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The Exceptional Sales Leader PodcastA Sales Leaders Journey to Exceptional with Leslie VenetzIn this engaging episode I sit down with Leslie Venetz, a highly regarded sales leader and strategist, to delve into the nuances of effective sales leadership. Leslie, known for her expertise in top-of-funnel sales strategy, outlines her journey from a reluctant sales professional to a leading voice in the industry. This episode highlights her upcoming book, “Profit Generating Pipeline,” which offers a proven formula for driving revenue and establishing trust. The conversation is rich with insights on overcoming the hurdles of toxic work environments, adapting leadership styles, and the critical importance of empathy and active listening in sales. Leslie cand...2025-06-201h 00

Unforgettable PresentationsEp. 258 ACCENT ACQUISITION WITH DR. LESLIE GORDON We ALL speak with an accent, and at times it’s easy to believe that we must ‘lose’ our accent to be accepted. Today, Mark and Darren have a frank conversation with speech and accent expert Dr. Leslie Gordon, as she gives advice on using your accent as an asset. SNIPPETS: • Honor the skill of owning more than one sound • Treat the world as a playground for your eyes and ears • The way we speak creates a picture of who we are • Your accent...2024-08-0144 min

Paltrocast With Darren PaltrowitzLeslie Mendelson + Liz W. Garcia + Bill Teck + Victor Indrizzo + TNA Wrestling's Alisha EdwardsThis "Paltrocast" features interviews with singer/songwriter Leslie Mendelson, writer/director Liz W. Garcia, director Bill Teck, legendary drummer and songwriter Victor Indrizzo, and TNA Wrestling star Alisha Edwards. Theme song by Steve Schiltz. More on Darren Paltrowitz & the "Paltrocast," now airing regularly via 150+ TV stations, OTT carriers and all key podcast providers: https://paltrocast.com/where-to-watch https://localnow.com/shows/paltrocast-with-darren-paltrowitz https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paltrocast-with-darren-paltrowitz/id1429248132?mt=2 https://open.spotify.com/show/7xWVx1NZKd38tpwNISs0Ux https://www.facebook.com/darrenpaltrowitz ...2024-06-2457 min

Living Yoga with Darren MainTransgender Yoga with Leslie HowardJoin Darren as he sits down with Leslie Howard, a renowned yoga teacher with a focus on the pelvic floor, in this enlightening episode. Leslie discusses the unique needs of transgender individuals, including those undergoing hormone replacement therapy and gender confirmation surgery. Delving into the essentials of trans yoga, they explore how gender affirming care can transform lives within the LGBTQ+ community. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in how yoga can support trans women, trans men, and non-binary individuals through their journeys. Don't miss this powerful discussion on transgender yoga, the broader transgender debate...2024-05-1133 min

Becoming EducatedGuide to Memory with Ross Morrison McGillThis week I am joined by Ross McGill, founder of Teacher Toolkit, his alter ego you might say. Ross is the bestselling author of ‘Mark.Plan.Teach’, Teacher Toolkit and Just Great Teaching and has also co-authored brilliant books including ‘The Revision Revolution’. Recently, Ross released 'The Teacher Toolkit Guide to Memory' and it really is a fantastic addition to the cogsci discussion. Ross describes it as a beginners guide to memory, but it is so much more than that and we unpick some of the key themes in today’s episode. In this episode we discuss...2022-11-071h 06

Becoming EducatedTeaching Secondary Science with Adam BoxerThis week I am joined by Adam Boxer. Adam is the head of science at Totteridge Academy, co-founder of Carousel Learning and author of the brilliant book ‘Teaching Secondary Science’. In the book Adam distils years of hard-won experience and outlines his approach to teaching and it goes well beyond just science. The huge 100 plus pages on explanations are worth the purchase of the book alone and his outline on how to build a culture of retrieval. In this episode we discuss the following and so much more: Why our teaching should be content-led and not...2022-10-311h 14

Becoming EducatedDunlosky's Strengthening the Student Toolbox with Amarbeer Singh GillThis week I am joined by Amarbeer Singh Gill. Singh is a lead practitioner of secondary maths and a teacher educator. He blogs at unpackingeducation.wixsite.com and you can find him on twitter @InspiredLearn_ Recently, Singh wrote a brilliant book as part of the In Action series, 'Dunlosky's Strengthening the Student Toolbox in Action' and we discuss the contents in todays episode. Dunlosky's research focussed on study strategies that are regularly employed by our students during their independent study and he ranked them from most to least effective. In this episode we discuss the...2022-10-2452 min

Becoming EducatedReady to Teach: A Christmas Carol with Amy Staniforth & Stuart PrykeSubject Specific: English This week welcomes the first subject specific episode of Becoming Educated and I am joined on the interviewing side by Nikki Waite, an Assistant Principal for Teaching & Learning, and an English Teacher. We explore Ready to Teach: A Christmas Carol with the authors Amy Staniforth & Stuart Pryke. Stuart Pryke is an English teacher and Teaching and Learning lead in a secondary school just outside of Ipswich, Suffolk. He is a LitDrive regional advocate and has worked with Oak National Academy. He tweets @SPryke2 and blogs at englishteachersnotebook.blogspot.com 2022-06-2756 min

Becoming EducatedAn Evidence Informed Journey with Alex GordonThis week I am joined by Alex Gordon. Alex is Assistant Principal of Teaching & learning at Chingford Foundation School. In this episode Alex and I discuss his schools evidence informed journey including: What this has involved since September 2020 How Alex went about refreshing his schools pedagogical principles The five strand interconnected model for professional development How Alex shares best practice in the school This was a great conversation and there is so much gold for Teaching & Learning leads. You can follow Alex on...2022-06-1351 min

Becoming EducatedLeading Evidence-Informed Teaching with Rachel BallThis week I am joined for the first of the Teaching and Learning Lead Series by Rachel Ball. Rachel is Assistant Principal at Co-op Academy Walkden and we discuss how she is leading evidence informed teaching across her school. In this episode we explore the following: Why it is important for the teaching and learning lead to be evidence-informed Why it is important that there is a vision for teaching and learning in a school How Rachel has helped create a shared language around teaching and learning How Rachel...2022-05-3049 min

Becoming EducatedSix Things We Have Learned From Our Podcasts with Arthur Moore and Mike HarrowellThis week's podcast is a little different as I am joined by my friends Arthur and Mike from the T and Teaching podcast for a brilliant crossover episode. In this episode we share six things that we have learned from our respective podcasts which are: Understanding how students learn needs to form a greater part of teacher training and CPD The teaching profession needs supervision as much as coaching Teaching well is relationship building A focus on improving teaching improves almost everything in schools Teachers don't need a...2022-04-251h 07

