Heather Michel, EdD: The importance of personal experience, dedicating your life to something that will change the world and why liking kids is just not enough (#9).

^{Heather Michel EdD is an experienced educator and lecturer from the University of San Diego. Her research areas include: supporting recent teaching graduates, teacher professional development and teacher driver observation. It was fascinating to talk with her about the similarities and differences between both the Australian and US education systems. We covered a lot of ground in this interview including:} 

• ^{Advice for people wanting to pursue a career in education,} 
• ^{Common misconceptions about the profession} 
• ^{And the importance of developing resilience in this rapidly changing profession}

^{For more about her amazing work please see her faculty page}