Teachers Talk Radio

The Art of Timetabling: The Twilight Show with Morgan Whitfield and Tod Brennan

Morgan and Tod chat with timetabler extraordinaire Rizwana Shaikh on the art of creating a great timetable. Given the demands and constraints of facilities, staffing, resources and curriculum Riz shares her insights and tricks of the trade. Timetabling is the backbone of the school and the timetabler brings the institution to life by balancing many priorities at once.

Unlimited Access, Unlimited Problems: The Tuesday Late Late Show with Emily Edwards

What happens when social media platforms open up the floodgates for schools to face unlimited criticism over their school policies? What impact does this have on us as a profession and what can we do about it? Join me to debate all these questions and more!

How should students revise?: The Late Show with Tom Rogers

Tom is joined by Dan Worker (Deputy head and History teacher), Michael Downes (Head of History), Robert Simpson (English teacher) and Helen Bradford-Keegan (a Foundation Head of Educational Research & Innovation 0-19) to discuss effective revision strategies. What are the best revision strategies? What do you use? What revision routines do you promote with students? Do you have any revision do's and don'ts? What does the science say on revision? All covered in this 90 minute conversation. 

Should science classes be set: The Monday Late Late Show with Rae Whitehouse

Rae talks to Richard Beard about science teaching, examinations and whether science classes should be set.

Leading assessment in the foundation subjects: The Monday Twilight Show with Adam Kohlbeck

Leading assessment in the foundation subjects.
Matt Foy is an Assistant Headteacher and assessment lead.  He has a particular interesting and expertise in the assessment of the foundation subjects.

Inclusion and why it matters in the EAL classroom: The Monday Morning Break with Khanh Duc Kuttig

In this second episode from international schools worldwide, we look at inclusion and why it is just as important in the EAL classroom as it is in mainstream (English) first language classrooms.
Adrienn Szlapak, my guest is an EAL specialist at an international school in Malaysia.

Music matters!: The Late Show with Nadia Ruiters

Nadia talks about the importance of music education in schools with guest Daniel Connor. 

Teacher Hacks: the Late Show with Samantha Bowen

What hacks do you use to keep on top of your workload and reduce your own cognitive overload?  Samantha discusses it here from AI to old fashioned exercise books. The show ends with a special guided meditation to help you unwind from the day. 

Using songs, tv and film: The Saturday Twilight Show with Graham Stanley

On today's show, I spoke to Gustavo Gonzalez about the use of songs, film and TV in the classroom. We also spoke about the new GenAI songwriting tools and other AI tools.

Creating Culture: The Saturday Breakfast Show with Darren Lester

Following on from last week's show on whole-school approaches to wellbeing, Darren discusses what it means to create a school culture, the danger of not being deliberate in behaviours and the differences between climate and culture.