Join Catriona Vo in conversation with Louise Brown, an experienced History teacher with over 20 years in the classroom across the UK and Australia.

Louise is the Head of the Sociocultural Faculty at St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School in Brisbane and President of the Queensland History Teachers' Association. She is passionate about teaching and learning, creating conditions in her classroom where all students have a seat at the table.

In this episode, Louise and Catriona discuss how teachers can design lessons that draw on students' background knowledge and tackle complex texts. Louise also reflects on professional longevity, sharing what has helped her sustain growth, challenge, and connection across a long teaching career.

Louise also writes about teaching in her blog From Bradford to Brisbane at

Join Catriona Vo in conversation with Professor Nicole Mockler as they discuss the intensification of teachers' work, time poverty and complex educational change.

Nicole is a Professor of Education at the University of Sydney whose research explores teacher professional identity, education policy, and media representations of teachers. Her work sheds light on the stories told about teachers and teaching in the media, and how teachers' work is becoming increasingly intensified over time.

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With 17 years in the classroom and more than 1000 subscribers, Mel has supported countless teachers and students through her YouTube videos, booklets and practical resources via Bare Bones Teaching. She is a passionate, reflective, and self-directed educator whose work and influence reaches beyond her own classroom to empower many practitioners on the ground in the journey of sustaining their expertise.

After more than a decade in trade and business, David made the courageous leap into teaching during the pandemic and discovered his passion for teaching. Join us as David shares what it’s like to enter the classroom as a career changer, and how relationships, care, and trust form the foundation of great teaching.

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Danny is a molecular biologist by training, programmer by night, researcher and faculty developer by day, and educator at heart. Danny is a Professor of Educational Technologies at the University of Sydney where he co-chairs the University's AI in Education working group and leads the Cogniti.ai initiative that puts educators in the driver’s seat of AI.

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Join Catriona Vo in conversation with education leader, author, and entrepreneur Dave Faulkner.

From becoming a principal at just 24, to co-founding Education Changemakers, and now serving as Senior Vice President of Learning Services at Go1, Dave has spent over two decades driving innovation and impact across the education sector. He’s also the author of two bestselling books: Edupreneur: Unleashing Teacher-led Innovation in Schools and Dream Team: A Practical Playbook.

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Join Catriona Vo in conversation with educator, author, and principal, Steven Trotter!

Steven has been a teacher, principal, and system leader in the Victorian education system for over two decades. He’s the author of The Art of Skimming Stones, a book that offers an intentional, people-focused model for sustaining improvement in schools—without burning people out in the process. This conversation is a must-listen for teachers at every stage of their leadership journey.

Gavin is a respected educator, author, and founder of Grift Education. With a career spanning over 30 years, Gavin has worn many hats: classroom teacher, deputy principal, educational consultant, and author of titles like Emerge: The Five Most Common Challenges Faced by Middle Leaders and How to Overcome Them, Collaborative Teams That Work, and Five Ways of Being: What Learning Leaders Think, Do and Say Every Day.

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• 😟 How to address imposter syndrome and people-pleasing archetypes
• 🔍 How leaders can use the Stages of Concern to better understand and support their teams

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Dr Bree Hurn is an experienced teacher who now works as a lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne. Bree’s research interest combines language, literacy, and teacher professional learning, and she enjoys working with pre-service and practising teachers throughout Australia. She also hosts The Habit Nerd podcast, where she interviews a range of experts about positive work, health, and mindset habits. ✨

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