Becoming EducatedMust Do Better with Harry HudsonThis week I am joined by Harry Hudson, Harry is a History teacher at the West London Free School in Hammersmith, West London. He’s also a freelance writer and has written for a range of publications including The Times, The Telegraph and The Spectator. In this weeks episode Harry and I discuss the following and so much more: Why teaching has an image problem Why money could be an issue in getting good people into teaching Why the fact that everyone has been to school contributes to the image problem...2022-03-2853 min

Becoming EducatedExcellent Textbooks and Teacher-Led Lessons with Abby HughesThis week I am joined by Abby Hughes. Abby is the Assistant Headteacher: Teaching & Learning and Head of Divinity at the West London Free School. In this episode I follow up on Abby's excellent talk for the We Are in Beta Curriculum Thinkers group and we explore the following and so much more: The 7 principles of a West London Free School Lesson Divinity, the divinity curriculum and why as ED Hirsch notes ‘No person in the modern world can be considered educated without a basic knowledge of all the great religions of the world’ Ho...2022-03-211h 05

Becoming EducatedThe Revision Revolution with Helen HowellThis week I am Joined by Helen Howell. Helen is director of English at the Blue Coat School in Oldham. She previously worked at the Radclyffe School as English AST and lead teacher for literacy, where she was instrumental in developing a knowledge-rich KS3 curriculum and a culture of reading for pleasure. Helen recently published a great book, alongside Ross Morrision McGill of Teacher Toolkit, 'The Revision Revolution, How to build a culture of effective study in your school' and we explore this in depth in todays episode. We discuss the following and so much m...2022-03-141h 04

Becoming EducatedThe Sweet Spot with Michael ChilesMichael Chiles began as a geography teacher, head of department and senior leader with responsiblity for teaching and learning. Michael is now a head of department at a school in the north west of England. Michael is the author of three books including 'The Sweet Spot: Explaining and Modelling with Precision' We discuss the following and much much more: What teachers should consider when planning their classroom layout What we should consider when planning our wall displays as 'paying attention is a critical cog to enable learning' Why our PowerPoints, the...2022-03-071h 05

Becoming EducatedThe Great Teaching Toolkit with Professor Rob Coe & Jamie ScottThis week I speak with Professor Rob Coe and Jamie Scott from Evidence Based Education and we explore the Great Teaching Toolkit Project, their online professional development platform which follows on from the Great Teaching Toolkit Evidence Review, published in June 2020. In this episode we discuss the following and much more: The Great Teaching Toolkit Evidence Review What the team have been working on since the review How schools can use the Toolkit to focus a teachers professional learning How Student Surveys were designed and how they are used...2022-02-281h 08

Becoming EducatedClosing the Reading Gap with Alex QuigleyThis week I am joined by Alex Quigley. Alex is a former English teacher and school leader, of over 15 years standing, who now works for the Education Endowment Foundation, supporting teachers to access research evidence. He can be found on twitter @AlexJQuigley and blogs at www.theconfidentteacher.com He is the author of ‘The Confident Teacher’, ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’ and ‘Closing the Reading Gap’. In this episode Alex & I explore the vital importance of reading in our schools and Alex clearly articulates why it should be the number one school improvement priority. In this episo...2022-02-141h 09

Becoming EducatedFive Best Bets for Teaching & Learning with Jon HutchinsonIn this episode I speak with Jon Hutchinson, Director of Training and Development at the Reach Foundation. Jon is also a Visiting Fellow at Ambition Institute for their Masters in Expert Teaching programme. Jon has spoken at ResearchEd events and has contributed a superb chapter on Instructional Coaching for the 'ResearchEd Guide to Leadership'. Jon blogs at www.pedfed.wordpress.com We explore in depth Jon's thinking behind his 'Five Best Bets for Teaching & Learning' which are: 1. Low Stakes Quizzing 2. Instructional Coaching 3. Sequencing Curriculum 4. Improving Ratio 5. Learning...2022-02-071h 15

Becoming EducatedA Strong Mental Model of How Students Learn with Doug LemovIn this episode I speak with Doug Lemov, author of Teach Like A Champion 3.0 & The Coach's Guide to Teaching. Co-Author of Teaching in the Online Classroom, Reading Reconsidered and Practice Perfect. Doug is the Managing Director of Uncommon School and leads its Teach Like a Champion team, designing and implementing teacher training based on the study of high-performing teachers. We explore in depth his thinking behind Chapter 1 of Teach Like A Champion 3.0 and the five principles Doug shares. The five principles are: Principle 1: Understanding Human Cognitive Structure means building Long Term Memory and managing Working...2022-01-311h 07

Becoming EducatedMotivating, School Based Professional Development with Dr Liam PrinterIn this episode I chat with Dr Liam Printer of The Motivated Classroom podcast in a unique collaboration. We talk about our roles as 'teaching and learning research leads' at our respective schools, how we got into these positions, why we feel its important to have internal, evidence based, professional development on-going throughout the year and how we got started on this podcast journey! A brilliant conversation that we could have continued all day! You can find Liam on twitter @motclasspodcast & @liamprinter Get involved and share widely. Keep the conversation going by using #b...2022-01-2451 min

The Motivated Classroom67 ¦ Collaboration podcast: Motivating, school based professional development with Darren LeslieIn this first podcast collaboration, I chat with Darren Leslie of the wonderful Becoming Educated podcast. We talk about our roles as 'teaching and learning research leads' at our respective schools, how we got into these positions, why we feel its important to have internal, evidence based, professional development on-going throughout the year and how we got started on this podcast journey! A brilliant conversation that we could have continued all day! Keep in touch and share widely! Full programme notes are available on www.liamprinter.com/podcast. Follow The Motivated Classroom on Instagram @themotivatedclassroom, Twitter...2022-01-2150 min

Becoming EducatedUsing ICT to Enhance Classroom Learning with Joe DaleJoe Dale is an independent languages consultant who works with a range of organisations such as Network for Languages, ALL, The British Council, the BBC, Skype, Microsoft and The Guardian. He was host of the TES MFL forum for 6 years, former SSAT Languages Lead Practitioner, a regular conference speaker and recognised expert on technology and language learning. He was recently described in a Guardian article as an ‘MFL Guru’ and ‘the man behind the #mfltwitterati'. You can follow Joe on twitter using the handle @JoeDale. You can find Joe on Youtube using the following address: ...2022-01-171h 03

