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Beyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow to thrive in the early years of your careerIn this episode, Colin talks to Kirsty Hair of the University of Strathclyde about her fantastic contribution to The Essentials in Learning to Teach by Jamie Thom and Colin McGill.Kirsty gives excellent answers to the following questions:What do you think are the biggest challenges facing early career teachers?In your contribution to Essentials in Learning to Teach you talk about resilience - can you tell us a bit more about why resilience is important?You've written about the importance of professional dialogue. Why is it important that early career teachers get involved in professional d...
2025-06-2637 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastBook release day: The Essentials in Learning to TeachToday is the publication of Colin and Jamie's new book 'The Essentials in learning to Teach'. The book is all about how you can thrive and succeed in your year of learning to teach. In this episode they discuss what motivated them to write the book, and begin to share some practical strategies from the ten essentials that the book is made up of. If you would like to order a copy of the book it is available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Essentials-Learning-Teach-Thriving-secondary/dp/1398387479.
2025-02-2826 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastCheat Codes for New TeachersIn this episode Colin McGill interviews Kirsten Colquhoun to explore some top tips for teachers at the start of their careers. Kirsten is an education consultant, author, and Pastoral Lead with nearly two decades of experience working in schools.The questions they explore in this interview are: What do you think are the biggest challenges facing early career teachers?What advice do you have for planning lessons?How can novice teachers manage their classroom environment?How should novice teachers be using the support mechanisms available to them in schools?How can n...
2025-02-2134 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastThe A-Z of Teacher Skills: Emotional IntelligenceThis ten minute talk explores the vital role that emotional intelligence has to being an effective teacher. It breaks down Daniel Goleman's five key components of Emotional Intelligence: self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, effective communication and motivation. Looking at practical ways to implement all of them in the classroom.
2024-11-1410 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastA mentoring masterclass: how to succeed as a mentor of new teachersThis week's episode explores how to be the best possible mentor of new teachers. The guest is the wonderful Rachel Alexander. Rachel is a former English teacher and author, who now runs the English PGDE at Moray House in Edinburgh University. In the episode, which should also be useful for new teachers who are working with a mentor for the first time, we explore: 1. What do you enjoy about mentoring new teachers?2. What do you feel are the qualities of a really good mentor? 3. For anyone who might be listening who is...
2024-11-1247 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastThe A-Z of teacher skills: DriveToday is the fourth episode in the A-Z of teacher skills series. This ten minute talk explores the importance of being driven as a teacher, and why your own ability to model drive and enthusiasm for young people is vital for success in the classroom. It also gives some practical tools to help you to motivate and encourage young people.
2024-11-0810 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can we support neurodivergent teachers to thrive in school?This week we have a vitally important topic that we hope all listeners will benefit from. Colin McGill interviews Lynn McCann and Catrina Lowri on how we can best support neurodivergent teachers to thrive in school. Lynn McCann is an Autism, ADHD and PDE Specialist teacher and author. She is the owner of Reach out ASC, which is a team of neurodivergent teachers working to support autistic, ADHD and PDE young people in schools. Catrina Lowri is the founder of Neuroteachers. She is a neurodivergent teacher who has over twenty years experience as a SENCO, sp...
2024-11-0639 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastThe A-Z of teacher Skills: CalmToday is the second episode in the A-Z of teacher skills and focusses on c: calm. It explores why being calm is such an important skill for teachers to try to sustain. It then goes on to give some practical tools for how you can remain calm in the work you do in your classroom and schools.
2024-10-3110 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow to make a good impression in a new school.The podcast returns this week after a bit of break. Colin and Jamie have been busy finishing off their new book 'The Essentials in Learning to Teach', which you can pre-order here and which will be out in February. This episode explores how you can make a really positive impression in schools. It breaks this down into how you can manage the stress of starting in a school, how you can build positive relationships with staff members, and how you can start to form really positive relationships with students. We hope you find it really us...
2024-10-3036 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat is training to be a teacher really like?Today's episode is fantastic conversation between Colin and Hayley Guy. Hayley just completed her PGDE (teacher-education/training) year in Scotland with us at Edinburgh Napier University. In this practical and helpful conversation Colin and Hayley discuss:What was the most important piece of learning during your PGDE?What advice do you have for managing the PGDE workload while raising a young family?What was the biggest challenges you faced during your PGDE and how did you overcome them?How has your PGDE year prepared you for being a probationer teacher?If you could go back in time to...
2024-09-0431 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastThe A-Z of Teacher Skills: BelongingToday is the second episode in the A-Z of teacher skills and focusses on b: belonging. It looks at why creating a culture of belonging is a vital teacher skill. It then goes on to give some practical strategies for how you can ensure young people feel they belong in your classroom.
2024-09-0410 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastThe A-Z of teacher skills: AssertivenessThis is the first in a new series, which explores the A-Z of teacher essential skills. Each short, ten minute episode will be recorded by Colin or Jamie, and give an overview of the particular skill that coincides with that letter in the alphabet. Today's episode is about assertiveness. It unpicks what exactly assertiveness means in the classroom, and how it needs to be balanced with respectfulness. It then gives some practical strategies on how you can be more assertive, looking at both non-verbal and verbal tips. We hope you find it useful in your pr...
2024-08-2810 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastNew startsWelcome back to Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast! Colin McGill, my wonderful new co-host and I, are delighted to welcome you to season three. This episode looks at new starts, exploring the following:1. What are some of the aims of the podcast in series 3?2. How can teachers make the best start to a new academic year? 3. What are some important routines to introduce at the start of the academic year? 4. What are some of the intentions you can set at the start of the year to support your well-being and work-life bal...
