We Change Brains Angela Falkenberg on National Advocacy, Student Anxiety and the Power of Primary Education

About this episode

Angela Falkenberg discusses the impact of primary education and the challenges faced by school leaders in advocating for student wellbeing.

What if the most powerful thing a school leader does every single day is something most people never even see? In this Season 4 episode, Drew Janetzki sits down with Angela Falkenberg National President of the Australian Primary Principals Association for a conversation about national advocacy, student anxiety, principal wellbeing, and the profound power of primary education to change lives. Angela brings to this conversation a career that began in remote Indigenous communities in...

People in this episode

Host: Drew Janetzki

Guest: Angela Falkenberg

Topics covered

• national advocacy
• student anxiety
• principal wellbeing
• primary education
• leadership

Keywords

• school leadership
• student anxiety
• primary education
• advocacy
• wellbeing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Australian Primary Principals Association

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