Tips for Teachers

Primary teacher and author Emma Turner joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share her 5 tips: 1. Use talk cubes to encourage students to contribute (02:48) 2. Encourage students to say "stop!" if they are confused during an explanation (08:45) 3. Ask students "What was the most useful thing I did today?" (16:11) 4. Plan for error (20:22) 5. Keep spare mini-whiteboard pen lids (26:55) Access the show notes and audio transcription of the episode, plus a load more audio and video tips here: tipsforteachers.co.uk

Primary teacher and reading expert Chris Such joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share his 5 tips: 1. Learn about reading development (03:31) 2. Analyse words using morphology and etymology (19:21) 3. Assess reading difficulties and respond (26:53) 4. Feign enthusiasm when necessary (38:54) 5. Depressurise learning (48:17) 6. BONUS: 7 micro-tips (1:04:37) Access the show notes and audio transcription of the episode, plus a load more audio and video tips here: tipsforteachers.co.uk

English teacher and author, Jamie Thom, joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share his 5 tips: 1. Remember the tortoise and the hare (04:34) 2. Tackle the negativity radio (15:01) 3. Beware the distraction addiction (28:28) 4. Hone your public speaking (45:56) 5. Validate introverts (56:30) Access the show notes and audio transcription of the episode, plus a load more audio and video tips here: tipsforteachers.co.uk

The queen of GCSE maths re-sit teaching, Julia Smith, joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share her 5 tips: 1. Practice, practice, practice…not until you can get it right but until you cannot get it wrong (04:24) 2. Revision should start from day one of a course, not at the end (12:57) 3. It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it…and that’s what gets results (23:13) 4. Fluency in the four operations is a cornerstone of developing mathematical understanding (33:27) 5. How to deal with students who say they hate maths or are no good at maths (44:28) Access the show notes and audio transcription of the episode, plus a load more audio and video tips here: tipsforteachers.co.uk

Primary Headteacher Sonia Thompson joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share her 5 tips: 1. Read for pleasure and read for progress (03:30) 2. Be clear about your career pathway (12:42) 3.  Make use of the NPQs (23:03) 4. Go out and visit other schools (28:43) 5. Think about implementation (40:22) Access the show notes and audio transcription of the episode, plus a load more audio and video tips here: tipsforteachers.co.uk

Teacher trainer and former teacher Sarah Cottingham joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share her 5 tips: 1. Use tips when they act as solutions to problems you face (04:16) 2. Always build from what they know (17:21) 3. Beware the curse of knowledge (30:14) 4. Use research on learning not as a prescription but as a compass (38:56) 5. Retrieval practice is worth investing time to understand and use (48:51) Access the show notes and audio transcription of the episode, plus a load more audio and video tips here: tipsforteachers.co.uk

Psychologist and former teacher Bradley Busch joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share his 5 tips: 1. Consider lengthening wait times to maximise retrieval (03:16) 2. To develop resilience you need both high challenge and high support (13:22) 3. Challenge students on what they like versus what's best for them (21:56) 4. Ban mobile phones (29:05) 5. Ask yourself "what evidence would change your mind?" (39:11) Access the show notes and audio transcription of the episode, plus a load more audio and video tips here: tipsforteachers.co.uk

Behaviour adviser and researchEd founder Tom Bennett joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share his 5 tips: 1. Use the school behaviour policy (02:56) 2. Teach students what to do when they are stuck (08:27) 3. Teach students how to behave in a supply or cover lesson (15:05) 4. Teach students how to have the right equipment (20:23) 5. Students need to know you are in charge of the classroom (27:48) Access the show notes and audio transcription of the episode, plus a load more audio and video tips here: tipsforteachers.co.uk

Languages teacher Jon Mumford joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share her 5 tips: 1. Consider the impact of audio feedback (04:57) 2. Think creatively when attempting to improve engagement/performance of boys (22:06) 3. Use D.I.R.T. as a post-assessment formative tool (44:11) 4. How to get students peer-assessing with group critique (57:03) 5. How to organise the disorganised (1:08:52) Access the show notes and audio transcription of the episode, plus a load more audio and video tips here: tipsforteachers.co.uk

Kate Jones joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share her 5 tips: 1. Sometimes it is better to review than retrieve (03:33)  2. Make use of the Encoding specificity principle (19:46) 3. Take a low effort, high impact approach to task and question design (34:28) 4. How to make the best use of technology for retrieval practice (48:34) 5. How to design good multiple choice questions (1:06:21) Access the show notes and audio transcription of the episode, plus a load more audio and video tips here: tipsforteachers.co.uk