (not that I'm counting!).

Thanks again, keep up the fantastic work!

Samantha Sheild, Townsville, Queensland

"I wish I had something like that when I started teaching!"

Thanks so much for donating the New Teachers Kit to our school in Ethiopia.  I had a look through it and oh, I wish I had something likethat when I first started teaching!  You've done an awesome job, it must have taken you months to put all that together!

Paige Muhling, Gassaye Barkelegne School, Ethiopia

"I'm thrilled to have this resource on hand, and will be recommending it to others"

I just purchased your New Teachers Kit and I simply want to say a BIG thank you!!  It is  fantastic!  As a fellow quality teacher, I am absolutely thrilled to have this resource on hand.

As a teacher, I am also passionate about 'sharing', and so I strongly believe that what you have done here deserves such thanks.  We all should be providing that 'extra something'. I will certainly be recommending your resources to others, including friends who will commence teaching next year.  Once again, thank you!

Tina Pagura, New South Wales, Australia

"A lot of valuable information I am sure to use in the future"

The New Teachers Kit is really great.  I have had a look through it and there is a lot of valuable information I am sure to use in the future.  My partner purchased the New Teachers Kit for me, it was a great surprise.  I am going into my third year at the University of Southern Queensland and have another student teaching block coming up, so I am sure it will be helpful.  You have put a lot of work and effort into it, thank you for sharing your valuable resources.

Libby, Toowoomba, Australia

"Everything a new graduate could possibly want and need in your first classroom"

I am at Curtin University in Bentley, Perth.  I am doing the first ever course offered to Educational Assistants which takes 2 years, but we are still having to work at least .8 (I am full time).  We do our student teaching at the school we work at, and go to university for a week of intensive learning once a term and one week in our holidays each term.  It is VERY hard due to the lack of spare time to study and do assignments.  I have come close to pulling the pin lately.

I have found your kit to be full of absolutely everything a new graduate could possibly want and need when starting up in your first classroom.  As an Educational Assistant for Special Needs students, I have been making my own educational resources, but not nearly as many as I would like, due to the lack of time.  What you have done is wonderful, and I commend you for your thoughts and efforts.

Cheryl Smith, Perth, Australia

"Informative, Practical and Resourceful"

I really enjoyed reading the New Teachers Kit.  I thought you presented a lot of interesting and helpful hints for organizing and managing a classroom, especially for elementary school children.

In the fall I will be teaching grade three in New Brunswick, Canada, so I know it will come in handy.  As I read through the Kit, I was taking lots of notes to save as a resource for a later time.  I found the kit very informative, practical and resourceful.  I believe all first year teachers like me would benefit from reading it.

Jennifer Drost, New Brunswick, Canada

"All the trade secrets they don't seem to tell you"

 I just recently finished my Bachelor of Education at the University of Tasmania.  The New Teachers Kit is a great way to get another perspective on starting teaching for the first time, and is full of all the trade secrets they don't seem to tell you at University.  Thanks very much!

Elisa, Tasmania, Australia

 "I'm really happy with the resources I got from your website"

I go to Christian Heritage College, which is where I found out about your website from an advertising poster in the library.  I will make sure I tell my friends that I downloaded your pack and that I think it is a valuable resource.  I am really happy with the resources I got from your website, and I can't wait to use them on my student teaching blocks and on my first year out.  I don't mind if you use my comment on your page, as it might encourage others.  Thanks once again.

Melitta, Queensland, Australia

"Full of interesting ideas!"

I have actually bought the New Teachers Kit as a gift for a friend who is currently teaching, and I think she will love it!  I have had a look through and it looks great, so full of interesting ideas.  Thanks!

Leanne McDonald, Victoria, Australia

"Fantastic Resource"

Thanks for putting all your resources online!  I know they are going to be a fantastic help.  Thank you so much for making something like this, it's just what new teachers need!

Megan, Adelaide, Australia

"Many great ideas, that will definitely save me time"

Thank you for resending the kit, I have received it and am enjoying looking at it.  You have incorporated many great ideas, that will definitely save me time, and I am very grateful.

I have been teaching for a few years now, but I have taken maternity leave, and then spent 3 years working with Reading Recovery.  So I was a little rusty, and needed just a few simple, easy steps to get me back ready for classroom teaching again, after a few years break.  The New Teachers Kit was just what I needed.

Wishing you all the best.

Jennifer Younger, New South Wales, Australia

"Your kit has given me the confidence to go forward with my ideas, and shape my classroom into exactly what I want it to be!"

Thank you so much for the New Teachers Kit!  It really cemented the theory I learned at University, and helped to back it up with practical applications.  As a beginning teacher I find it difficult to implement my own ideas, especially in organizing a classroom.  Your kit has given me the confidence to go forward with my ideas, and shape my classroom into exactly what I want it to be!

Chelsea, South Australia, Australia

"Reading through the kit, my self esteem and confidence surely exceeded the levels they were previously"

I just wanted to formally thank you for your most dedicated effort and enthusiasm in producing such a wonderful resource.  After reading through the kit, my self esteem and confidence surely exceeded the levels they were previously.

I am currently studying a Bachelor of Education (P-12) at Victoria University.  Approaching my last year, I needed something to give me the assurance and confidence that I am able to get through it and pursue my dream career.  Once again, I thank you for taking the time to show us what our own teachers don't!

Bianca Arceri, Victoria, Australia