
Tips for Teachers
A podcast to help your supercharge your teaching one idea at a time. Each episode guests share 5 tips for any aspect of life as a teacher: planning, assessment, wellbeing, saving time, talking to parents, and more.
Latest episodes

Feb 6, 2023 • 1h 21min
Alex Quigley
Former English teacher and now best-selling author, Alex Quigley, joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share his 5 tips:
1. Ask students to make a pre-topic mind map (02:55)
2. Focus on developing keystone vocabulary (17:58)
3. Try using a collage collection to stimulate ideas (32:24)
4. Play "Just a minute!" (44:32)
5. Support your students using sentence expanding (1:00:30)
Access the show notes and audio transcription of the episode, plus a load more audio and video tips here: tipsforteachers.co.uk

5 snips
Jan 25, 2023 • 59min
David Goodwin
Teacher and author David Goodwin, joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share his 5 tips:
1. Provide opportunities for students to read in lessons (04:23)
2. Develop vocabulary (16:45)
3. Rebrand homework as practice (25:08)
4. How to improve students' ability to write (33:33)
5. How to make retrieval practice work (45:53)
Access the show notes and audio transcription of the episode, plus a load more audio and video tips here: tipsforteachers.co.uk

Jan 23, 2023 • 9min
The Do Now - Tips for Teachers Top 5s
Five tips to improve the Do Now at the start of your lesson
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzCO4FlBngg
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Jan 16, 2023 • 9min
Silent Teacher - Tips for Teachers Top 5s
Five tips to improve the use of Silent Teacher in the classroom.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N7JuJ3Bf3Q
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5 snips
Jan 11, 2023 • 9min
Checking for understanding - Tips for Teachers Top 5s
Explore effective strategies for checking students' understanding in the classroom, including diagnostic questions and learner-generated examples. Learn how to enhance comprehension with interactive techniques like mini whiteboard summaries and tackling challenging questions. Shift from basic assessments to comprehensive evaluations of student comprehension.

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Jan 9, 2023 • 9min
Mini-whiteboards - Tips for Teachers Top 5s
Tips for Teachers discusses practical strategies for using mini-whiteboards in the classroom to enhance student engagement and assessment. The podcast explores maximizing space utilization, managing information flow, and providing feedback through mini whiteboards, offering valuable insights for teachers.

6 snips
Jan 9, 2023 • 8min
Paired discussions - Tips for Teachers Top 5s
Five tips to improve student paired discussions in the classroom.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3be82GCMhbk
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36 snips
Dec 14, 2022 • 1h 13min
Ollie Lovell
Teacher, author and podcaster, Ollie Lovell, joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share his 5 tips:
1. How to overcome the limits of working memory (03:39)
2. Backwards plan. ALWAYS backwards plan! (22:16)
3. Check for understanding (34:03)
4. Inquire into mechanisms (44:25)
5. You can learn something from everybody (57:43)
Access the show notes and audio transcription of the episode, plus a load more audio and video tips here: tipsforteachers.co.uk

Nov 29, 2022 • 1h 16min
Sarah Donarski
Head of English and author, Sarah Donarski, joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share her 5 tips:
1. Know how to effectively assess (03:31)
2. Choose the right feedback type (17:00)
3. Be aware of student bias (29:59)
4. Use, where possible, dialogic teaching (46:25)
5. Ignite the CPD culture (1:04:15)
Access the show notes and audio transcription of the episode, plus a load more audio and video tips here: tipsforteachers.co.uk

10 snips
Nov 1, 2022 • 60min
Jade Pearce
Assistant headteacher, Jade Pearce, joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share her 5 tips:
1. Use explicit instruction for novice learners (02:39)
2. How to ensure questioning involves all pupils (14:20)
3. Understand the active ingredients of retrieval practice (25:45)
4. How to improve feedback (38:45)
5. The power of teachers reading research (49:50)
Access the show notes and audio transcription of the episode, plus a load more audio and video tips here: tipsforteachers.co.uk
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