Teachers Talk Radio

The Morning Break with Dorian Brown 28-01-22: Youth mental health

Dorian is joined by Tegan Creedy from the charity HappySpaceUK to discuss how schools can support young people by providing a toolkit of strategies to both get ahead of and to deal with mental health issues and to ensure that these issues are weaved into the fabric of the curriculum.
Tegan delivers an insight into the research that has been carried out in order to tailor programmes to meet the needs within a school or community. Every school has a responsibility to support and safeguard the mental wellbeing of their students, but do they know how to do so effectively and are teachers lacking training or means to do so? Tegan suggests that we can normalise conversations and actions through making 'imperfect' steps every day.
This felt like an illuminating, powerful show and not only made me think but also challenged some of my misconceptions and I will definitely be bringing a bit more gratitude into my classrooms henceforth.
Links from the show:
Twitter @HappySpaceUK
HappySpaceUK https://www.happyspace.org.uk/  
The UK’s only mental health and wellbeing festival for schools: https://nowandbeyond.org.uk/ 
AimHi Earth https://www.aimhi.earth/ 

The Late Late Show with Maria O’Neill 27-01-2022: Authentic Wellbeing-

A conversation with Andrew Cowley with the focus on authentic wellbeing. 
What is wellbeing?
Can we teach wellbeing? 
Token wellbeing vs authentic wellbeing.
What is the current position for wellbeing and mental health in school? 
We discuss these and many other questions during the show. 

The Late Show with Oli Haley 27-01-22: Outstanding teaching, does it really exist?

Join Oli and special guest Freya O'Dell as they grapple with the thorny issue of whether 'outstanding' teaching exists - and, if so, what makes it - and what the word 'engagement' really means. 

The Late Late Show with Ed Finch and Toby P-C 26-01-22: Persistent schooling myths

Ed and Toby host possibly their most educationally focussed and erudite (?) show to date.  They talk about some persistent myths in education and schooling, reviewed a long list of Tweets of the Week and started delving into the depths of which pervasive artefact from schools you would overhaul first when creating your own edutopia? - More on that next week.

The Wednesday Late Show 26-01-22 with Alex Wright: Love in the Classroom

Is teaching an act of love?  Tune in to find out?  Also, Alex rants about displays and makes fun of those who own their own laminators.

The Twilight Show with Nathan Gynn 26-01-22: What makes a team work?

This week, Nathan is joined by Deputy Heateacher and blogger Sam Crome (pocketwisdom.blog) to ask What Makes A Team Work? They discuss the different teams we find ourselves in at work and pin down a definition of what a team is. They look at purposes and goals and the research behind high performing teams. And, they talk through the ways to establish psychological safety needed to perform well as a group. Finally, they look at effective debriefs and why it’s important to make time for them.

The Drive Home with Harry Waters 26-01-22 Going Green(er) in you classroom

Today Harry uses a soapbox to get on his high horse to talk about how we can make our classes more environmentally focused. 

The Morning Break with Jane Ritter 26-01-22: DEI in materials, learning and life

This morning I spoke with the incredible Lottie Galpin about her work in publishing and materials writing for ELT. Lottie specializes in inclusive materials. Her areas of interest include mental health, neurodiversity, disability, and socio-economic status.

The Wednesday Breakfast Show with James Clarke 26-01-2022: Revision

This morning James is discussing and sharing revision tips and tricks for GCSE exams. Inspired by a student who said to him "but Sir, I don't know how to revise", the show looks at sharing the words of wisdom from teachers across the world. 

The Wednesday Breakfast Show with James Clarke 19-01-2022: Wellbeing and Positivity

Join James this morning as he talks about what has been peoples highlights of the year so far! He will also be discussing how you can keep hold of these memories and the importance of positivity.