2024-08-2833 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastAn Online Teaching and Learning Masterclass for Charity.This talk gives a brief overview of an online event on Thursday May 23rd from 4 o'clock to 5 o'clock 'A Teaching and Learning Masterclass'. All the money raised from this event will go directly to charity. For just five pounds you can support the brilliant charity 'Health in Mind' and have an hour of practical guidance no how to improve your teaching from one of the UK's best authors, education consultants and Headteachers Bruce Robertson. You can see all of Bruce's brilliant books here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Bruce-Robertson/author/B0CK2MJ2RV?r...
2024-05-1706 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhy Does Learning Fail?This week's guest is Alex Quigley. Alex is a former English teacher and school leader, who now works for the Education charity Education Endowment Foundation. He has written many best selling books, including his latest 'Why Learning Fails'. Alex's website is: https://alexquigley.co.ukIn this episode we answer the question: why does learning fail? In answering that central question , Alex also answers:What inspired your new book Why Learning Fails?What role does 'patchy prior knowledge' have in learning and what can teachers do about it? What role does 'o...
2024-05-1348 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat feedback will really help my learners?Today's episode of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher podcast' is the monthly episode with Colin McGill. Colin is my colleague in the PGDE at Edinburgh Napier University, and is the programme leader. You can follow him on Twitter @colinmcgill.Today we are answering the question: what feedback will really help my learners? In answering that question we also answer:What is the purpose of feedback? What are some mistakes teachers make in giving feedback?What makes verbal feedback effective? What makes written feedback effective? How does whole class fee...
2024-05-0942 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat are some of the most common actions from lesson observations?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Adam Boxer. Adam is a Lead Practitioner, author of 'Teaching Secondary Science: A Complete Guide' and an educational consultant. He is also the director of Carousel Learning: https://www.carousel-learning.com. Adam's blog is https://achemicalorthodoxy.co.uk. In this episode we answer the central question: What are some of the most common actions from lesson observations? In answering that, we also explore: 1. What does education mean to you? 2. What inspired your series of blogs on most common actions from...
2024-04-2245 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers plan for better behaviour and learning?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Pete Foster. Pete leads secondary teacher development across a large multi-academy trust. He is also the author of a superb book called 'What do new teachers need to know?'. For his second interview on the podcast, Peter answers the central question:1. What does education mean to you? 2. What are some mistakes new teachers make in planning lessons? 3. What helps in planning for better behaviour? 4. What helps in planning for better learning? 5. What other t...
2024-04-1845 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talk: The benefits of working with a coachThis week I launched a new website: https://jamiethom.co.uk. This video introduces the coaching service I offer for teachers and leaders. It explores the benefits of coaching and why you might consider being coached by me. You can read more about the service, and read testimonials from individuals who have been coached by me here: https://jamiethom.co.uk/coaching/. Thank you for listening, please do get in touch via the website if you are interested in doing some coaching: https://jamiethom.co.uk/contact/.
2024-03-2808 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat is responsive teaching?Today's episode of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher podcast' is with Tom Sherrington. Tom is an former headteacher, author and educational consultant. He is the author of the WalkThru series. His blog has over ten million views: https://teacherhead.comIn this episode Tom answers the question: what is responsive teaching? In answering that central question, Tom also answers:1. What mindset will make teachers more responsive in the classroom? 2. What strategies help to ensure all young people are thinking in a classroom? 3. What helps to support young people in making me...
2024-03-2652 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat do new teachers need to know about teaching young people with additional needs?Today's episode of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher podcast' is with Mary Myatt. Mary has had thirty years in education and is now an education adviser, writer and speaker. Her latest book is with John Tomsett and called 'SEND Huh: Curriculum conversations with SEND leaders. In this episode Mary answers the question: What do new teachers need to know about teaching young people with additional needs?In answering that central question, Mary also answers:1. What was the purpose of your book SEND Huh: Curriculum conversations with SEND leaders? 2. What kind of mindset y...
2024-03-1845 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talk: How to cope (and thrive) in lesson observationsThis episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of being a new teacher. It is also available to watch on the new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondSurvivalTheNewTeac-rs8tpThis week's talk is on lesson observations. It gives strategies initially to cope with the unusual dynamic of being observed teaching, and then practical ways in which you can thrive while delivering a lesson observation. It also explores how you can make the most of lesson feedback. As always, please do pass this on to anyone else who...
2024-03-1315 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers make better use of their voices?Today's episode of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher podcast' is with Taylor Wilson. Taylor is a voice coach and public speaking expert, with over 25 years of experience in improving communication skills. This is the first interview that will also be shared on the new YouTube channel (Beyond Survival: The New Teacher), so you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrjyqcUwpxKP90k1hxPlFJgIn this episode we answer: how can new teachers make better use of their voices? 1. Why is the voice such an important tool for teachers? 2. What are some ty...
2024-03-1143 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talk: Five ways to improve questioningThis episode is one of the talks I am sharing on a new YouTube channel this week. The series is called ‘New Teacher Essentials.’ This episode looks at five ways to improve your questioning in the classroom: convey sincerity; leave thinking time; follow up; signal cold call; and open up the ways students can respond. The five videos that will be shared this week are on the following: confidence, questioning, behaviour, well-being and getting better. You can access them here: https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondSurvivalTheNewTeac-rs8tp. Moving forward, the podcasts will also be shared o...
2024-03-0615 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastNEW YouTube Channel Launch: Essentials for New Teacher CourseA very quick episode from me to explain the launch of an exciting new part to the podcast. This week I am launching a new YouTube channel to support new teachers. As part of this there will be five fifteen minute videos, one released every day this week. I’ve called the series ‘New Teacher Essentials.’ The aim is to provide a week’s worth of hopefuly useful and inspiring content for teachers in the first few years of their career. The five videos are: confidence, questioning, behaviour, well-being and getting better. You can access t...