Becoming EducatedPower Up Your Pedagogy with Bruce RobertsonBruce Robertson is the Rector of Berwickshire High School in the Scottish Borders. Bruce is the author of the brilliant ‘The Teaching Delusion:why teaching in our schools isn't good enough (and how we can make it better)’. ‘The Teaching Delusion 2: Teaching Strikes Back’ and ‘The Teaching Delusion 3: Power Up Your Pedagogy’. You can purchase the book here: https://www.johncattbookshop.com/the-teaching-delusion-3-power-up-your-pedagogy You can read Bruce's blogs and other material here: https://theteachingdelusion.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-01-101h 40

Becoming EducatedWhat Every Teacher Needs to Know About Reading with Neil AlmondNeil Almond is a Deputy Head at a South London School leading on Curriculum, evidence informed practice and assessment. Neil writes a blog which can we found at www.nutsaboutteaching.wordpress.com Neil can be found on twitter @Mr_AlmondED The talk that Neil gave on this topic can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FAYG7sQHnQ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-12-061h 19

Becoming EducatedWhat Are The Best Ways to Revise with Bradley BuschBradley Busch is a Chartered Psychologist with extensive experience working in schools, he is a leading expert at helping schools utilise psychological research through his work at InnerDrive. Outside of education, Bradley works with elite athletes including professional footballers and Team GB. Bradley is a co-author alongside Edward Watson of ‘The Science of Learning:99 studies that every teacher needs to know’. Please visit the InnerDrive website which cna be found here: https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/ Check out their 'How to Revise' blog here: https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/what-are-the-best-ways-to-revise/ H...2021-11-291h 07

Becoming EducatedDiscussing Professional Learning with Anne Glennie & Stuart FarmerThis week I am in discussion with Anne Glennie & Stuart Farmer on the topic of Professional Learning. We discuss the following and much much more: How we currently take part in Professional Learning? Is it working? What would great Professional Learning look like? How do we create a system that allows us to realise this dream of meaningful Professional Learning for all? You can support the ongoing work of #becomingeducated by following this link: www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...2021-11-081h 27

Becoming EducatedTowards Responsive Coaching with Josh GoodrichJosh Goodrich is the founder of Steplab, an English teacher, former MAT Professional Development lead and a coaching geek. In this episode we explore Instructional Coaching and unpick Josh's series of blogs on this topic. https://notes.steplab.co/post/BPav00-5/When-we-talk-about-Instructional-Coaching-what-do-we-mean You can follow Josh on twitter using the handle @Josh_CPD. You can support the podcast using the following link to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-11-011h 08

Becoming EducatedFeel Free to Smile with Nikki Cunningham-SmithNikki Cunningham-Smith has experience as an assistant headteacher, SENCO and centre lead in a pupil referral unit. She coaches teachers to support them with behaviour management in the classroom and writes a behaviour blog for TES. Nikki is also the author of 'Feel Free to Smile: The Behaviour Management Survival Guide for New Teachers'. If you want to support the podcast please do so at buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-10-251h 21

Becoming EducatedTeaching Strikes Back with Bruce RobertsonBruce Robertson is the Rector of Berwickshire High School in the Scottish Borders. Bruce is the author of the brilliant ‘The Teaching Delusion:why teaching in our schools isn't good enough (and how we can make it better)’. ‘The Teaching Delusion 2: Teaching Strikes Back’ and ‘The Teaching Delusion 3: Power Up Your Pedagogy’. You can get the trilogy now from John Catt Educational. Want to support the ongoing work of the podcast: buymeacoffee.com/dnleslie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-10-181h 15

Becoming EducatedThe CPD Curriculum with Mark & Zoe EnserZoe Enser was a classroom English teacher for over 20 years as well as head of department and school leader in charge of improving teaching and learning. She is now lead English specialist advisor for Kent with The Education People. Mark Enser has been a geography teacher for the best part of two decades as well as a head of department and research lead. He is the author of Making Every Geography Lesson Count and Teach Like Nobody’s Watching and is a TES columnist. Their latest book 'The CPD Curriculum' is out now. Wan...2021-10-1152 min

Divorced & DoneGetting a lawyer for your kids, Liam Neeson (a.k.a Leslie Nielsen), Thanksgiving.This week we discuss how a lawyer can be appointed for your children and what it means for your divorce when your children have their own lawyer. We also discuss Leslie Nielson but call him Liam Neeson (not the same person, whoops). Next week is Canadian Thanksgiving, so there will not be an episode on October 12, but we will be joining you again on Friday, October 15. Divorce lawyers Rob Woodward and Darren Schmidt help demystify the divorce process and get you well on your way to becoming Divorced & Done. Send questions or comments to LawyersTalkingAboutDivorce@gmail.com, find us online...2021-10-0832 min

Becoming EducatedFive Formative Assessment Strategies in Action with Kate JonesKate Jones is currently Head of History at The British School Al Khubairat (BSAK) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates but will soon be returning to UK shores to take up a post at Innerdrive as Teaching & Learning Lead. Author of Love To Teach: Research and Resources for Every Classroom and Retrieval Practice: Research and resources for Every Classroom, Retrieval Practice 2: Implementing, Embedding and Reflecting and Retrieval Practice: Resource Guide. Kate's most recent book is Wiliam & Leahy’s Five Formative Assessment Strategies in Action. Want to support the podcast? why not Buy Me a Coffee at www.bu...2021-10-041h 00

Becoming EducatedThinking About Curriculum with Josh VallanceJoshua Vallance is the National Lead of History for Oasis Academies and leads on Curriculum at Oasis Academy Shirley Park. https://mrvallanceteach.wordpress.com/blog/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-06-211h 02

Becoming EducatedMake Education Irresistible with Dan EdwardsDan Edwards is a principal of a large primary school. Prior to this Dan taught in a secondary school teaching a full timetable of GCSE and A-Levels. Dan has held leadership roles in both primary and secondary sectors and has also spent considerable time working in various education units in adolescent residential social care. Dan also had a brief sojourn teaching post-graduates as a visiting lecturer at universities. Dan is a regular columnist for Teach Primary, The Headteacher magazine and SSAT. Dan hosts a regular education forum on twitter called #SaturdayEdChat and is a host on Teachers Talk Radio....2021-05-241h 02

Becoming EducatedThe Science of Learning with Bradley Busch & Edward WatsonBradley Busch is a chartered psychologist. With extensive experience working in schools, he is a leading expert at helping schools utilise psychological research. Outside of education, Bradley works with elite athletes including professional footballers and Team GB. Edward Watson is a graduate of Oxford University who served seven years in the Army. After receiving an MBA at The London Business school, he worked as a strategic management consultant for Marakon Associates before running businesses in the computer games market. They are co-authors of The Science of Learning:99 studies that every teacher need...2021-05-1758 min

