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 finding your teacher voice and sharing it with the educational community, lead to new teaching and learning ideas, approaches and connections?  How do you find your voice, what vehicle do you use to share it and would anyone want to hear what you have to say?

Lisa Hollenbach of the National Blogging Collaborative believes that it is important for teachers to find and cultivate their voice in order to spread thought-provoking and practical ideas in education.

Together Lisa and I discuss how to empower teacher voice, how to enrich reflective practice through writing, how to collaborate with other practitioners and acquire feedback to enhance your teaching practice.

Episode take-aways

Self-directed professional development

Interacting and collaborating with educators on social media to enhance teaching and learning

How leaders can encourage teacher voice

What is the role of the teacher?  Creating differentiated and hybrid career pathways for teachers

Using writing as a vehicle to reflect on our teaching

Connecting social media to pupils' learning, what works and how to keep everyone safe!

Do you feel empowered?  Have you found your educational voice?  Share your thoughts with us via: [email protected]