2024-03-0404 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can we look after our own and each other's mental health?Today's episode of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher podcast' is with Rachel Alexander. Rachel is an English teacher, mentor of new teachers and author of a range of excellent books for English teachers. She also does a huge amount of positive work around mental health. In this interview we answer the central question: How can we look after our own and each other's mental health?In answering that central question we also explore: 1. What has helped you to look after your own mental health as a teacher? 2. What do you think is helpful...
2024-03-0445 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talk: How to succeed in an interview for a teaching position.This episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of being a new teacher. This week's talk is on interviews. It breaks down how to succeed in an interview for a teaching position by exploring three key areas: preparation, how to give a good impression on the day, and how to answer some common teaching interview questions. I hope you find it helpful and supportive in your classroom. If you are preparing for an interview, this episode should also be helpful: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-can-new-teachers-best-prepare-for-interviews/id1...
2024-02-2816 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat do new teachers need to know about memory?Today's episode of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher podcast' is with Jonathan Firth and Nasima Riazat. Jonathan is an author, teacher and researcher focused on the psychology of education. Nasima is an author, lecturer and school leader. They are also the authors of an excellent new book 'What Teachers Need to Know about Memory'. In this episode we answer: what do new teachers need to know about memory? I also ask Jonathan and Nasima: 1. What is memory?2. What is the difference between long term and working memory? Why is this important in the class...
2024-02-2644 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talk: What will really motivate my students?This episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom.This week's talk is on motivation in the classroom. It explores some of the motivation traps that we often fall into as teachers, before going on to outline some practical strategies teachers can take to motivate their students. I hope you find it helpful and supportive in your classroom. Any feedback on how to improve these talks, or areas you would like me to explore, is always m...
2024-02-2115 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat can student teachers do to make a positive start with a new class?Today's episode of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher podcast' is the monthly episode with Colin McGill. Colin is my colleague in the PGDE at Edinburgh Napier University, and is the programme leader. You can follow him on Twitter @colinmcgill.This episode will be most useful for those who are in their first year of learning to be a teacher, and those who mentor student-teachers. It answers the central question: what can student teachers do to make a positive start with a new class? In answering that central question we also explore:What are s...
2024-02-1940 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talk: Self-Compassion for TeachersThis episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom.This week's talk is on self-compassion for teachers. It explores what compassion is, what some of the misconceptions about self-compassion are and some practical steps for helping teachers to apply self-compassion to themselves. This includes: challenging the internal narrator, understanding the role of mistakes, the importance of boundaries and looking at how you can communicate with yourself moving forward.I hope you find it helpful and supportive i...
2024-02-0715 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers manage challenging behaviour?Today's episode of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher podcast' is with Adele Bates. Adele was a teacher for over twenty years working in a range of different contexts. She now works with school leaders and staff to helps pupils with behavioural needs thrive in the classroom. She is the author of the brilliant book 'Miss I don't give a Sh*t', Engaging with Challenging Behaviour in Schools.' You can read more about her on her website: https://adelebateseducation.co.uk. In this episode we answer: how can new teachers manage challenging behaviour? I also as...
2024-02-0546 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastLesson observation field notes: assertiveness in the classroom.This episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom.I am very fortunate to be spending the next three weeks observing the wonderful Edinburgh Napier English PGDE students teaching. The talks over the next three weeks will be some key learnings from these observations. This talk focusses on the importance of assertiveness in the classroom. It looks at why it is important, how to demonstrate assertiveness, and how to build more assertiveness in your management of b...
2023-12-0116 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow to succeed in a lesson observation.Today's episode of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher podcast' is the monthly episode with Colin McGill. Colin is my colleague in the PGDE at Edinburgh Napier University, and is the programme leader. You can follow him on Twitter @colinmcgill.This episode explores how to succeed in a lesson observation. The conversation explores the three parts of being observed: what to do in preparation, what to do during the observation and what you can do after the observation. We also answer the following questions: 1. What was the worst observation you had as a teacher? 2. What he...
2023-11-2941 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastLesson observation field notes: managing off-task conversationsThis episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom.I am very fortunate to be spending the next three weeks observing the wonderful Edinburgh Napier English PGDE students teaching. The talks over the next three weeks will be some key learnings from these observations. This talk focusses on something I am also working on in my own teaching: how to manage and prevent off-task chatter and conversations. It explores three key ways: establishing classroom norms, creating a clarity...
2023-11-2415 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can teachers create psychological safety in their classrooms?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Sarah Philip, back for her second appearance on the show. Sarah is a psychologist, coach and host of the Curious Conversations podcast. She also does a huge amount of work supporting schools and teachers. In this interview Sarah answers the central question: how can new teachers create psychological safety in their classrooms? In answering that central question, we also explore the following:1. How would you define psychological safety and why is it important? 2. How can teachers create a cultur...
2023-11-2243 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talk: Challenging negative self-talkThis episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom.This talk is an extract from my book 'Teacher Resilience: Managing stress and anxiety to thrive in the classroom', which came out three years ago this week. The chapter is called 'Self-Talk' and the extract focusses on how to work against negative internal talk. It gives a range of practical strategies to apply. I hope you find it helpful and supportive in your classroom. Any feedback on h...
2023-11-0917 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers make good use of technology in their teaching?Today's episode of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher podcast' is with Andy Mclaughlin. Andy is a former senior leader and digital development officer, who now runs the History PGDE at Aberdeen University. This episode explores technology in teaching, answering the question: how can new teachers make good use of technology in their teaching? In doing so, we explore the following questions:1. What are some of the main reasons new teachers should engage with technology? 2. Are there are things new teachers should be reflective about if they do decide to experiment with technology?3. W...