Becoming EducatedKnowledge Fuels Creativity with Tamsin BellabyTamsin Bellaby is a Lincolnshire based secondary teacher of Art Photography and recently Business Studies. Tamsin is obsessed with the power of transformative culture within schools. Until January she was the HoY11 and led on inclusion. Tamsin has recently started at a new school where she leads Pupil Premium and drives KS4 and KS5 achievement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-05-1057 min

Becoming EducatedTeaching Is My Sport with Samuel ElliottSamuel Elliott has been a classroom teacher since 2016. Having grown up, lived in and taught in deprived areas, Samuel possesses key insights into misbehaviour that many teachers lack. These experiences informed his approaches in his trainee and NQT years, which, combined with his research into behaviour psychology, have since given rise to a pedagogy that borrows from both traditional and progressive philosophies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-05-031h 41

Changing ConversationsE38 Becoming Educated - In Conversation with Darren LeslieDarren Leslie is a teacher, blogger, author and podcaster (Becoming Educated). He is passionate about professional learning, deepening his own practice and supporting others to do the same. He also co-hosts #ScotEd. In this conversation, Darren generously shares the knowledge and insight he has gathered on his own learning journey and considers how teachers can strive for excellence through personal development. You can connect with Darren on twitter @dnleslie or @ScotEd2020 2021-04-3044 min

Becoming EducatedTeach Every Child to Read with Anne GlennieAnne Glennie is a literacy consultant and trainer, author of Reflective Reading and owner of The Learning Zoo. To date, she has trained over 10,000 teachers in all aspects of literacy and assessment in Scotland. Anne has a particular interest in the teaching of reading through synthetic phonics, she sits on the Reading Reform Foundation committee and is also a founding committee member of IFERI - the International Foundation for Effective Reading Instruction. She is passionate about reading for pleasure and is an indie publisher of children’s and YA fiction at Cranachan - who were recently highly commended in The Br...2021-04-2658 min

Becoming EducatedMentoring in Schools with Haili HughesHaili Hughes is an English teacher and a former head of department and senior leader who has mentored new teachers and ITT students for over ten years. A former journalist Haili has been teaching for the best part of 15 years and has enjoyed developing teachers at many stages of their career. Haili writes regularly for TES and other education publications and she is the author of Preserving Positivity and Mentoring in Schools. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-04-1949 min

A Wee Bit of Everything#53 - High Impact Teaching Strategies with Darren LeslieOur FIRST Video Recorded episode! 😎 CHECK IT OUT HERE -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWH2AJSY_eM&t=1007s Darren Leslie joins AWBOE to talk about High Impact Teaching and how he achieves this in his school. We discuss things ranging from cognitive load theory to interactive questioning and Darren gives clear practical examples of how he would implements this pedagogy in his school. Our partner of the podcast is Premiership Experience who offer fantastic sport tours within the UK and abroad and provide unforgettable experiences for our young people. We thank them for hosting us for this epi...2021-04-131h 21

Becoming EducatedStepping Into Senior Leadership with Jon TaitJon Tait is the Director of School Improvement and Deputy CEO at Arete Learning Trust in North Yorkshire. Jon started teaching in 2001 as a qualified PE teacher and more recently has taught Computer Science. Jon has been a senior leader for 13 of his 19 years in teaching. Jon is the author of five books, 100 ideas for engaging learners, Bloomsbury CPD Library: Senior Leadership, Succeeding as a Head of Year, Teaching Rebooted & Stepping Into Senior Leadership Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-04-121h 16

Becoming EducatedTransforming School Culture with Barry SmithBarry Smith is a founding senior leader of Michaela Community School, former Headteacher of Great Yarmouth Charter Academy and Regional Director of Community Schools Trust in London. Barry and I discuss how to improve teaching and pupil buy in, what really good behaviour looks like, how to get staff buy in and how to build a culture of genuine mutual respect. Barry also shares his aim to have the 'most relaxed school in the country'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-04-0547 min

Becoming EducatedDeliberate Practice with Sarah Cottingham & Kathryn MorganSarah Cottingham is Associate Dean of Learning Design at Ambition Institute and is studying for a MA in Educational Neuroscience. Kathryn Morgan is Expert Adviser at the Teacher Development Programme, Research Associate at the University of Gloucester and is studying for a MA in Education Leadership. We discuss Deliberate Practice beginning with what it is and why we need it in education. We explore if it is all about changing teacher habits, the difference between purposeful practice and deliberate practice and its role in Instructional Coaching. Both Kathryn & Sarah also offer up a reading list...2021-03-291h 19

Becoming EducatedReturning to the Classroom with Mark JesnickMark Jesnick is the Assistant Principal for Teaching and Learning at Ark John Keats Academy in Enfield. Mark blogs at https://markmywords1989.wordpress.com/ and you can find him on twitter @JesnickMark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-03-2238 min

Becoming EducatedImproving Whole School Teaching & Learning with Louis EverettLouis Everett is an Assistant Headteacher for Teaching & Learning at the West London Free School. Louis is a History Teacher, former Head of History and Head of Year. Louis completed a Master in Education at the University of Cambridge and during that time has a Research Lead & Whole School teaching & Learning Coach. Louis joined the West London Free School in 2016 as Head of History and oversaw a drastic improvement in results across GCSE & A-Level, created the WLFS History Teaching Conference and was part of the Department for Education Curriculum Project implementing our Key Stage Three curriculum into 7 partner schools around...2021-03-151h 19

Becoming EducatedAchieving an Evidence Informed Approach to Teaching with Jade PearceJade Pearce is an Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for Teaching & Learning. She is a subject expert for initial teacher education, an evidence lead in education and passionate about research, pedagogy and continuing professional development. You can follow Jade on twitter @pearcemrs and her wonderful blog can be found at https://mrspearce865924391.wordpress.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-03-0836 min

Becoming EducatedTutor Reading Programme with Josie MingayJosie Mingay is School Improvement Leader for Greenshaw Learning Trust. She has significant experience of driving standards across primary and secondary phases, with a particular focus on literacy and language. She has designed phonics programmes with national success and has spoken at various educational conferences, including PiXL, ResearchEd, Reading Reform Foundation. Josie regularly delivers bespoke CPD on key themes around the development of language, the impact of literacy on the wider curriculum, the crucial importance of reading, metacognition and motivation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-03-0150 min

Becoming EducatedThe Teaching Triangle with Patrice BainPatrice Bain is an educator, speaker and author. Finalist for Illinois Teacher of the Year and a Fulbright Scholar in Russia. She spent 15 of her 25+ year teaching career working with cognitive scientists turning research into learning strategies. She was asked by the Department of Education to work with cognitive scientists to co-author Organising Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning. In addition, Patrice co-authored Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning and most recently Powerful Teaching: A Guide for Parents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-02-2248 min

Becoming EducatedEngelmann's Direct Instruction with Sam HallSam Hall trained as a geography teacher in the North East of England. He now works at the online education company Up Learn, where he spends each day writing scripts for instructional videos. Sam writes and talks about Siegfried Engelmann’s model of Direct Instruction. You can read his blog which is shallteach.wordpress.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-02-151h 05

Becoming EducatedThe Learning Skills Curriculum with James MannionJames worked as a science teacher for 12 years. He has an MA in person-Centred Education from the University of Sussex and a PhD in Learning to Learn from the University of Cambridge. James’s doctoral thesis is an 8-year evaluation of the Learning Skills Curriculum, the focus of ‘Fear is the Mind Killer’ co-authored with Kate McAllister. James works as a Bespoke programme leader at the Centre of Educational Leadership in the UCL Institute of Education. He is an Associate of Oracy Cambridge and a Founding Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...2021-02-081h 24

Becoming EducatedOur Teacher Deliberate Practice Culture with Dan HudsonDan Hudson is the Assistant Vice Principal including Teaching & Learning at Oasis Academy John Williams in Principal. He started teaching in 2009 and spent a decade at St Peter's Catholic High School in Gloucester. He was a Head of Year for 4 years before moving into SLT as an Associate Vice Principal moving to his role at Oasis Academy John Williams in 2019. In this episode we unpick his schools Teacher Development Curriculum included their focus on Deliberate Practice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-02-0151 min

Becoming EducatedImplementing, Embedding & Reflecting on Retrieval Practice with Kate JonesKate Jones is Head of History at The British School Al Khubairat (BSAK) in Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates. Originally from Wrexham in North Wales, Kate taught in the UK for six years at Elfed High School before relocating to the UAE in 2016. Kate is also a Lead Practitioner specialising in teaching and learning. Kate provides regular training for educators and leaders both in the UK and internationally. Kate has spoken at various educational conferences around the world. Author of Love To Teach: Research and Resources for Every Classroom (2018) and Retrieval Practice: Research and Resources for every c...2021-01-2556 min

Becoming EducatedIn Pursuit of the Halcyon Dream with Sam StricklandI am joined by Sam Strickland aka the Strickomaster. Sam is a former History teacher who now works as the Principal of the Duston School in Northampton. Sam has overseen his Schools GCSE results from the bottom 20% to the top 20% Nationally. Sam's first book Education Exposed published by John Catt in 2020 was a feature of Podcast 12 back in April 2020. Sam’s punchy follow up Education Exposed 2 was published in November 2020. Twitter - @dnleslie Email - darren@becomingeducated.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-01-1848 min

Becoming EducatedPsychology in the Classroom with Jonathan FirthJonathan Firth is an author, PGDE tutor & school psychology teacher. His research interests focus on memory and on teacher research engagement, and he has authored several books relating to the psychology of education, as well as school psychology textbooks including Psychology in the Classroom, How to Learn and Teacher’s Guide to Research Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-01-1147 min

Becoming EducatedVerbal Feedback with Sarah LarsenSarah Larsen has been a Geography Teacher in and around Greater London for 22 years. Prior to having her first child, she led the Geography Department in her current school. She is passionate about being research-informed and in 2018 , she was one of 13 teachers who carried out research for UCL and Ross McGill’s ‘Verbal Feedback Project’. She has spoken at several educational events about the merits of verbal feedback including ResearchEd Surrey and TMGeogIcons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-12-1437 min

Becoming EducatedEffective Teacher-Led Lessons with Pritesh RaichuraPritesh Raichura is Head of Science at Michaela Community School. He blogs at bunsenblue.wordpress.com about school values, pedagogy & #CogSciSci. He has recently contributed two chapters in the new book 'The Power of Culture' written by Michaela teachers. Pritesh has given talks at a number of ResearchEd events on topics such as Quality Teacher Talk, Effective Planning of Teacher Led Lessons and Effective Questioning, which we will look into in today's podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-12-0745 min

Becoming EducatedMaking Classroom Practice More Effective with Jack Tavassoly-MarshJack is a geography teacher and was head of geography for four years, prior to taking up the role of assistant headteacher, with the primary responsibility of ITT and NQT to NQT+3 teacher development. Jack now leads teaching and learning across the school and the school’s aim is to become research-informed in all that they do, as teachers, in the classroom. Jack is also an ELE - Evidence Lead in Education with Durrington Research School Jack is also the organiser of ResearchED Surrey, which was only a few weeks ago and is all available online, i’d highly recommend view...2020-11-3052 min

Becoming EducatedTeach Smarter with Adam RichesAdam Riches is a full time English teacher in the UK. He is a senior leader for teaching and learning and a specialist leader in education. Adam contributes writing to Teach Secondary, Teach Primary, SecEd and TES. Adam is the author of the brilliant ‘Teach Smarter: Efficient and Effective Strategies for Early Career Teachers’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-11-2346 min

Becoming EducatedGenerative Learning in Action with Zoe & Mark EnserZoe Enser was a classroom English teacher for over 20 years as well as head of department and school leader in charge of improving teaching and learning. She is now lead English specialist advisor for Kent with The Education People. Mark Enser has been a geography teacher for the best part of two decades as well as a head of department and research lead. He is the author of Making Every Geography Lesson Count and Teach Like Nobody’s Watching and is a TES columnist. Together they have written the excellent ‘Fiorella & Mayer’s Generative Learning in Action’ as part of the In A...2020-11-1639 min

Becoming EducatedRunning the Room with Tom BennettTom Bennett was a teacher in the East End of London for thirteen years. Currently he is the Director and founder of researchED, a grass-roots, teacher-led project that aims to make teachers research-literate and pseudo-science proof. Since 2013 researchED has grown from a tweet to an international conference movement that so far has spanned three continents and six countries. In 2009 he was made a Teacher Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University. From 2008-2016 he wrote a weekly column for the TES and TES online, and is the author of four books on teacher-training, behaviour management and educational research including his...2020-11-0945 min

Becoming EducatedCRAFT of Assessment with Michael ChilesMichael Chiles began as a geography teacher in a secondary school in the West Midlands. There he became head of department and then a senior leader with responsibility for teaching and learning. Michael then relocated to the North West, stepping out of the classroom to develop and deliver teacher training both nationally and internationally. He is now head of department in a secondary school in the north west and is the author of ‘The CRAFT of Assessment’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-11-021h 03

