On todays episode, we have some fantastic chats with Ryan Pedley around all things education.
Here are some Highlights:
- 2:30- Who is Ryan?
- 8:30- Ryan's Life after Secondary School
- 10:02- What brought Ryan to Australia
- 11:30- Being in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
- 12:50- Moving from Canada to Australia to Teach
- 13:13- Teaching in smaller Aussie Schools
- 16:00- Working on family farm or moving to metropolitan area
- 17:13- Distance Education
- 19:00- School size and relation to school culture & staff roles
- 19:30- Prep students to year 7 students in one class (small schools)
- 22:30- Supporting positive school culture
- 23:30- High Fives from Principal to Prep Students
- 25:30- More on School Culture
- 26:30- Preparing students for the future of work/jobs
- 29:15- Bullying & Cyber Bullying
- 31:00- Students & Social Media
- 34:30- Restorative Justice at School and Empathetic Conversations
- 35:45- How to create more Empathetic experiences in schools
- 38:30- "I dont want to go to school" and engaging learners
- 43:30- Some helpful ideas for parents of students with school
- 45:00- Creating consistent learning environment between home & school
- 48:30- Student Agency around their own learning & 'Walker Learning' pedagogy
- 52:15- Innovative/Futuristic Approaches to Learning (example from Canberra, ACT)
- 55:10- Careers, Self Employment & Entrepreneurship in Schools
- 58:00- Projects, Resources (Links Below)
Here are some Resources & Links:
- QLD Collective for Inclusive Education: https://www.qcie.org/
- Community Resource Unit Inclusive Education: https://cru.org.au/our-work/inclusive-education/resources/
- Education QLD Inclusive Education: https://education.qld.gov.au/students/inclusive-education
- Education QLD Initiatives & Strategies: https://education.qld.gov.au/initiatives-and-strategies
- Education QLD Home Education: https://education.qld.gov.au/schools-educators/other-education/home-education
- All Means All: https://allmeansall.org.au/for-parents/
- Charters Towers School of Distance Ed: https://charterstowerssde.eq.edu.au/
- Enkindle Village School: https://enkindleschool.qld.edu.au/
- Silver Lining Foundation Schools: https://silverlining.org.au/our-schools/
- Study.Work.Grow: https://studyworkgrow.com.au/
- QASSP Design Ingenuity: https://www.qassp.org.au/Web/Our-Learning/Choose-Your-Learning/Courses/Designed_InGenuity/0Designed-InGenuity.aspx
Professional Books:
- Professional Capital - Michael Fullen and Andy Hargreaves
- Power of Inquiry - Kath Murdoch
- Let Go - Hugh van Cuylenburg
- Play Matters - Kathy Walker
- Creative Schools - Sir Ken Robinson
Kids/parents Books
- The Gruffalo - Julia Donaldson
- Giraffes can’t dance - Giles Andreae
- We’re going on a Bear Hunt - Michael Rosen
- Wings of Fire - Tui Sutherland
Personal Books/Podcast
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Thanks for Listening!
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Ricky