2023-11-0844 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: The Circle of InfluenceThis episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom.This talk explores the concept of the circle of influence. Based on habit one from Stephen Covey's book 'The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People', it looks at what is in a teacher's circle of influence in terms of looking after our well-being and building positive relationships. I hope you find it helpful and supportive in your classroom. Any feedback on how to improve these talks, or a...
2023-11-0215 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastChallenging perfectionism: good is good enoughToday's episode of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher podcast' is the monthly episode with Colin McGill. Colin is my colleague in the PGDE at Edinburgh Napier University, and is the programme leader. You can follow him on Twitter @colinmcgill. This episode explores perfectionism in teaching, and how the teachers at the start of their careers can practically apply the philosophy 'good is good enough'. In doing so, we explore the following questions: 1. How would you define perfectionism?2. What do you think leads to perfectionism at the start of teacher's careers? 3. What are...
2023-11-0141 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow do teachers know if they are in a toxic school and what can they do about it?Ten years ago, today's guest and I worked in a school that was undoubtedly toxic. I was an assistant headteacher, and Elizabeth Bowey was an NQT (known as an ECT or probationer now). In this very personal episode, we explore what made this school a toxic environment to work in. Elizabeth shares what teachers can do if they find themselves in a toxic environment and also answers the following questions: 1. What does education mean to you? 2. What is your own experience of toxicity in schools? 3. How would listeners know if they are in a to...
2023-09-2845 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers thrive as part of a team?This month's education book of the month is Sam Chrome's brilliant 'The Power Of Teams'. The Power of Teams explores evidence from across sectors, including education, to find out what high-performing teams share, and how we can adapt the most effective teamwork strategies to the unique environment of a school. Sam Chrome, who is also a director of education, coach and deputy headteacher, answers the central question: How can new teachers thrive as part of a team? In answering that central question, Sam also answers: 1. What motivated you to write about team...
2023-09-2246 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: Behaviour Traps and TipsThis episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom.This talk explores some of the traps we fall into when we manage behaviour, and how to be self-aware of them. It then goes on to look at some key tips including: knowing your audience, positive to negative ratio and the notion of choices. I hope you find it helpful and supportive in your classroom. Any feedback on how to improve these talks, or areas you would l...
2023-09-2015 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers thrive in their first year in a school?Today's episode of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher podcast' is with Sophie Green. Sophie has just finished a very successful probationer year, her first year of teaching in Scotland. In this episode she answers the question: how can new teachers thrive in their first year in a school? In answering that central question, she also answers:1. What were the main differences from your PGDE to your first year in a school?2. What helped you to manage behaviour and build positive relationships in your own classroom?3. What helped you feel part of the wider school...
2023-09-2040 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers form positive relationships in the classroom?Today's episode of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher podcast' is the monthly episode with Colin McGill. Colin is my colleague in the PGDE at Edinburgh Napier University, and is the programme leader. You can follow him on Twitter @colinmcgill. This episode explore how new teachers can build positive relationships. Colin answers the following questions:1. What are some of the common mistakes new teachers make with forming relationships? 2. How can a teacher's lesson content help in building positive relationships in a class? 3. How can a teacher's communication help in building positive relationships?
2023-09-1342 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: The power of curiosity in teachingThis episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom.This talk explores the power of curiosity in teaching. It explores practical strategies for how you can build more curiosity into your lessons and how you can take a curiosity mindset into your improvement as a teacher. It also gives an overview at the end of the talk of 'The Curious Teacher' conference that we are hosting at Edinburgh Napier University on Saturday the 30th of September...
2023-09-1015 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow to thrive as a student-teacherThe guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Shannon Docherty. Shannon completed her PGDE (post graduate diploma in education) last year. This is the teacher-training year in Scotland.In this interview she shares some brilliant tips on how you can thrive and succeed in this challenging year learning to be a teacher.She answers the following questions:1. What do you enjoy most about your PGDE?2. What did you find most challenging? 3. What tips would you give to someone about to start their PGDE in August/Se...
2023-09-0639 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: The power of names and how to learn them.This episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom.This talk explores the importance of names for young people, and how we can aim to create a classroom that is 'name rich' and building positive relationships. It also gives some practical tools for how we can learn names. I hope you find it helpful and supportive in your classroom. Any feedback on how to improve these talks, or areas you would like me to explore, is a...
2023-09-0315 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow should newer teachers manage behaviour at the start of the year?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Sam Strickland. Sam is a headteacher, behavioural specialist and author of a range of brilliant books on education. His latest book is the excellent 'They Don't Behave for Me: Fifty classroom scenarios to support teachers'. You can follow Sam on Twitter @strickomaster.In this interview, Sam answers the central question: How should newer teachers manage behaviour at the start of the year?In answering this central question, we also explore the following:1. What are some mistakes new tea...
2023-08-3044 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTakeaways from Sam Strickland's book ‘They Don’t Behave for Me’This episode is the first of the new monthly education book of the month series. Each month I pick one education book that I feel listeners would really benefit from, and give some takeaways for listeners to implement. In this fifteen minute talk, I give some key takeaways from Sam Strickland's excellent ‘They Don’t Behave for Me’ 50 classroom behaviour scenarios to support secondary phase teachers.' I explore three of the scenarios that Sam writes about in the book, summarising some of Sam's ideas about what you can do to improve the situation: 1. Ho...
