Beyond Good
A podcast about teaching. We discuss teaching and learning, pedagogy, lessons and classroom practise, management and leadership, teaching of mathematics, training and trainees, mentors and mentoring, behaviour management, being a head of department and running a faculty, SLT and much much more!
Latest episodes
May 3, 2025 • 31min
"A dog with a bone"
Matt and Femi discuss the critical importance of not letting behavioural incidents go unchallenged.
Apr 26, 2025 • 35min
Policies
Femi and Matt discuss the concept of school policies and policy documentation, and what makes them more or less effective.We're not on social media but we love to hear your thoughts, feedback, reflections and requests so please send us a message at:beyondgoodpod@gmail.com
Apr 19, 2025 • 43min
Micro Interactions
Matt and Femi discuss those brief interactions with students that set the tone for the lesson, or help transform the way students think about themselves.
Apr 5, 2025 • 36min
'Holding To Account' & 'Won't, Can't, Forgot'
Matt and Femi dive into the phrase that you so often hear amongst senior and middle management in schools: "Holding people to account".
Mar 29, 2025 • 50min
Starting A School From Scratch - Michaela Khatib
Matt and Femi speak to the executive head teacher and founder of Cobham Free School, Michaela Khatib, about the remarkable journey to plan, start and grow a school from nothing to over a thousand pupils.
Mar 22, 2025 • 46min
Teacher Knowledge
Matt and Femi discuss the need for teachers to have a basic understanding of how learning happens, as well as barriers and solutions to the problem.
Mar 15, 2025 • 40min
Private vs State Schools
Matt and Femi discuss Femi's experience of working in both state and private schools, what the major differences are for teachers and what each can learn from the other.
Mar 8, 2025 • 47min
Accountability Culture AND Power of Video
This episode has 2 unrelated topics... In the first half of the episode Femi and Matt discuss what it means to have a culture where you can 'hold colleagues accountable' for the benefit of the whole team. In the second part of episode (starting at 20:30), Femi and Matt turn their attention to the Power of Video - particularly with regards to modelling and feedback for teachers.
Mar 1, 2025 • 40min
Improving is Hard!
Femi and Matt discuss why improving our teaching (or anything) can be so difficult, and how that influences their thinking around coaching and PD.
Feb 15, 2025 • 30min
My team are not doing what I asked!
Femi and Matt ponder the all too common phrase "people just aren't doing it"!
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