Inspiration 4 Teachers Podcast

By Kelly Long

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Inspiration 4 Teachers podcast, bringing you inspiring educator interviews, with your host, Kelly Long. Our enthusiastic guests share their workable educational strategies and resolutions for success.

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Inspiration 4 Teachers Podcast episodes:

10.25.2015
42: Chris Williams: A fool proof formula for facilitating independent learning
Episode snapshot Kelly Long chats with Chris Williams, who has been a teacher in primary and special school settings for over 20 years. He is committed to ensuring the best possible outcomes for all children and has a background in supporting...
10.18.2015
41: Maria Alexander: Overcoming judgement and criticism
Episode snapshot Kelly Long chats with Maria Alexander-O'Neill, an educator of 14 years Maria has managed projects at a departmental, whole-school and regional level. She’s a lifelong learner and is studying for a Doctorate in Educational Leadership. Challenging behaviour techniques that work! “Be...
10.11.2015
40: Bennie Kara: Developing your confidence
Episode snapshot Kelly Long chats with Bennie Kara an Assistant Headteacher in an inner-city London School, in charge of Teaching and Learning. Together Kelly and Bennie discuss how to develop your leadership confidence. Challenging behaviour techniques that work! “Plant your feet and exude...
10.04.2015
39: Helena Marsh: Juggling leadership and life
Episode snapshot Kelly Long chats with Helena Marsh, a co-facilitator of the WomenEd steering group and a Deputy Principal at a secondary school where she is responsible for teaching and learning, achievement and self-evaluation. Together Kelly and Helena discuss how to juggle...
09.27.2015
38: Jules Daulby: Aspiring mature leaders
Episode snapshot Kelly Long chats with Jules Daulby, a co-facilitator of the WomenEd steering group, former SEN Specialist Advisory teacher, mother of four and life-long learner. Together Kelly and Jules discuss topics including how aspiring mature candidates can pursue roles in senior...
09.20.2015
37: Nikki Gilbey: Fast track into leadership
Episode snapshot Kelly Long chats with Nikki Gilbey, Nikki is Head of Landbased Learning at Chichester College. She is passionate and driven to support students, staff and opportunities for growth in the Further Education and Skills sector. Together Kelly and Nikki discuss...
09.13.2015
36: Ross Morrison McGill: Stepping up to Deputy Headship
Kelly Long chats with Ross Morrison McGill, Ross writes the most influential blog on Education in the UK over at @TeachersToolkit He has been nominated for Debrett’s ‘500 Most Influential People in Britain’ and is one the the UK’s leading educational reformers. Together...
09.06.2015
35: Rae Pica: Preparing the Mind & Body for learning
Kelly Long chats with Rae Pica, host of Studentcentricity and founder of BAM Radio Network. Rae is an education consultant, keynote speaker, and author specializing in the development and education of the whole child. Together Kelly and Rae discuss how connecting the...
08.30.2015
34: Debra Kidd: Building curriculum and assessment models
Kelly Long chats with Debra Kidd about developing cross curricular assessment models that help children with philosophical learning.
08.23.2015
33: Summer Bonus: FedEx your Professional Development days
“Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated, people achieve more and live richer lives.” ~ Daniel H. Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Autonomy based motivation...
08.18.2015
32: Phenomenal support, Thank YOU!
Over the last eight months your dedication and thirst for knowledge has ensured that I have continued to drink lots of coffee, late into the night to ensure that the amazing thought-provoking, heartfelt ideas that my guests and I share...
08.16.2015
31: Summer Bonus: Developing cross curricular lessons
Cross curricular collaboration is necessary to help students form connections between pillars of knowledge, and to drive the creativity that exists within all of our learners. To achieve this we can provide our learners with continuous cross curricular learning experiences. ...
08.09.2015
30: Summer Bonus: Enhancing your teaching toolkit to boost learning
If the brain is the lock, the Mind Map is the key! If you are interested to learn about a method that helps to foster independent learners in your classroom or if your pupils struggle to memorise facts, figures and curriculum...
08.02.2015
29: Summer Bonus: Unlocking creativity in the classroom
“The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it's to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they're valued.” ~ Sir Ken Robinson Creativity is not just associated with...
07.26.2015
28: Stephan Caspar: Cultivating time to enhance future learning
