Teachers Talk Radio

IELTS; A fathomless mystery!: The Twilight Show with Hadi Fathi

International English Language Testing System - what does it mean? How do teachers teach for it? What are the pitfalls?

Women in leadership - is gender still a barrier?: The Morning Break with Marie Greenhalgh

Marie is joined by Cheryl Edwards, a CEO and chair of trustees, to discuss women in leadership; is gender still a barrier?

OFSTED; what could or should the future hold?: The Late Show with Tom Rogers

Tom is joined by Becky Allen, the co founder of Teacher Tapp, Simon Kidwell, President of the NAHT, Shivan Davies, English teacher and other callers too. They discuss the past, present and future of the schools inspectorate anticipating the end of the tenure of Amanda Spielman as chief inspector.

TTR Special: Teachers Talk Radio at the Schools and Academies Show with EtonX

Join TTR hosts Paul Hazzard and Tom Rogers bringing you the highlights from their interviews at SAAS in Birmingham Wednesday 22nd November 2023. The podcast includes interviews with Sam Barrett on Artificial intelligence, Fergus and Claire on leading computing in state schools, Kerry Hinton on being the principal of an alternative provision school, Amman and Molly who are trainee History teachers, Tommy talks about being a deputy DSL, Darren White on Edtech, Vicky Dywer and Martin Crommelin who are headteachers of a school for the blind and a hospital school respectively. There is so much more than that on this podcast! 
This show is brought to you in partnership with EtonX, you can find out more about them and get your students signed up for free here: https://etonx.com/

Primary Teaching, Moomins and Other Winter Creatures: The Late Show with Christopher Vowles

Christopher talks with author and musician David Bramwell about his primary school teaching days, the lessons of the Moomins Saga, and podcasting as public education.

Silent corridors, children missing from education: The Late Show with Yasmin Omar

Yasmin and Bagha plus lots of callers discuss the large numbers of children out of education and the reasons for it as well as an extensive focus on the debate around silent corridors. 

Teacher Burnout: The Twilight Show with Graham Stanley

Teacher burnout was the main subject of conversation when I talked to Gloria E. Montiel from Mexico.

Everything you wanted to know about SEND and SEMH: The Lunch Show with Samuel Lickiss

In this week's episode I talk to SJ Shepherd, a teacher at an SEMH specialist school, and Elizabeth Lickiss, who heads post-16 services for a group of SEND schools. We discussed a wide variety of questions, including managing students on school trips, accommodating diverse needs the classroom and encouraging students who are reluctant to write to engage with learning. 

A History of Childhood: The Saturday BreakfastShow with Darren Lester

Darren discussed the rapidly evolving concept of childhood from agricultural to industrial to post industrial societies.

Parenting a child with SEND: The Friday Morning Break with Poppy Gibson

In this episode, Poppy is joined by two parents and passionate advocates for SEND, Marie Martin and Beth Wilson. Marie and Beth shared their journeys with their children and reflect on where school provision has or has not been able to meet their children's needs. Questions around what teachers can do, and also what parents can do to build a supportive network, and discussed, and Marie and Beth reflect on what self care looks like as a busy parent of a child with SEND.