2023-08-2716 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat 'Teach Like a Champion' techniques should teachers prioritise?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Doug Lemov. Doug is an American educator and author. He is currently Managing Director of Uncommon Schools, a non-profit charter management organisation that manages 42 charter schools across New York, New Jersey and Boston. He is the author of a range of books, including 'Teach like a Champion' which has had a significant impact in the quality of teaching across the world. The latest version, 'Teach like a Champion 3.0' is out now. You can follow Doug on Twitter @Doug_lemov. In thi...
2023-08-2344 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: The first lesson with a new classWelcome to season two of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher Podcast!' This episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom.This talk explores how we can make a really positive first impression with a new class. It explores how we can prepare and manage any nerves we might be experiencing, student behaviour, and the kind of content that might help to enthuse and inspire a new class. I hope you find it helpful an...
2023-08-2115 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: Takeaways from Season OneThis episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom.In this final episode of season one, I explore some of the key themes and messages from the 48 episodes that have made up season one. I break that down into three key themes about teachings, and three key themes about well-being. If you have time I would be hugely grateful if you would take five minutes to fill out some reflections on the first series of this...
2023-05-1116 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat can new teachers do to find balance in their work?The guest on the final interview episode of the first series of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Sarah Philip. Sarah is a psychologist, coach and host of the Curious Conversations podcast. She also does a huge amount of work supporting schools and teachers. In this interview Sarah answers the central question: How can new teachers find balance in their work? In answering that central question, we also explore the following:1. What do you think makes it challenging for teachers to switch off? 2. Why is balance so important for new teachers?3. What do...
2023-05-1045 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastA Masterclass on ExplanationsToday's episode of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher podcast' is the monthly masterclass with Colin McGill. Colin is my colleague in the PGDE at Edinburgh Napier University, and is the programme leader. This episode is a masterclass in explanations. Colin answers the following questions:1. In your work with new teachers, what mistakes are often made when delivering explanations? 2. What is the curse of knowledge and how does it impact explanations? 3. How can new teachers simplify explanations and avoid overloading students? 4. What helps to make explanations more memorable?5. Any other tips for impro...
2023-05-0343 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: How to manage challenging classroom behaviour online trainingThis episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom.Today I am using this episode to talk about an online behaviour management training fundraising event I am running. This month a group of staff and students from Edinburgh Napier University are running various distances at the Edinburgh Marathon to raise money for Health in Mind. The online training is on Thursday 18th of May, which Sam Strickland, from 4 o'clock until 5 o'clock. It will explore how we can use...
2023-05-0108 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat can new teachers do to support their resilience and optimism levels?I am away next week, so today is a bonus interview episode. The guest on today's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Dr Emma Kell. Emma is the founder and director of Those Who Can. She is a teacher, coach and wellbeing expert. She is also the author of a range of excellent education books, including 'How to Survive in Teaching.' In this interview, Emma answers the central question: What can new teachers do to support their resilience and optimism levels? In answering that central question we also explore the following:...
2023-04-1947 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat do new teachers need to know about cognitive science?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Peter Foster. Peter leads secondary teacher development across a large multi-academy trust. He is also the author of a superb new book called 'What do new teachers need to know?', which is out on Wednesday 19th of April. In this interview, Peter answers the central question: What do new teachers need to know about cognitive science. In answering that central question we also explore the following: 1. What does the evidence say about what learning is and what impact shou...
2023-04-1745 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: An autistic student's perspective.This episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom.This talk is a departure for the usual format. In it, I share a piece of writing from a former student of mine. It is anonymous and shared with permission, and is entitled: 'My experience of school undiagnosed with ASD'. It provides an honest and brave account of her experiences in the classroom. I hope you find it helpful and supportive in your classroom. Any fe...
2023-04-0615 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can teachers best support autistic students?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Karen Watson. Karen Watson is an Additional Support Needs (ASN) educator, inclusion champion and teacher. She is also the author of the excellent book 'Good Autism Practice for Teachers'. In this interview, Karen answers the central question: how can teachers best support autistic students? In answering that central question we explore the following questions:1. How would you define autism for listeners? 2. What mistakes do you think teachers often make it supporting autistic students?3.What role does language have...
2023-04-0450 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers power up their pedagogy?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Bruce Robertson. Bruce is a headteacher, consultant and author of the excellent 'Teaching Delusion' trilogy. His new book 'Power up your Pedagogy,' is a brilliant visual guide to how to develop your teaching. In this interview, Bruce answers the central question: how can new teachers power up their pedagogy? In answering that central question we explore two main themes: how to improve the management of behaviour and attitudes in your class, and how to improve how you present new information.
2023-03-2945 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: Part one of powerful explanationsThis episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom.This talk explores what we can do to improve the quality of explanations in our classrooms. It explores why delivering powerful explanations is such a nuanced skill, before going on to look at three areas to focus on to improve how you deliver explanations:1. The physicality of how you communicate2. The confidence you have in your subject knowledge3. Your understanding of the curse of knowledge.
2023-03-2716 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can teachers be more aware of their unconscious bias in the classroom?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Dr Heather Earnshaw. Heather is my wonderful colleague at Edinburgh Napier University, where she leads the Physics PGDE. She also has a huge amount of experience in working with schools and organisations in tacking inequalities, and lead Education Scotland's Improving Gender Balance and Equalities programme.In today's episode we answer the question: How can teachers be more aware of their unconscious bias in the classroom? In answering that central question, we also explore the following:1. What is unconscious bias? 2. How ca...
2023-03-2244 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: How to improve the quality of listening in your classroomThis episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom.This talk explores what we can do to improve the quality of listening in classrooms. It explores why it is important that we focus on listening skills, before looking at ways in which we can develop it. That improvement of listening is broken down into two parts: how we role model curiosity and effective listening, and how we proactively teach our students to listen intently. My book...
2023-03-2015 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastA Focus on BehaviourToday's episode of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher podcast' is a new monthly themed episode with Colin McGill. Colin is my colleague in the PGDE at Edinburgh Napier University, and is the programme leader. Each month Colin will be answering listeners' questions on a particular theme. This episode focusses on behaviour. Colin answers the following questions:1. What was the most challenging class you taught and what did you do? 2. What can you do to manage the behaviour of a very chatty class? 3. How can you manage the behaviour of a v...
2023-03-1645 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: How to become more resilient.This episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom. This talk explores resilience and how we can train ourselves to develop a resilient mindset. After exploring what resilience is, and how it manifests in teachers, the talk goes on to explore four ways we can learn how to take a resilient mindset forward in the work we do in education. My book 'Teacher Resilience: Managing stress and anxiety to thrive in the classroom', explores the ideas in...
2023-03-1315 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talk: The benefits of being coachedThis week I have started studying for a diploma in coaching to qualify as an International Coach Federation registered professional coach. I'm looking for individuals who might be interested in doing some coaching with me, all for free. This will be hopefully supportive and useful for the potential coach, and help me to develop my coaching skills. This brief ten minute episode gives an overview of the following: What is my previous coaching experience?Why can being coached be such a powerful and useful experience?What are some potential areas you could use co...
2023-03-1010 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhy is the diary the secret to teacher well-being and improved reflection?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Dr Lucy Kelly. Lucy is an Associate Professor of Education at Bristol University and runs their English PGDE. She is also the author of a wonderful new book 'Reimagining the Diary: Reflective practice as a positive tool for educator wellbeing'. You can follow Lucy on Twitter at @drlucykelly. In today's episode we answer the question: Why is the diary the secret to teacher well-being and improved reflection? In answering that central question, we also explore the following:1. When did your interest in the d...
2023-03-0945 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: Effective revision strategiesThis episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom. This talk explores effective revision strategies that you can share with your students as we approach examinations. The first part of the talk looks at some of the revision traps that young people fall into, that don't support them with effective retention of knowledge. The second part looks at some practical, evidence-based strategies that will help them to make the most of their revision time and prepare well for t...
2023-03-0615 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers best prepare for interviews?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Andrew Taylor. Andrew worked in schools for 16 years as a class teacher and senior leader. He now works for the University of Worcester, supporting trainee teachers and helping to improve the provision for ECTs. You can follow Andrew’s popular ECT Twitter account @MrTs_NQTs for advice, support and daily tips for new teachers. His excellent new book is called 'You Got This: Thriving as an Early Career Teacher with Mr T'. In today's episode we answer the question: how can new teachers best pre...
2023-03-0143 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: How to manage behaviour at the start of a lesson.This episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom. This talk explores how to manage behaviour at the start of a lesson. It gives some advice on what you can do before the lesson starts in order to secure the conditions for positive behaviour, followed by what you can then do once the students have arrived at the lesson. It also gives some phrases and tools you can use if there is misbehaviour as students enter the lesson a...
2023-02-2715 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: On my new book 'Talking to Teenagers'.Today's episode is a bonus Teacher Talk. My new book 'Talking To Teenagers: A Guide to Skilful Classroom Communication' is out today (24th February). In this talk, I give a fifteen minute overview of the purpose and motivation for writing 'Talking to Teenagers', and an introduction to the five communication principles that are the basis of the book:1. Understand the complexity of the teenage audience2. Master the non-verbal3. Script and teach behaviour 4. LEAP in classroom discussion. 5. Drive motivation, build habits. I hope you enjoy the episode! If you are inte...
2023-02-2315 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat does evidence informed teaching look like?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Jade Pearce. Jade is a former senior leader who is now Director of Programmes at GAT Institute. She is also the author of the excellent book 'What Every Teacher Needs to Know'. You can follow Jade on Twitter @PearceMrs.Today we will be answering the question: what does evidence-informed teaching look like? In exploring that central question, we also answer the following:1. What does evidence informed explicit instruction look like? 2. What does evidence informed questioning look like? 3. What does eviden...
2023-02-2146 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: Effective Questioning StrategiesThis episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom. This talk is part two of a focus on questioning. Last week's talk focussed on five questioning traps, this week looks at five effective questioning strategies. 1. Validate participation2. Wait time 3. Sensitive Cold Call 4. Encourage mass participation 5. Probing I hope you find it helpful and supportive in your classroom. Any feedback on how to improve these talks, or areas you would like me to...
2023-02-2016 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: Questioning Traps to AvoidThis episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom. This talk explores the value of questioning and some of the common classroom questioning traps to avoid. It explores five potential questioning pitfalls:1. Guess what is in the head2. Closed questions dominating3. Not leaving sufficient thinking time4. Checking for understanding through 'any questions?'5. Acceptance and over-praise. I hope you find it helpful and supportive in your classroom. Any feedback on how to...
2023-02-1315 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat do new teachers need to know about cognitive load theory?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Fiona Leadbeter. Fiona is a Principle Teacher of Expressive Arts in Scotland and runs the excellent teaching and learning blog 'The Perfectly Imperfect Educator at https://fleadbeater.wordpress.com. Today we will be answering the question: what do new teachers need to know about cognitive load theory? In exploring that central question, we also answer the following:1. What is cognitive load theory and where did it come from? 2. What are some of the misunderstandings about cognitive load theory? 3...