Becoming EducatedIt Takes 5 Years to Become a Teacher with Ros WilsonRos Wilson entered the teaching profession in 1965 and has served continuously since. She has wide experience in education, including: working with pupils with SEND; working with pupils with EAL; senior leadership; head of a large primary department overseas; local authority advisor; primary strategy manager; independent consultant; advanced skills teacher assessor; Ofsted inspector; creator and published author of Big Writing and associated texts. Most recently she has published ‘It Takes 5 Years to Become a Teacher’ co-authored with some great names including Dame Alison Peacock and Professor Sam Twiselton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-10-261h 06

Becoming EducatedThe Fascist Painting with Phil BeadlePhil Beadle is a sometimes well thought of British educator who has authored ten books on teaching and learning including the 10/10 How to Teach. He is the editor of the How to Teach series, and has written for the Times, the Guardian, The Independent on Sunday and the Telegraph (though he is ashamed of this last one). His series of columns for Education Guardian ran for nine years before being cancelled due to bad behaviour. He is a former UK teacher of the year with 20 years experience of achieving transformational results with students from challenging areas. You may recognise him...2020-10-1954 min

Becoming EducatedPutting Staff First with Jonny UttleyJonny Uttley is the CEO of The Education Alliance Multi-Academy Trust in East Yorkshire and Hull and was previously head teacher at South Hunsley School. As a National Leader of Education, he has worked with schools in many different contexts and is committed to a school improvement approach that puts ethical leadership at the heart of our system so schools create cultures in which staff genuinely thrive. Jonny writes a blog called “Trust Leadership” and speaks on leadership and school culture. Jonny is also a co-author of the wonderful Putting Staff First alongside John Tomsett. Hosted on Acast. See acas...2020-10-051h 00

Becoming Educated60 Second CPD with Hanna BeechHanna Beech is a deputy headteacher at a recently opened primary school in Kent, where she leads on embedding effective teaching and learning and building the school curriculum. Before becoming a senior leader, she was a key stage 2 phase leader at a large primary school. A keen writer and passionate educator, Hanna has contributed articles to Teacher Toolkit, Kent Teach and Tes. She is the author of the wonderful new book 60 Second CPD: 239 ideas for busy teachers with Ross Morrison McGill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-09-2840 min

Becoming EducatedGetting Professional Learning Right with Stuart FarmerStuart Farmer is a teacher and teacher educator. He worked as a physics teacher and a Principal Teacher of physics for 35 years. During this time he has been very active in supporting teachers’ professional learning. Stuart has an MBA in Educational Management and an MSc in Teacher Education and is currently studying for a PhD in Teacher Education with a focus on Career-long Professional Learning. Stuart now works as the Education Manager for the Institute of Physics in Scotland Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-09-211h 26

Becoming EducatedUnleashing Great Teaching with David WestonDavid Weston is a former maths and science teacher with over 10 years experience. He is the founder and chief executive of the Teacher Development Trust. In March, 2015 he was appointed by the Department for Education as Chair of the Teacher’s professional Development Expert Group. He was a founding Director of the Chartered College of Teaching. David has written and spoken extensively in the media about teaching and teacher development and has had a number of radio and TV appearances discussing teaching and LGBT issues. David also co-authored with Bridget Clay ‘Unleashing Great Teaching: The Secrets to Effective Teacher Development”. Ho...2020-09-1458 min

Becoming EducatedJust Great Teaching with Ross Morrison McGillRoss Morrison McGill founded @TeacherToolkit from a simple Twitter account through which he rapidly became the 'most followed teacher on social media in the UK'. In 2015, he was nominated as one of the '500 Most Influential People in Britain' by The Sunday Times as a result of being most influential in the field of education. He remains the only classroom teacher to feature to this day ... Sharing resources and ideas online as @TeacherToolkit, he has built his website (c2008) which has been described as one of the 'most influential blogs on education in the UK', winning the UK Blog...2020-09-0742 min

Becoming EducatedCourageous Leadership with Iain WhiteIain White was a headteacher for over 25 years in Glasgow. First at Govan High, where he had 100% positive destinations for his leavers despite some dire socioeconomic backgrounds and 60% of his school roll entitled to free school meals. Secondly at Newlands Junior College where Iain provided alternative provision for young people who were at risk in S3 and S4 of leaving education with nothing to show for it. Iain is a fine example of the empowerment agenda in action and now works as a consultant for education. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-08-312h 24

Becoming EducatedGreat Teaching in Real Classrooms with Tom SherringtonTom Sherrington is a former teacher and school leader with over 30 years experience. Tom has worked in a wide range of schools in the UK and as far afield as Jakarta, Indonesia. Tom works as an educational consultant supporting schools with curriculum, assessment and improving the quality of teaching. Tom speaks regularly at conferences and education festivals. Tom is a prolific blogger sharing his ideas through teacherhead.com and is a prominent twitter educationalist. He has written some brilliant books including ‘Rosenshines Principles in Action’ and the outstanding ‘The Learning Rainforest, Great Teaching in Real Classrooms’. Most recently he co-authored the bril...2020-08-2453 min

Becoming EducatedTeaching Rebooted with Jon TaitJon Tait is the Director of School Improvement and Deputy CEO at Arete Learning Trust in North Yorkshire. Jon started teaching in 2001 as a qualified PE teacher and more recently has taught Computer Science. Jon has been a senior leader for 13 of his 19 years in teaching. At school Jon was a free school meals student and was what we now class as disadvantaged and went to university on a full grant. Outside of education Jon carried the Olympic Torch in 2012, has coached American Football for Great Britain and has played in the FA Cup. Jon is the author of four...2020-08-171h 17

Becoming EducatedEgo Development and its Influence on Leadership with Neil GilbrideNeil Gilbride is a Lecturer in Education at the University of Gloucestershire, where he works on Educational Leadership and Teacher Development. As an Adult Developmental Psychologist, his cutting edge research looks at the role adult development plays in how leaders respond to their organisations and those within them. He regularly works across Education and beyond., supporting organisations in Leadership, Management and Education: He is an academic advisor to Ambition School Leadership, the Chartered College of Teaching, St Georges Widening participation programme and several other organisations within Education and beyond the sphere of Education Neil’s career over the...2020-08-1058 min

