Knowledge for Teachers

In this episode of the Knowledge for Teachers Podcast, Brendan Lee speaks to former principal, Greg Clement. In this conversation, we find out how he transformed Clayton South Primary School from the worst school in the network to the second best within 12 months. Greg also speaks about how a speech pathologist set him on the science of reading pathway, how he got buy-in from staff and the community and we go through his three year Action Plan.   Resources and people mentioned Greg Clement’s book - Transform: Achieving excellence through the science of reading Alison Clarke - What's wrong with predictable or repetitive texts Laura Sundqvist Toni Hatten-Roberts Emina Mclean David Morkunas Orton-Gillingham Approach Little Learners Love Literacy educeri.com You can connect with Greg: Twitter: @GregClement15 Website: https://principals-of-reading.com/ email: gregclementconsulting@gmail.com You can connect with Brendan: Twitter: @learnwithmrlee Facebook: @learningwithmrlee Website: learnwithlee.net

In this episode of the Knowledge for Teachers Podcast, Brendan Lee talks to curriculum expert Reid Smith, founder and co-CEO of Ochre Education and Head of Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction at Ballarat Clarendon College. Reid’s done a lot of research around the importance of knowledge for comprehension and cognitive load theory. In this conversation, Reid talks about: - The importance of working in teams - What we need to consider when designing a knowledge-rich curriculum - Why teachers need to lose the idea that we need to do it all - The origin story of Ochre Education - The components involved with the makeup of Ochre lessons - He mentioned the quote from Richard Elmore “You learn to do the work, by doing the work, not by talking about the work.” and related it to the importance of actually analysing real lesson plans, rather than just asking general questions  And much more!    Resources mentioned in this conversation: Greg Ashman Core Knowledge Foundation Wiggins and McTighe Read2Learn Syntax Project (I spoke to Steph Le Lievre, one of the creators in Episode 2) Oak National Academy Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) This is Reid’s paper that was mentioned: Reid Smith, Pamela Snow, Tanya Serry & Lorraine Hammond (2021) The Role of Background Knowledge in Reading Comprehension: A Critical Review, Reading Psychology, 42:3, 214-240, DOI: 10.1080/02702711.2021.1888348 You can connect with Reid Twitter: @Smithre5 Website: ochre.org.au Nlog: notquitetabularasa.wordpress.com/ You can connect with Brendan: Twitter: @learnwithmrlee Facebook: @learningwithmrlee  

In this episode of the Knowledge for Teachers podcast, Brendan Lee chats to Tom Sherrington about how Tom randomly found some Bill Rogers videos that were transformational for him. How he worked out the need to deliver precise professional learning for teachers and the common challenges that schools face. Tom also goes through how schools are using Teaching Walkthrus effectively.   Resources mentioned in this conversation: Walkthrus.co.uk teacherhead.com teachingsprints.com.au Australian Walkthrus Workshop - Thursday 30th March Daniel Willingham’s Why don’t students like school Megan Sumeracki, Oliver Caviglioli, and Yana Weinstein: Understanding How We Learn Everything from Dylan Wiliam about Formative Assessment including he’s recent episode on Tom and Emma Turner’s podcast - Mind the Gap   You can connect with Tom: Twitter: @teacherhead Website: https://teacherhead.com/   You can connect with Brendan: Twitter: @learnwithmrlee Facebook: @learningwithmrlee Website: learnwithlee.net

In this wide-ranging conversation, Brendan Lee chats with Daisy Christodoulou and Jeanette Breen about all things to do with education. On the 10th anniversary of the 7 Myths about Education, he asks Daisy if there are any changes or additions she would make. She also talks about why rubrics give us an illusion of a shared language and the positive impact that AI could have on teacher workload. Jeanette Breen provides her story of why and how she has used Comparative Judgement at her school and the impact it has had.    Resources mentioned: www.nomoremarking.com/ No More Marking Blog Article: Does spelling matter?    You can connect with Daisy: Twitter: @daisychristo Website: https://daisychristodoulou.com/   You can connect with Jeanette: Twitter: @jettybe3   You can connect with Brendan: Twitter: @learnwithmrlee Facebook: @learningwithmrlee Website: learnwithlee.net

In this episode, Brendan Lee speaks with Lyn Stone. Lyn is an author, linguist and consultancy and tutoring practice, Lifelong Literacy. In this chat, she addresses a number of misconceptions about teaching literacy and provides loads of practical tips for teachers. You will find out how Lyn’s passion for literacy developed, why we can’t teach the English language like we have a transparent orthography and how reading and writing are not simple, but you can view them simply   Resources mentioned: Dolores G. Hiskes - Reading Pathways: Simple Exercises to Improve Reading Fluency Ollie Lovell - Sweller’s Cognitive Load Theory in Action Ollie Lovell - Tools for Teachers Tom Bennett - Running the Room Lorraine Hammond Pamela Snow and Tanya Serry - SOLAR Lab www.etymonline.com/   You can connect with Lyn: Twitter @lifelonglit Website: lifelongliteracy.com/   You can connect with Brendan: Twitter: @learnwithmrlee Facebook: @learningwithmrlee Website: learnwithlee.net

In this episode, Brendan Lee talks to Deputy Principal, Stephanie Le Lievre. She explains: - how the Reading Science in Schools FB group - that now has over 50,000 members, came about - why we need to "cut the fluff" - what a structured literacy block can look like for the pre-primary stage - what an evidence-informed approach looks like in the primary classroom - how she is using ChatGPT for fluency building!   Some of the experts and resources mentioned: Professor Pamela Snow Professor Lorraine Hammond William Van Cleave Lyn Stone Dr. Nathaniel Swain The Writing Revolution https://www.readworks.org/ https://ufli.education.ufl.edu/foundations/toolbox/ https://www.phormes.com/ https://readingscienceinschools.squarespace.com/ https://thesyntaxproject2022.squarespace.com/   You can connect with Steph: Twitter @StephLeLievre_   You can connect with Brendan: Twitter: @learnwithmrlee Facebook: @learningwithmrlee Website: learnwithlee.net

Welcome to the Knowledge for Teachers podcast! I (Brendan Lee) decided to start up this podcast because rather selfishly there are a lot of areas I would like to have more knowledge in and people that I would really like to hear from, so I thought why not start up a podcast so that I can share these conversations with other educators. I’m also really interested in finding out what those active ingredients are in actually getting evidence informed practice happening in our classrooms.   Very early on I knew that today’s guest, Dr. Russ Fox a former teacher and current lecturer in applied behaviour analysis at Monash University, was someone that I wanted to get on. I have had many deep and meaningful conversations with him previously about all things to do with education and he is truly across what effective teaching can be and how we can support teachers in implementing it.    In this chat, Russ talks about: - why we need to address the learning environment - the need for teachers to use a safe sense of humour - Error correct using the 3 step process (you'll have to listen to find out what that is) - supporting students in building habits by using gradual release of responsibility - why we need to meet the needs of the community Some of the resources mentioned were: Tom Bennett's book - Running the Room Fox, R. A., Leif, E. S., Moore, D. W., Furlonger, B., Anderson, A., & Sharma, U. (2022). A systematic review of the facilitators and barriers to the sustained implementation of school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports. Education and Treatment of Children, 45(1), 105-126.   You can connect with Russ: Twitter @RsslFx Email russell.fox@monash.edu   You can connect with Brendan: Twitter: @learnwithmrlee Facebook: @learningwithmrlee Website: learnwithlee.net