Time is the biggest barrier to educational innovation! Teachers are too busy, working hard to ensure that students receive the best possible suite of academic outcomes. There is little, to no time to investigate new technologies, online learning environments or...
07.19.2015
27: Steve Beckles-Ebusua: Teaching the un-teachables
“Failure is a future attempt at learning.” In ten years of teaching I can specifically recall on one hand the names of pupils who had me down and out on the classroom ring floor in terms of their excessive challenging behaviour. ...
07.12.2015
26: Professor Bill Lucas: Constructing learning environments where students THINK, FAIL and TRY again
Accountability measures for teachers, pressures of inspection, and narrowing curriculum options are collaborating to foster competitive classroom environments where educators may indeed be forced to teach to the final outcome, the exam and not to the benefit of the learner...
07.05.2015
25: Ashley Manuel: Incorporating positive habits of wellbeing into your classroom
What does it mean to be successful and how do we measure the success of our learners? Considering how happy our learners are is a priority that is often over looked in favour of academic achievement. Albert Schweitzer, the German theologian,...
06.28.2015
24: Julia Skinner: Overcoming reluctance to engage
Engaging learners whose mindset is entrenched with reluctance requires an arsenal of leadership and teaching strategies. But reluctance is not a phenomenon that is confined to the classroom. This negative force permeates every level of the school hierarchy. School leaders,...
06.21.2015
23: Angela Watson: Re-igniting the PASSION for teaching when burnout strikes
We push ourselves to the limits to serve our learners, but with mounting pressures on our time and greater teacher accountability, it is not beyond the realms of possibility that burnout can strike. Recognising the signs before crashing into a...
06.14.2015
22: Jill Berry: Creating a school climate where future leaders can flourish!
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious! ~ Albert Einstein Talent is debatable! What is not, is the hours and hours of investment it takes to be good at what you are passionate about. If that is...
06.07.2015
21: Vic Goddard: Looking beyond the school gate: engaging the community
If you watched Channel 4’s fly on the wall documentary, Educating Essex that followed a group of GCSE students, and the staff who taught them, then you certainly will remember the infectious enthusiasm of Vic Goddard, the Principal of Passmores...
05.31.2015
20: Scott Hayden: Weaving technology into the fabric of learning
Do you constantly evaluate and develop your own teaching practice? Are you willing to push learning boundaries? How about if those boundaries come in the form of social media or online technology, would you incorporate those mediums into your lesson...
05.24.2015
19: Trevor Regan and Tammie Meehan: Learning is not pretty; it takes grit and the right kind of praise!
“After seven experiments with hundreds of children, we had some of the clearest findings I’ve ever seen: Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance…” ~ Carol S. Dweck, Professor of Psychology Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Mindset...
05.17.2015
18: David Rogers: Instilling learning behaviours around Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD)
How do you use mobile technology to enhance pupils’ engagement and facilitate learning, without creating a funding crisis in your school? Mobile technology and the debate surrounding Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) is highly topical in many schools. Weighing up...
05.10.2015
17: Richard Gerver: Transforming failing schools with groundbreaking ideas
Disenfranchised staff, low morale, poor attainment, imminent school closure and rebrand on the horizon. These were just some of the challenges that the former Headteacher of Grange Primary School faced when he stepped into his new Headship. In the face of adversity...
05.03.2015
16: James Sturtevant: How to form strong teacher-student relationships and foster positive learning
“We should focus on the greatest source of variance that can make the difference – the teacher. We need to ensure that this greatest influence is optimised to have powerful and sensationally positive effects, but they must be exceptional effects.”...
04.26.2015
15: Lisa Hollenbach: Empowering teacher voice to spread educational ideas
As teachers we regularly reflect on our lessons. We all go through a myriad of questions when contemplating what went well and what went wrong in our lessons; mainly what went wrong and how to correct it! But how does...
04.19.2015
14: Dr Rebecca Eliahoo: Nurturing professional development
“Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?" ~ Carol S. Dweck To become an effective teacher you need experience and the continuous desire to develop your pedagogy; both are dependent upon time! But...
04.12.2015
13: Onyi Anyado: The prison of mediocrity
How can we help young people to develop a framework of ideals that allows them to develop into well rounded individuals, whilst equipping them with the life skills necessary for success? Onyi Anyado is the founder of Onyi Anyado Media House, a double...
04.05.2015
12: Matthew Leeming: Leadership lessons in moving Headships
Understanding the circumstances of the school in which you have successfully become the Headteacher, is crucial to ensuring that Football Manager Syndrome and poor inspection outcomes don’t threaten your career. This week I talk with Mathew Leeming, Headteacher at Kings School Winchester about...
03.29.2015
11: Elisheva Shwartz: The mystery of the dyslexic mind
1 in 6 people have the alternative cognitive learning profile dyslexia, but since its discovery at the turn of the 19th century, the message of what it means to be dyslexic has been scrambled. Society has focused on what the...
03.22.2015
10: Emma Rickman: Enriching pupils’ experience of enterprise education: integration across the curriculum
‘the Government needs to wake up; we need proper business education in schools’ – Peter Jones entrepreneur and star of BBC’s Dragons’ Den With repeated concerns voiced by business leaders that school leavers do not have the skills needed for employment, we...
03.15.2015
09: Leslie Burby: How do we measure intelligence?
"Every child needs a champion – an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possible be." - Rita F. Pierson It is impossible to sum...
03.08.2015
08: Rachel Jones: Embedding IT across the curriculum; going 1:1
A five step buy-in from stakeholders is essential to ensuring SUCCESS when rolling out IT across the school curriculum. But with stakeholders at varying stages of IT competency and engagement, how do you ensure that your plans to allow every pupil...
03.01.2015
07: Dawn Casey Rowe: Challenged by a pupil; the fear of phones in the classroom
Schools are either technology graveyards or deserts, where lifeforms fear the unknown. It wasn't until Dawn was caught out by one of her pupils that she began to question the use of mobile technology in the classroom. Her journey of...
02.22.2015
06: Tony Vincent: Modelling Technology in the Classroom
“Educators don't necessarily have to teach. Instead, they can provide an environment and resources that tease out your natural ability to learn on your own.” — Shimon Schocken This week's guest, Tony Vincent of Learning in Hand, discusses how to model technology...
02.15.2015
05: Charlotte Meierdirk: Teaching is a PASSION; Differentiation, Critical Thinking & Reflective Practice are skills you can master
Knowledge, Value, BOOM this week’s leading educator, Charlotte Meierdirk, Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth, discusses the first steps into teaching and the passion needed for it. Charlotte discusses the art of teaching and some the skills needed, differentiation,...
02.08.2015
04: Lindsey Adams: Ready for your DREAM teaching job abroad?
Excited about teaching abroad but daunted by the prospect? Meet this week’s guest, Lindsey Adams who has valuable advice to share with you about securing your dream teaching job abroad. Lindsey discusses areas from researching and finding your perfect job, to surviving...
02.01.2015
03: Jason Borton: Creating High Impact Teaching Teams
In this week’s episode our passionate educator, Jason Borton discusses how his school has created high impact teaching teams. He discusses his leadership approach to empowering his teaching staff to create dynamic and personalised lessons for pupils. Jason elaborates on...
01.05.2015
02: Sam Bamford: How to make the Transition to Senior Leadership
In this week's episode Sam Bamford discusses how to plan your move into Senior Leadership and how anaylsing your schools strengths and weaknesses will lead you to success. Sam's shares her insights on teaching Business Studies and why passion and...
01.05.2015
01: Alex Jeffries Hill: How to Empower Teaching Assistants to deliver Math Interventions
In this week's episode Alex Jeffries Hill discusses how his school took a new approach to supporting KS2/3 pupils with their learning and understanding of maths. Alex's discusses how Teaching Assistants were empowered to deliver math interventions to pupils. He...
01.02.2015
Welcome to the Inspiration4Teachers podcast show
Inspiration4Teachers podcast. Bringing you dynamic and inspirational educator interviews! Our fascinating guests share their professional challenges and creative resolutions for success. Discover their workable strategies, ideas and resources to reach your educational goals. Empowering Education, Padagogy, Learning, Teaching, Teachers, Educators, Schools,...

