Teachers Talk Radio

The Breakfast Show with Tabitha McIntosh 21-03-22: Banned from Teaching

Tabitha interviews a teacher who has been banned from teaching for 2 years. "Many people in education claim to have been cancelled for free speech, but my guest on @TTRadio2022 this week is a teacher who actually fits that bill. In 2021, @provokedpedago1 was banned from teaching for two years for writing an anonymised blog about his school" #TTRadio

The Sunday Lunch Show with Kalil Rouse 20-03-22: Pastoral CPD Clinic 8

In today's show, Kalil returns with another instalment of the Pastoral CPD Clinic. Today, he is joined by Jake Mclellan to discuss different whole school behaviour systems and what is (or isn't) effective when dealing with low/mid-level disruption. Both gentlemen shed light on their own schools' approaches as well as analysing a more controversial binary system called "Ready to learn".
 
As always, connect with Kalil on twitter @Kalil_R91 and use #PastoralCPD to send in suggestions of topics for future shows.

The Late Show with Tom Starkey 20-03-22: Assistive Technology

Tom talks about Assistive technology of old, gives his top 3 AT apps and discusses the changing landscape in relation to the DSA. Tech mentioned: CoulourVeil, Balabolka, Native OS, accessibility settings, TouchPortal, Otter AI

The Sunday afternoon show with Maud 20-03-22: Child Poverty

A discussion on two difficult topics brought up by headline news. The issue of institutionalised racism in the Met Police and in schools with Child Q's strip search. A reflection on decolonising the curriculum as a possible solution.
Followd by two interviews with educators who work in North London and they experience of child poverty in their workplace.
Jessica is a secondary school teacher and Bob is a Senco TA.
 

The Late Show with Tom Hopkins Burke 19-03-22: student presentation and organisation

Does it matter if students' books aren't neat?  Should the presentation of student work be used as a stick with which to beat teachers around the head?  Join Tom to discuss this, and more, on a rare Saturday Late Show outing!Follow Tom on Twitter @HB_History

The Breakfast Show with Flora Cooper 19-03-22: Coaching in Schools

Looking at different perspectives into the power of coaching.  Hear from guests Katie Smith, Lindsay Clancy and Tom Sherrington.  Discussing coaching of leaders and headteacher to embedding instructional coaching within your school.  Find out why everyone should have a coach. 

The Morning Break with Dorian Brown 18-03-22: Greener governance and sustainability

Dorian welcomes Laura Barke and Lee Jowett into the studio for a fabulous discussion about how school leaders and teachers can implement impactful strategies for schools to become more sustainable.
We talk about how greener governance should empower leaders and teachers to weave sustainability into the curriculum, craft sustainability policies and engage with local communities and councils to help schools achieve sustainability targets.
Both Lee and Laura offer some practical ideas to ‘get the ball rolling’ from a classroom level all the way up. Their knowledge, experience and passion for sustainability education in schools shines through in this thoroughly enjoyable talk and there are takeaways for everybody, at whatever stage your schools are in your sustainability journeys.
Links mentioned in the show:
Sustainable Schools Leicester on Twitter @EcoSchoolsLCC 
Leicester schools extranet https://schools.leicester.gov.uk/
Sustainable Schools newsletter https://schools.leicester.gov.uk/media/7738/january-2022.pdf
Leicester City Council’s Climate Emergency Action Plan https://data.climateemergency.uk/media/data/plans/leicester-city-council-4ea2a6c.pdf

The Late Late Show with Hadi Fathi 17-03-22: Is teaching a passion or a profession?

Hadi discusses the debate between teaching as a passion or a profession with two live guests.

The Drive Home Show with Seb Ventura 17-3-22 The curriculum with Teresa Gage

We discuss curriculum in a Primary / Secondary setting as well as ways to encourage reading with young people.

The Morning Break with Holly King-Mand 17-03-22: Children’s Journalism and the Coverage of Ukraine

Holly King-Mand is joined by Anna Bassi, Editorial Director of The Week Junior magazine to discuss how to share and discuss difficult news stories with your students.
They cover parental feedback, perspectives and approaches to the news, the change over time (and importance) of children's journalism, supporting Russian children and taking a balanced approach to media consumption.