Feeling a little frazzled as you face the halfway point of the year? Whether you’re knee-deep in EOFY admin or wrapping up the term, this episode is your invitation to pause and reset…without guilt. I’ll walk you through three simple ways to partner with your AI assistant as a reflection coach, documentation helper and leadership ally.

Discover step-by-step ways to make the most of reflective practice time, compile more effective mid year portfolios and summative assessments and guide hesitant teams through ethical AI adoption.

You’ll finish the episode with a clear action plan, renewed motivation, and a plan to step into the second half of the year with confidence (and fewer late-night documentation marathons).

🟣 What You’ll Learn in Around 45 Minutes:

✅ How AI can support a reflective mindset and use that information to plan for your growth, not burnout

✅ How AI can find professional development options that actually interest you

✅ How to audit your current planning cycle with AI

✅ A way to turn those documentation pieces into engaging, family-friendly portfolios and summative assessments

✅ Guide your team through AI adoption with a simple, ethical roadmap - even if they are AI sceptics and resistant to change.

✅ How to use the free pdf templates to make a mid year reset easier.

🟣 Try-It-Now AI Prompt

Start small with this simple prompt – perfect for easing into reflective journaling with AI:

“Can you organise these messy notes into 3 clear bullet points I can use for my reflective journal? Here they are: [Paste your notes].”

Or go a little deeper:

“Act as a reflective practice coach. Here are my thoughts from the term. Help me identify 3 key themes, 1 area of success, and ask 2 questions to reflect more deeply: [Paste your brain dump].”

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