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Inspiration 4 Teachers Podcast episodes:

42: Chris Williams: A fool proof formula for facilitating independent learning

41: Maria Alexander: Overcoming judgement and criticism

40: Bennie Kara: Developing your confidence

39: Helena Marsh: Juggling leadership and life

38: Jules Daulby: Aspiring mature leaders

37: Nikki Gilbey: Fast track into leadership

36: Ross Morrison McGill: Stepping up to Deputy Headship

35: Rae Pica: Preparing the Mind & Body for learning

34: Debra Kidd: Building curriculum and assessment models

33: Summer Bonus: FedEx your Professional Development days

32: Phenomenal support, Thank YOU!

31: Summer Bonus: Developing cross curricular lessons

30: Summer Bonus: Enhancing your teaching toolkit to boost learning

29: Summer Bonus: Unlocking creativity in the classroom

28: Stephan Caspar: Cultivating time to enhance future learning

27: Steve Beckles-Ebusua: Teaching the un-teachables

26: Professor Bill Lucas: Constructing learning environments where students THINK, FAIL and TRY again

25: Ashley Manuel: Incorporating positive habits of wellbeing into your classroom

24: Julia Skinner: Overcoming reluctance to engage

23: Angela Watson: Re-igniting the PASSION for teaching when burnout strikes

22: Jill Berry: Creating a school climate where future leaders can flourish!

21: Vic Goddard: Looking beyond the school gate: engaging the community

20: Scott Hayden: Weaving technology into the fabric of learning

19: Trevor Regan and Tammie Meehan: Learning is not pretty; it takes grit and the right kind of praise!

18: David Rogers: Instilling learning behaviours around Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD)

17: Richard Gerver: Transforming failing schools with groundbreaking ideas

16: James Sturtevant: How to form strong teacher-student relationships and foster positive learning

15: Lisa Hollenbach: Empowering teacher voice to spread educational ideas

14: Dr Rebecca Eliahoo: Nurturing professional development

13: Onyi Anyado: The prison of mediocrity

12: Matthew Leeming: Leadership lessons in moving Headships

11: Elisheva Shwartz: The mystery of the dyslexic mind

10: Emma Rickman: Enriching pupils’ experience of enterprise education: integration across the curriculum

09: Leslie Burby: How do we measure intelligence?

08: Rachel Jones: Embedding IT across the curriculum; going 1:1

07: Dawn Casey Rowe: Challenged by a pupil; the fear of phones in the classroom

06: Tony Vincent: Modelling Technology in the Classroom

05: Charlotte Meierdirk: Teaching is a PASSION; Differentiation, Critical Thinking & Reflective Practice are skills you can master

04: Lindsey Adams: Ready for your DREAM teaching job abroad?

03: Jason Borton: Creating High Impact Teaching Teams

02: Sam Bamford: How to make the Transition to Senior Leadership

01: Alex Jeffries Hill: How to Empower Teaching Assistants to deliver Math Interventions

Welcome to the Inspiration4Teachers podcast show