Teachers Talk Radio

Off-Rolling: The Twilight Show with Nathan Gynn

Off-rolling is the practice of removing a pupil from the school roll without using a permanent exclusion, when the removal is primarily in the best interests of the school, rather than the best interests of the pupil. Nathan talks to Andrew McDonald, campaign director and founder of the Campaign Against Off-Rolling, off-rolled student turned activist looking to make this practice illegal. #offrolling #exclusion #behaviour #pastoral

Anthony Swann’s Teaching Journey: The Late Late Show with Jeff Pedley

Join Jeff as he to goes stateside to chat to Anthony Swann, Virginia State Teacher of the Year. Listen how Anthony’s challenging background was transformed by his fourth grade teacher. Years later, he became an inspirational teacher himself who had his efforts recognised by the White House.

Rethinking Education and Politics: The Late Late Show with Ed Finch & Toby P-C

Toby and Ed couldn't avoid the sign o the times and tentatively talked politics for a bit then dug into Toby's disrupted rhythm of term so far and busy weekends before spontaneously talking Harvest Festival.  After the news there was a lot more post Rethinking Education discussion with us ending over ten minutes late with a classic Billy Bragg protest song delicately sung and played by wonderful Ed.  

Headship, well-being and Classics teaching with Vicky Bingham, Headteacher of South Hampstead High School: The Monday morning break with Emma Williams

Emma and Vicky discuss becoming a Headteacher, the joys of the job, the pressures on young people in education and why Classics still struggles to thrive in the state sector.

Teaching Art, Music, Miscellaneous with Mikey Georgeson: The Sunday Late Show with Christopher Vowles

Christopher talks to singer-songwriter, artist and lecturer Mikey Georgeson @mistersolo of David Devant & His Spirit Wife about his journey from making art-rock records in the Brighton of the mid 1990s to teaching fine art foundation students in 21st century London. This show features tracks from Mikey's extensive discography.

Prevention and Postvention of suicide in education: The Twilight Show with Maud

The England and Wales male suicide rate of 16.9 deaths per 100,000 is the highest since 2000 and remains in line with the rate in 2018; for females, the rate was 5.3 deaths per 100,000, consistent with 2018 and the highest since 2004.
Despite having a low number of deaths overall, rates among the under 25s have generally increased in recent years, particularly 10- to 24-year-old females where the rate has increased significantly since 2012 to its highest level with 3.1 deaths per 100,000 females in 2019.
It is our duty as educators to prevent suicide and support those affected by it in our community. This podcast provides tools to deal with both prevention and postvention and equips listeners with an understanding of the specificities of this difficult issue.

Health, Nutrition, Fitness and Wellbeing: A TTR Special with Charlie Burley

Tom Rogers talks to Charlie Burley, the Teachers Health Coach, who provides an incredible array of advice for teachers looking to lose weight, get fit or live better. Over the course of 90 minutes, relax as Charlie talks through what to eat and what not to, how much sleep you need, how to change your mindset and not just your body and so much more. 
Join Charlie next month at the incredible re-writing wellbeing event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rewriting-wellbeing-the-health-wellbeing-event-for-educators-tickets-379003538787?aff=ebdsreoeymlcollection
Use the code TEACHER20 to get 20% off your ticket now!

Grammar for Teachers SOS: The Thursday Morning Break with Holly King-Mand

Join Holly for a friendly meander through teachers' most common grammar errors with tips for getting things right next time.
Holly is joined by proofreader and editor, Isobel Whent, as well as a hilarious call from a teacher about misspelt broccoli.

Saturday Education Conferences: The Late Late Show with Ed Finch & Toby P-C

A croaky voiced Ed and Toby discussed the Autumn Equinox, Oxford Education and the uncanny similarities between all its alma mater, Sea swimming, reading books and setting up a hippy commune on the Hartland peninsula in Devon.  Toby disseminated some of his highlights from the rethinking education conference on Saturday with much of the discussion centring on the reasons why some teachers like to fill their Saturdays with eduspeak and the primitive, oft unconstructive nature of Twitter 'discourse' after such events.

Is it possible to earn more in ELT? Debunking myths with a ’Rocket’: The Morning Break with Jane Ritter

This morning I had an inspirational conversation with Ola Kowalska about the ELT profession, her career and how she inspires Teachers to take control of their earnings. There were a few 'lightbulb' moments along the way.
Ola Kowalska is an English teacher - turned teacher trainer - turned language school manager - turned language school owner - turned business coach for teachers. She's helping language teachers wanting to work independently and to make better money than they ever would working for schools. She teaches them the basics of business and how to change their mindset for success. She shares her tips in her weekly podcast 'Get richer, teacher!', on Instagram at @ola_coaches_teachers and in her paid services: her 1:1 program, her membership 'Richer teachers' and her signature 12-week program 'The Rocket'.
 
www.olakowalska.com