Becoming EducatedThe Ethical Leader with Hannah WilsonHannah Wilson is a dynamic educational leader who is a passionate diversity, inclusion & equality advocate: an ethical leader who is vision and values led. She has spent 18 years as a teacher including as the executive headteacher of Aureus school and primary school. The school received national recognition for their work including Values-Based Education Schools Award. She is now a teacher trainer at the University of Buckingham. Amongst all of this she created an annual event called Diverse Educators and is the co-founder of #WomenEd, a grassroots organisation that connects, develops & empowers aspiring & existing female leaders. Hosted on Acast. See...2020-07-2751 min

Becoming EducatedA Natter with Naylor with Phil NaylorPhil Naylor, is a depute headteacher and has worked in education for over 20 years. Phil is an expert in research and evidence based practice with CPD. Phil has written for TES, Schools Week and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He presents regularly at conferences around the topics of behaviour and CPD. Phil created the outstanding Naylor’s Natters over 18 months ago by starting conversations with teachers on all areas of education. Naylor’s Natter is sponsored by John Catt Education and is one of my favourite weekly listens! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-07-2050 min

Becoming EducatedMaking Kids Cleverer with David DidauDavid Didau is a freelance writer, blogger, speaker, trainer and author. he started his award winning blog, The Learning Spy, in 2011 to express the constraints and irritations of ordinary teachers, detail the successes and failures within his own classroom, and synthesise his years of teaching experience through the lens of educational research and cognitive psychology. Since then he has spoken at various national conferences, has directly influenced Ofsted and has worked with the Department for Education to consider ways in which teacher’s workload could be reduced. David is the author of some truly outstanding books including, The Secret of Li...2020-07-131h 28

Becoming EducatedWhat Makes Beautiful with Mark BurnsMy guest today is Mark Burns. Over the last ten years, Mark has developed a proven track record in improving teaching and leadership in education. He’s co-authored two best-selling books in this field in “Engaging Learners” & “Teaching Backwards”. More recently, he has worked with FTSE100 retailers and third sector organisations, to develop the quality and impact of their learning and development programmes. Through his work, he has developed a deep understanding of learning design and how to overcome the barriers to learning in organisations which he led to him co-authoring a third book - “The Learning Imperative” Hosted on Acast. See a...2020-07-0644 min

Becoming EducatedHow to Survive in Teaching with Emma KellDr Emma Kell has 20 years experience as a teacher and currently works at a Pupil Referral Unit and trains teachers with the Institute of Education. She is also a former Head of MFL and English. She has written several articles and blog posts on school leadership and the pressures of teaching, and has recently completed a doctorate on teacher well-being and work-life balance at Middlesex University. Emma is also a co-host on the brilliant ‘Clem and Em; podcast and the author ‘How to survive in teaching without imploding, exploding or walking away’ which is a thought provoking book looking at the cr...2020-06-2952 min

Becoming EducatedDual Coding with Oliver CaviglioliOliver Caviglioli (Oli Cav) is a former headteacher of a special school. Oli is also an author, designer and illustrator who is widely known for his work on dual coding which led to him writing the brilliant and beautiful Dual Coding with Teachers. Oli has collaborated with many educators, often providing excellent illustrations for their books most notably Tom Sherrington’s Rosenshine Principles in Action and the recent How Learning Happens by Paul Kirschner and Carl Hendrick. Oli is also a co-author of the excellent Teaching Walkthrus alongside Tom Sherrington Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...2020-06-221h 01

Becoming EducatedA Manifesto for Change with Richard GerverRichard Gerver has been described as one of the most inspirational leaders of his generation. He is an award-winning speaker, bestselling author and world-renowned thinker. Richard began his career in education, most notably as headmaster of the failing Grange Primary School. In just two years, he famously transformed the school into one of the most acclaimed learning environments in the world. He was celebrated by UNESCO and the UK Government for its incredible turnaround. Richards' books include the outstanding ‘Creating Tomorrow's Schools Today’, ‘Change’ and ‘Simple Thinking’. Richard's latest book, ‘Education: A Manifesto for Change’, explores how our school system can be made fit...2020-06-151h 00

Becoming EducatedHow Teaching in our Schools can get Better and Better with Bruce RobertsonBruce Robertson is a senior leader of teaching and learning in the Scottish Borders. Bruce has taught Chemistry in schools since 2003. He has 7 years experience as a deputy headteacher in two schools. His leadership of teaching and learning improvement in Eyemouth High School led to the school being awarded the General Teaching Council for Scotland ’Excellence in Professional Learning Award’ in June 2019. Bruce is in high demand as a consultant and conference presenter and is the author of the brilliant ‘The Teaching Delusion:why teaching in our schools isn't good enough (and how we can make it better)’. Hosted on Acast...2020-06-081h 40

Becoming EducatedLeadership Lessons from our Little Ones with Emma TurnerEmma Turner is a teacher, leader, parent and writer. She taught in primary school for 13 years first as a classroom teacher, then assistant head, then deputy head and then going on to form one of the UKs first all female co-headships. After 20 years in primary Emma joined the Discovery Schools Academy Trust where she is now their research and CPD lead. Emma is also a columnist for the TES, an ambassador for The Gender Equality Collective and a member of the WomenEd community.Emma is an advocate for balance in leadership and family life and speaks regularly on how part-time...2020-06-011h 09

Becoming EducatedBeing Your Teacher Self with Tom RogersTom Rogers is an experienced teacher and middle leader, having worked at schools in the UK for 9 years and internationally for 4 as a history teacher, head of history and latterly assistant headteacher. Tom’s passion is in making schools better places for teachers to work in. This passion has inspired him to write more than 100 blogs for the TES and share with the profession through his own twitter account; @rogershistory. Tom has also produced videos for his youtube channel, has his own podcast and more than 20,000 students use his online courses. In 2015, Tom set up the teachmeet network “teachmeet icons” which...2020-05-2552 min

Becoming EducatedDeveloping a Dynamic Learning Community with Dr Kulvarn AtwalDr Kulvarn Atwal is currently the Executive Headteacher of two large primary schools in London having spent his entire career teaching in East London schools. Dr Atwal specialises in teacher professional learning and his doctoral thesis highlighted the factors which impact upon teacher professional learning activities. He has applied his learning to enhance the learning experience for young people in his schools and he has written about them in his book ‘The Thinking School: Developing a dynamic learning community’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-05-1840 min

Becoming EducatedMaking Teaching Simple with Jo FacerJo Facer has worked in education since 2010. She is an English Teacher and has worked as a classroom teacher, head of department, assistant head and deputy head in five schools. She is currently the principal designate of Ark Soane Academy, a new school opening in Ealing in September 2020. Jo writes an excellent blog at readingallthebooks.com and has published a brilliant book ‘Simplicity Rules: How simplifying what we do in the classroom can benefit children”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-05-111h 00