2023-02-1344 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat routines should new teachers use in their lessons?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Ben Karlin. Ben is a former English teacher and senior leader, who now works at Ambition Institute, where he designs programmes to support teachers and school leaders to keep getting better. He is also the co-author of 'The Teaching and Learning Playbook', which has over 100 techniques for teachers to improve their practice. Today we will be answering the question: what routines should new teachers use in their lessons? In exploring that central question, we also answer the following:1. Why do you thin...
2023-02-0848 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: How to Teach Quiet Students.This episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom. This talk explores how to best teach and support quieter students. It explores three key areas:1. Noticing and building relationships 2. Scaffolding verbal contributions 3. Celebrating quiet strengths. I hope you find it helpful and supportive in your classroom. My book, 'A Quiet Education, which I mention in the talk, is available here. Any feedback on how to improve these talks, or areas you would...
2023-02-0615 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat will help boys to succeed in school?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Mark Roberts. Mark is an English teacher and Director of Research in a school in Northern Ireland. He is also the author of a range of brilliant books on education. His latest book is the excellent 'The Boy Question: How to Teach Boys to Succeed in School'. You can follow Mark on Twitter at @mr_englishteach. Today we will be answering the question: what will help boys to succeed in school? In exploring that central question, we also answer the following:1. What are...
2023-02-0142 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: The Benefits of Becoming a Slow TeacherThis episode is this week's 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom. This talk explores the benefits of becoming a slow teacher. It looks at three benefits of applying a slower approach to teaching:1. Improving perspective and planning 2. Improving teacher presence and explanations 3. Enabling real teacher improvement I hope you find it helpful and supportive in your classroom. My book, 'Slow Teaching', which I mention in the talk, is available here. Any feedback on how to...
2023-01-3015 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat are five top teaching tips for new teachers?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Craig Barton. Craig hosts the brilliant podcast 'Tips for Teachers', which you can find at https://tipsforteachers.co.uk. He is the author of three excellent books on teaching, including 'Tips for Teachers' which has just come out this month and has over four hundred tips for teachers. You can follow Craig on Twitter at @mrbartonmaths. In this interview, Craig picks out five tips from his book and interviews with teachers that he feels are most essential for new teachers. In short, the fiv...
2023-01-2551 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastTeacher Talks: Language to Influence Classroom Behaviour.This episode is the first of a weekly 'Teacher Talk': a fifteen minute talk that explores an important aspect of classroom practice, with practical strategies for implementing it in your classroom. This talk explores the language choices we can make as teachers to influence classroom behaviour. It explores three key areas:1. Civility and manners 2. Naming specific behaviours 3. Depersonalising behaviour feedback. I hope you find it helpful and supportive in securing positive behaviour in your classroom.
2023-01-2315 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhy choose a career in teaching?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is my brilliant colleague at Napier University, Colin McGill - back for his second appearance. After a successful career as a Chemistry Teacher and Curriculum Leader, Colin is now the PGDE programme leader for Teacher Education at Napier University. You can follow Colin on Twitter @colinmcgill In this interview, Colin answers the central question: Why chose a career in teaching?In answering that central question, we also explore the following in the interview:What made you go into tea...
2023-01-1835 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat will help new teachers to improve their teaching?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Kat Howard. Kat is a former senior leader, who is now the director for a large Multi-Academy Trust Teaching School Hub. She is also the author of 'Stop Talking About Wellbeing: a Pragmatic Approach to Teacher Workload' and co-author of 'Symbiosis: the Curriculum and the Classroom.' In this interview, Kat answers the central question: What will help new teachers to improve their teaching?In answering that central question, we also explore the following in the interview:1. Teac...
2022-12-0543 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers set boundaries and find a work-life balance?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Emma Turner. Emma is a former Primary school teacher and headteacher, who now is the CPD lead for the Discovery Trust. She is also the author of four brilliant education books, that cover a range of topics from curriculum to flexible working. You can follow her on Twitter @Emma_Turner75. In this interview, Emma answers the central question: How can new teachers set boundaries and find a work-life balance? In answering that central question, we also explore the following in...
2022-11-2742 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat teaching skills should student teachers priortise?This week's episode is the monthly live coaching episode. This involves a teacher at the start of their career coming on the podcast to explore an issue or question they have. This week's episode is with Anna Green. Anna is doing her PGDE (teacher education year) and wanted to explore how she can continue to develop her teaching, and what aspects of her teaching skills she should priortise. I hope you find the episode useful. As always, any feedback is gratefully received, and I would love to hear from you if you would like to be...
2022-11-2044 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat can new teachers do to support their wellbeing in the build up to Christmas?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is with Dr Hazel Harrison. Hazel is a Clinical Psychologist and founder of Think Avellana. She does a huge amount of work supporting schools across the UK, alongside working with a diverse range of clients from the BBC to the Premier League. You can follow her on Twitter at @thinkavellana. In this interview, Hazel answers the central question: What can new teachers do to support their wellbeing in the build up to Christmas? In answering this central question, we also exp...
2022-11-1443 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat can new teachers do when behaviour starts to slip in their lessons?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Sam Strickland. Sam is a headteacher, behavioural specialist and author of three brilliant books on education. His latest book is 'The Behaviour Manual'. You can follow Sam on Twitter @strickomaster. In this interview, Sam answers the central question: What can new teachers do when behaviour starts to slip in their lessons?In answering this central question, we also explore the following:What general actions or routines might a new teacher introduce to manage behaviour standards? Scenario 1: the class as...
2022-11-0949 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers improve their differentiation in the classroom?The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Bruce Robertson. Bruce is a headteacher, consultant and author of the excellent 'Teaching Delusion' trilogy. In this interview, Bruce answers the central question:How can new teachers improve their differentiation in the classroom?In answering this central question, we also explore the following:1. What is the purpose of differentiation in the classroom?2. From your observations of new teachers, where do they tend to make mistakes with differentiation? 3. What are the differentiation techniques you fee...
