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Rebecca Vukovic

By Rebecca Vukovic
Published September 18, 2013

DESPITE having more qualifications than many teachers who have been in the profession for decades longer than she has, Shaileigh ...

This story appeared in the October 2013 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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