Becoming EducatedBeing a Transformative Teacher with Hywel RobertsHywel Roberts has been a teacher for over twenty five years teaching secondary Drama and English in schools. Hywel is an expert in showing us how to bring learning to life which is evident in his brilliant book ‘Oops! Helping Children Learn Accidentally’ which we will explore in this podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-05-0455 min

Becoming EducatedResearch-Informed Practice with Jennifer LudgateJennifer Ludgate is the Head of English and Head of Research at The Mountbatten School, Organiser of the Teaching and Learning Takeover conference, which has provided free CPD for thousands of teachers and author of the Bloomsbury CPD book Research-Informed Practice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-04-2752 min

Becoming EducatedMaking it Better for Boys with Graham GouldenGraham Goulden is a former Chief Inspector and Policeman with over 30 years experience. A committed violence prevention trainer and an advocate of the bystander approach. Graham is determined to embed violence prevention programmes and recently has advocated for us to have more honest conversations with how we support our boys in society which he spoke passionately about at TEDxClackmannanshire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-04-201h 03

Becoming EducatedEducation Exposed with Sam StricklandFor this podcast I am joined by Sam Strickland aka the Strickomaster. Sam is a former History teacher who now works as the principal of the Duston School in Northampton. Sam has overseen his Schools GCSE results rise from the bottom 20% to the top 20% Nationally. Sam recently published the outstanding book Education Exposed - Leading a School in a Time of Uncertainty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-04-1341 min

Becoming EducatedStop Talking About Wellbeing with Kat HowardIn this episode of Becoming Educated I am joined by Kat Howard. Kat is a former senior leader at a leading high street bank who decided to switch career to teaching. Kat is now a senior leader in a school in Northamptonshire and the founder of LitDrive, an international not for profit organisation that supports English teachers. Amongst all this she is also a teacher of english and the author of the excellent ‘Stop Talking About Wellbeing: A Pragmatic Approach to Teacher Workload’ We discuss the many topics raised by the book and speak about isolation as a te...2020-04-0647 min

Becoming EducatedTeach Like Nobody's Watching with Mark EnserMark Enser has been a geography teacher for over a decade and is a head of department of Heathfield Community College. Mark writes regularly for the TES and contributes to the Guardian Teacher Network. Mark is also the author of Make Every Geography Lesson Count and Teach Like Nobody's Watching. Mark & I discuss his book Teach Like Nobody's Watching. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-03-3045 min

Becoming EducatedVisible Leadership with Drew PoveyDrew Povey is one of the UK’s most influential leadership authorities. He is a sought-after speaker on leadership, an innovative Leadership coach and author of two books ‘Educating Drew’ & ‘The Leadership Factor’. You may know him as the engaging Headteacher of Harrop Fold from Channel 4’s ‘Educating Greater Manchester’ Drew & I discuss the power of teams, why it is important to be visible as a leader and what we, in education, can learn from other sectors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-03-2343 min

Becoming EducatedBeing the Best For the Team with Gavin OattesGavin Oattes is a former primary school teacher, stand up comedian and is now one of the worlds most sought after keynote speakers. He is also the Managing Director of the Tree of Knowledge and and the co-author of Shine and Zest. His first solo new Life Will See You Now is out now and I would highly recommend that you grab a copy. Gavin & I discuss a wide range of topics including Mary Poppins, the New Zealand All Blacks and why we are what we think. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...2020-03-1646 min

Becoming EducatedBeing Brilliant in the Classroom with Andy CopeAndy Cope is a qualified teacher, best selling author, happiness expert and recovering academic. Andy is the UKs first ever Dr of Happiness after studying Positive Psychology for his PhD. We discuss Destination Addiction, Pronoia, the 4 minute rule and much much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-03-0237 min

Becoming EducatedRelearning to Teach with David FawcettDavid Fawcett has taught for oven ten years in English Secondary Schools. He is a speaker, trainer and organiser of multiple teaching conferences including the Teaching & Learning Takeover. His goal is to make teachers more aware of what might work in the classroom by bridging the gap between research and practice and he is also the author of the excellent ‘Relearning to Teach’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-02-2455 min

Becoming EducatedA Refreshing Narrative with David CameronDavid Cameron is a man who has done and seen it all in Scottish education. A former teacher until the early 90’s, he has been the Director of Children's Services for Stirling Council, Head of Education in East Lothian, an Area Manager for a large group of Schools in Fife, among many other roles. He is now a speaker, trainer, mentor, coach and adviser who has delivered at conferences as far afield as TEDx Buenos Aires. I met David at TedX Clackmannanshire where he spoke passionately about demanding clarity in Education to help teachers cut through the no...2020-02-1959 min

Becoming EducatedSlow Teaching with Jamie ThomJamie Thom is a full time English Teacher, host of the TES English Teaching Podcast and author of 'Slow Teaching: finding calm, clarity and impact in the classroom’. Jamie is also set to release his new book 'A Quiet Education: Challenging the extrovert ideal in our schools'. Jamie joins me to discuss 'Slow Teaching', teacher wellbeing and provides so insights into his upcoming book. Show notes can be found at https://becomingeducated.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-01-2035 min

Becoming EducatedEvery Teacher Needs to be a Leader with Stephanie PeatStephanie Peat is a Primary School Teacher who now works as a Lead Specialist of Professional Learning & Leadership at Education Scotland. We discuss what Teacher Leadership means to Stephanie and its importance for all teachers. We look in depth at the Teacher Leadership programme provided by Education Scotland and what participants of the programme can bring back to their classrooms and schools. Show notes available at https://becomingeducated.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-01-0634 min

Becoming EducatedOur Ability to Learn is Our Greatest Weapon with Bradley BuschBradley Busch is a Chartered Psychologist and a Director at InnerDrive. He co-authored 'The Science of Learning, 77 Studies Every Teacher Needs to Know'. Bradley and I discuss his recent TedX talk, the book and its content and also some of his work on the Guardian Teacher Network. Bradley shares his top 3 studies from the book and offers some practical strategies for helping our young people learn effectively. Show notes available at https://becomingeducated.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-01-0644 min

Becoming EducatedWhat Works in Education with Lee Elliot-MajorIn this podcast I am joined by the UK's first Professor in Social Mobility, co-creator of the EEF's Toolkit for Learning & Teaching and co-author of What Works? in Secondary Education, Dr Lee Elliot-Major. We discuss his career to date, social mobility and what schools can do to tackle this and his new book which he co-authored with Professor Steve Higgins What Works? Lee also shares his experiences to date and also his wishes for the future of Education. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-01-0638 min