2022-10-3145 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat do new teachers need to know about teenagers?This week's guest on 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher Podcast' is Dr John Coleman. John Coleman is a psychologist with a long-standing interest in adolescence. He has written a number of books on the teenage years, and has an international reputation for his work on adolescence. In 2001 he was awarded the OBE by the Queen for his work on youth. His latest book is 'The Teacher and the Teenage Brain'. In this interview, John answers the central question: What do new teachers need to know about teenagers? In answering this central question, we also explore...
2022-10-2447 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can student teachers succeed in their first teaching placements?This special bonus episode is for student teachers who are about to go on their first teaching placement. The guest is my brilliant colleague at Napier University in Edinburgh, Colin McGill. After a successful career as a Chemistry Teacher and Curriculum Leader, Colin is now the PGDE programme leader for Teacher Education at Napier University. You can follow Colin on Twitter @colinmcgill In this episode we answer the question: How can student teachers succeed in their first teaching placements? In exploring that central question we also explore:1. What are some of the mistakes student teachers ofte...
2022-10-1243 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers simplify their teaching for impact?The guest on this week's show is Aidan Severs. Aidan is a former primary school teacher and senior leader, who now runs a very successful consultancy business that provides support for schools across the UK. In this episode we explore the question: How can new teachers simplify their teaching for impact? In answering that central question we also explore:1. How do teachers often over-complicate teaching? 2. What steps can new teachers take in planning to streamline lessons? 3. What can new teachers aim to simplify during the lesson itself? 4. How might this simplify philosophy appl...
2022-10-1041 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers develop confidence in a new school?This week's episode is the first of a monthly new teacher voice episode. This involves a new teacher coming on to the podcast for a coaching conversation about a particular issue they are facing in their careers. Rosa Albashir is the guest on this episode. She asks the question: How can I develop confidence in a new school setting? In exploring this topic, we discuss how: new teachers can be honest and vulnerable with their mentors; how to orchestrate assimilating themselves in new school contexts; how to build positive relationships with other staff members; and how...
2022-10-0344 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers overcome imposter syndrome?This week Rachel Ball is the guest on the podcast. Rachel is an Assistant headteacher in charge of Teaching and Learning. She also writes an excellent blog at https://theeducationalimposters.wordpress.com. In this episode we explore the question: how can new teachers overcome impostor syndrome? In answering that central question we also explore:1. What is impostor syndrome and what impact can it have?2. What strategies might new teachers employ to tackle that negative inner narrative? 3. What role does CPD and learning play in helping you develop inner confidence? 4. What role does a me...
2022-09-2644 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastWhat are the well-being essentials for teachers in their first five years?This week Adrian Bethune is the guest on the podcast. Adrian is a primary teacher, author of ‘Well Being in the Primary Classroom’, co-author of ‘Teacher Wellbeing and Self Care’ with Emma Kell and founder of Teach Happy. In this episode we explore the question: what are the wellbeing essentials for teachers in the first five years of their careers? In answering that question we also explore: 1. Why do you think well-being should be a priority for teachers at the start of their career? 2. How can new teachers maintain a sense of perspecti...
2022-09-1943 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers improve their questioning skills in the classroom?This week Tom Sherrington is the guest on the podcast. Tom is a former headteacher with an extensive influence and reach in education. He is the author of a number of brilliant education books, including the excellent 'WalkThru' series. He is now an educational consultant, running training in schools across the UK. In this episode we explore the question: how can new teachers improve their questioning skills in the classroom? In answering that central question we also explore:1. What is the purpose of questioning in the classroom?2. From your observations of teachers, where do th...
2022-09-1241 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers stay positive throughout the year?This week's guest is Professor Christian Van Nieuwerburgh. Christian is a leading academic in the field of coaching and positive psychology. He is a passionate about the application of coaching and positive psychology in education, and is the global director of Growth Coaching International. In this episode we answer the question: How can new teachers stay positive throughout the year? To answer this central question we explore the following:1. What do you know now that you wish you had known at the start of your career? 2. Can you give listeners a brief overview of wh...
2022-09-0542 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers appear confident in the classroom?This week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher podcast' is with Cath Baxter. Cath is a professional Voice Coach and Public Speaking expert. She is one of the leading Voice Coaches in the UK with 20 years experience.Cath is answering the question: How can new teachers appear confident in the classroom? In our conversation we also explore the following:1. What can new teachers do to help with feelings of anxiety and nervousness? 2. How can new teachers use their body language for maximum impact? 3. How can new teachers use their voice to...
2022-08-2143 minBeyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers work best with their mentors?This week's guest is Haili Hughes, who will be answering the question: how can new teachers work best with their mentors? Haili is Head of Education at IRIS Connect and Senior Lecturer and Teacher Development Mentor Lead at the University of Sunderland. She is also a former English teacher, Head of Department and Senior Leader who has mentored new teachers and ITT students for over fifteen years. She has written a range of excellent books, including 'Mentoring in Schools'. In this episode we also explore the following questions: Why is a new teachers relationship with a m...
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Beyond Survival: The New Teacher PodcastHow can new teachers establish good behaviour at the start of the year?The first episode of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher Podcast' is a brilliant conversation about behaviour with Tom Bennett. Tom is the UK government's advisor on school behaviour, and author of a range of excellent books. His most recent is the superb 'Running the Room'. This week Tom answers the central question: How can new teachers establish good behaviour at the start of the year? To answer this, Tom talks about the following:1. The causes of misbehaviour in classrooms. 2. The mistakes new teachers often make. 3. The planning for positive behaviour new teac...
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