Teachers Talk Radio

Join me, Famida Choudhary, on The Lunch Show in conversation with educational leader Jahida Janna as we explore how instructional coaching can move beyond evaluation to become a meaningful opportunity for teacher development.
Drawing on Jahida’s action research, we unpack the relationship between trust, teacher self-efficacy and sustained classroom improvement. What makes feedback genuinely developmental? How can coaches challenge teachers without undermining their confidence? And what role do school leaders play in creating cultures where educators feel safe to reflect, take risks and grow?
Through research, practical coaching conversations and honest reflections, we explore how supporting teachers can create lasting change in classrooms.
Because meaningful coaching is not just about improving teaching. It is about empowering teachers to believe in their capacity to grow.

"If you're excited about your subject, your students will be excited too." We're often held responsbile for whether or not our students care about their learning, but is that fair? In this show, Darren interrogates the literature on the relationship between teacher and student motivation.

Every teacher remembers the moment theory met the reality of 30 teenagers. This week on The Late Show with Sarah Wilkinson-Crute, a second-year ECT joins us for an honest look at behaviour, workload, and mentor support. Whether you're in Year 2 or Year 20, join the debate on how we could fix teacher training for good.

Lee is joined by Greg Bottrill to discuss the state of education. Greg has some very passionate and thoughtful views on education. Lee and Greg will be delving deep into the way power structures enter the classroom.

A high-achieving student in the US was suspended after refusing to throw away a coffee she brought into class. Her mother challenged the punishment and questioned whether the school had introduced its new food and drink policy legally. School leaders subsequently allowed the student to return to class with her drink and agreed to hold a properly publicised hearing. Was this a sensible parental challenge to an excessive punishment or another example of schools being prevented from enforcing basic expectations? This week on Points of View, the panel asks whether parents should support school rules even when they disagree with them, whether sanctions have become disproportionate, and why relatively minor incidents can now escalate into formal complaints and public campaigns. Have some parents come to expect a personalised response to every disagreement? Are schools communicating poorly and hiding behind rigid behaviour policies? And when parents, pupils and teachers cannot agree, who should have the final say? On the panel: Ollie Bayliss, JP, Liz Webb and Maud Waret.

Are bans working or are they just for show? Is there a way to make them work or are we fighting a losing battle? Carl and his guest, Assistant Principal, Abi Hibbins find out: Friday Morning Break Show with Carl Smith.

Yannick and Tony look back at the big educational stories from the summer, and reflect on their own opinions of them. They reveal their top 5 most controversial educational news stories. Will you agree with their picks? Tune in live or watch and listen back to find out!

Beejesh and special guest co-host Michael Wright explore the ideas around how well trusts represent the needs of the communities they serve and the input that the people who belong within them have to the operation and the outcomes.

In this second episode the of PSHE Update, PSHE Educator Clare Price considers how to teach about and challenge loneliness, ways to spot QR Code scams and positive steps forward in understanding about menstrual health. 
Articles referenced are:
Number of young people with no close friends has soared since 2014 in England | Young people | The Guardian
Rowley Regis schoolboys shining light on male mental health - BBC News
Les used a QR code to download a parking app - but it was a scam - BBC News
Friends Against Scams - Home
Gen Z women are teaching their mums about cycle syncing and periods - BBC News

In this episode, Konstantinos is joined by Dr Sercan Demiralay from Nottingham Trent University to explore how AI is reshaping higher education. They discuss teaching, assessment, student use of AI, employability, AI tutors and agents, and ask how universities can embrace innovation without losing sight of learning.