Changing Conversations

Zahra is the CEO of Winning Scotland. In this episode we reflect on mindset both in schools and in other areas of life and work. Zahra shares her experiences of mindset in life and work and we reflect on how we need to continue to develop our understanding and development of mindset.

Zahra is keen to connect with you so please reach out on twitter or LinkedIn.

You can learn more about the work of Winning Scotland here.

As Changing Conversations heads into its 4th year, Sarah and Billy take time to reflect on their experiences so far. We reflect on our favourite episodes to record, we share the most listened-to episode so far and reflect on what we've learned so far.

We'd really love to hear from you so please let us know if there is anyone in particular you'd like us to chat with.

In this episode we chat with Gail Preston, Head Teacher and Head of Establishment for Rosehill High School in East Lothian. Rosehill High School is a brand new school so this is a rare and pretty unique opportunity and as I'm sure you can imagine, an exciting one! Gail kindly took time out to share and reflect on the highs, the lows and all the things in between. Although Gail has a unique opportunity there's lots here for all of us to think about and consider.

Connect with Gail on twitter.

Follow Rosehill's journey here.

In this episode we dive into 'hard conversations' with Jennifer Abrams. Jennifer's work focuses on adult to adult communication and she's written many books and articles on the topic. This is a conversation of insights and reflections as well as practical ideas to consider.

Connect with Jennifer on twitter.

Find out more about Jennifer's work here.

We were delighted to chat again with Paul Bloomberg and this time he was joined by his colleague and co-write Vivett Dukes. In this conversation we explore their new book, Amplifying Student Voice - through culturally responsive and sustaining assessment. This was an honest and heart felt conversation about their equity work and their process of bringing this book into being. They talk about listening and engaging with an open heart, we invite you to listen with an open heart and an openness to possibility.

You can find out more about their work at The Core Collaborative here.

Get a copy of the book here (and other places of course).

Connect with Paul on twitter.

Connect with Vivett on twitter.

Dr Lucy Kelly is an Associate Professor in Education at the University of Bristol. Her research interest is reflective practice as a positive tool for educator wellbeing. She is the Principal Investigator for the 'Reimagining the Diary' project and author of 'Reimagining the Diary' published just last month.

Find our more about Lucy's research project here.

Reimagining the Diary is published by John Catt Publishing and is available on their website here.

The Reimagining the Diary Toolkit is available here.

Connect with Lucy on twitter.

Oliver Burkeman is a journalist and author, whose latest book is Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management For Mortals. This is a book about embracing our limitations, our imperfections and shifting our relationship with time. We explore the key messages from 4000 weeks and the particular nuance of our experiences as educators. 

OliverBurkeman.com 

Tracey joins us again to unpack the 'Buzz', there's lots of connection with Ferocious Warmth and our earlier conversation.  Tracey helps us to unpack the architecture of collaboration, both within and across schools. 

Tracey Ezard 

Amy Edmundson - Psychological Safety 

Tim Clarke - The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety