This is a very honest discussion with Renae Mountford: covergirl (Wine with Teacher magazine) and passionate educator.

We discuss:

I have a myriad of amazing teachergram accounts to credit as Renae mentions many wonderful educators that have made a true impact on her as a teacher. Are you ready?

Here we go:

 Podcasts 

One of Renae's Aboriginal mentors at Uni - @stevie_mish

Ben from The English Lab and I do a deep dive on the Unit 3 Argument Analysis SAC for VCE English.

We talk about:

We also address a number of teacher questions sent in in preparation for this episode.

Ben has also appeared on previous episodes:

I do reference the Teachers Talk Texts podcast and highly recommend students listen to this in conjunction with this episode.

The English Lab Argument Analysis playlist (youtube)

The English Lab website

VCE English support group on instagram

This is my conversation with Shan from @teachandchangelives on Instagram.

We discuss 

The Life Autistic - instagram account referenced

As the sister of Tadgh, the innovative teacher behing Assessly - see episode: Assessly, Impressed Me - we also do a shout out to this software.

This is my chat with Maddie - @vcalteacher

We discuss her time as a 'disruptive' student and what was really going on for her. 

Her focus on harm minimisation and how important it is for students to have a 'safe adult' in their lives.

She also passionately promotes the importance of filling in the gaps of our history as Australians and giving a platform to Indigenous people, businesses and stories as part of our curriculum, especially in Victoria.

DISCLAIMER: Discussion about drug use.

Maddie runs a 'what they don't teach us at university' series on her instagram that I highly recommend you look into. I have even featured to discuss how teaching has changed.

Indigenous educational group mentioned: Red Dust Oz

This conversation is with Chris Sherwin. 

He appears to have nine lives, living many different experiences and having a variety of roles. 

Working in these different fields has afforded him a genuine insight into university where he mentored PHD students and wrote reports that informed environmental legislation. He also taught adults for a number of years and is now instrumental in the movement of automated processes in industry.

At the crux of his choices has been his love of learning and his excitement around new perspectives and processes.

We in VIC have just been notified of a 5 day lockdown, which I acknowledge. I also have a little guest in my intro that you may enjoy hearing from.

This is my conversation with Rachel Key.

She began her teaching career in 2020, amidst the pandemic.

We discuss her time as a student, her experience as a trainee teacher as well as her first year as a graduate.

Rachel is stepping up to make a difference around body image for her students and I certainly hope will consider developing a program for others to teach one day. Her insight into this issue and her handle on the way society feeds different body types to consumers is important content.

This is my conversation with Spencer Sharp, a STEM educator from the USA.

We talk about 

He also has his own podcast with another STEM educator called: Innovative Teacher Podcast.

Here are some links we mention in the show -

Rube Goldberg machine

Flipgrid

Sharp the builder website

Sharp the builder TPT store

My conversation with Mathilde Lambert.

She graduated Year 12 in 2020, but went non scored.

She has a passion for acting, singing and songwriting, with her first single out now on spotify.

We talk about the importance of acknowledging indigenous culture in our curriculum and her coming to terms with her authentic self.

At the time of this interview she had only recently been diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum and we talk about her perspective and why she held off on having the 'label'.

She is a passionate advocate for increasing Indigenous awareness amongst Australians and embedding it further into the curriculum.

This conversation also influenced a LIVE a did with Maddie @vcalteacher. She has an IGTV series about 'what they don't teach us' at University as trainee teachers. I encourage you to check it out.

This is my conversation with Aaron Johnston a primary school Assistant Principal in NSW.

We talk about job applications and interview tips. His love of flexible learning spaces, shifting the pedagogy to get the best out of team teaching environments. The impact visible learning has had on his teaching practice and the importance of creating safe, honest spaces for our students.

We also talk about big life lessons, his experience as a male teaching and leader in the profession.

IGTV from this conversation.

I also acknowledge a conversation I had with Miss Tangerine, a fantastic secondary teacher in Melbourne, around the anxiety on instagram in the teacher community during the holidays.  

I have been talking about this conversation with anyone that will listen and I am so excited this is my first conversation episode of 2021.

Dr. Mary Hemphill is the CEO of The Limitless Lady, LLC and Founder of The Limitless Leader, a company that helps individuals ignite the leader in themselves so they can better serve their community, company, & personal career.

Most recently, Mary has the opportunity to hone her expertise through her role as North Carolina’s first state director of Computer Science & Technology Education where she works to leverage support & leadership around Computer Science initiatives across the state. In addition, she has presented & spoken for multiple platforms & conferences such as the Model Schools Conference, All Things Open, The Future of Tech is Female, and NCASA Conference on Educational Leadership.

Resume aside, she is the most compassionate, brave and generous leader. She is a cheerleader for students and has released her book, 'The One Minute Meeting,' which is all about generating student investment in their own educational journeys.

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Book: The One-Minute Meeting: Creating Student Stakeholders in Schools