TandTeaching - The Educational Podcast

EPISODE 19- We speak to Peter Goodyer, Headteacher of Bede's and independent day and boarding school in Sussex, to discuss the challenges of leading a school through a pandemic and the lessons he and his staff learnt as a result of the challenges of the past 2 years.

EPISODE 18- We speak to Jenny Bowers about how to support our own well being and how to recognise red flags in our colleagues. We also explore coaching and how it can support us achieving our long term goals, both professional and personal.

EPISODE 17- We speak to Alyn Rose, an ECT, about training to become a teacher and the challenges he's faced in his first week of teaching. This episode will make you fall back in love with teaching as Alyn's passion is infectious.

EPISODE 16- We speak to @ARJDunstan and @Lewisjkeens, AKA The Infinite Learners, about what they've learnt from their podcast, The Infinite Leaders: Live,  and how it has changed them as educators.

EPISODE 15- In this episode we speak to Lucy Spencer, founder of Education Boutique and Vice President of The Tutors’ Association about the relationship between schools and private tutors. Is there a future where the two can work together more synchronously in order to fully benefit a student's education?

EPISODE 14- In this episode we speak to best selling author, speaker and consultant Allistair McCaw about how teachers can not only adopt a powerful mindset themselves, but how they can also develop these in the students they teach.

EPISODE 13- In this episode we speak to Matthew Evans (@head_teach) about why dissent is so important in schools and how we can actively encourage dissent amongst our staff.

EPISODE 12- In this episode we discuss the leadership principles that underpin how Amazon operates and whether we can use these to guide school leadership (and leading in the classroom). We select the aspects that we feel most closely apply to schools such as 'Earn Trust', 'Disagree and Commit' and 'Strive to be Earth’s Best Employer'. A full copy of the leadership principles can be found below: https://www.aboutamazon.com/about-us/leadership-principles

EPISODE 11- We discuss the worst phrases in education including 'They always behave for me' and 'In my last school...'. Listen in to see if you agree with our most annoying phrases that are found in staff rooms.

EPISODE 10- In this episode we speak to Jade Pearce, Assistant Head in charge of Teaching and Learning and Professional Development, about why teachers should adopt an evidence based approach to their teaching. Jade is a passionate advocate for all practice being evidence informed and she outlines how teachers can do this whilst still placing a value on experience and contextual observation.