Morethanajob podcast in association with ResearchEd have the pleasure to welcome a leading voice in education. The author of ‘The ResearchEd guide to SEND’; a self confessed education evidence geek; the COO of TeacherTapp; a trustee of the Greenshaw Trust; the curriculum lead for children with SEND for the Oak Academy and the organiser of rEdBerks. Yes it is Karen Wespieser MBE.

Tell us about life growing up for you and your own experience of education in your school years?

What made you want to come into education?

Let’s start with your book ‘The ResearchEd guide to SEND’. What was the inspiration behind this project?

What are the key things that you have learnt from this and think need to be passed on to practioners?

What are the biggest mistakes that teachers make when teaching SEND students?

Are there any policy changes that you’d like to see the DfE implement to improve the whole educational outcomes and experiences of SEND children?

Karen, you led the production of the curriculum for SEND students for the Oak National Academy. The start of the pandemic seems a long time ago but can you talk us through this period of your life? Who contacted you? What were you told? The mobilisation of the Oak National Academy was an incredible achievement.

For those who haven’t heard about TeacherTapp – what is it? Why was it set up? With approx. 8000 responses each day – as a self confessed education evidence geek, you must be in your element? What have you learned from TeacherTapp?

ResearchEd Berkshire is coming on 7th May 2022 – tell us all about what we can expect.

Morethanajob podcast in association with ResearchEd have the pleasure to welcome a friend of the show David Goodwin. David is co-author of the hugely popular book ‘Organise Ideas’, an Associate Assistant Principal, Head of Year 10 & 11 and an ‘Evidence Lead in Education’ for Kyra Research.

Tell us about life growing up for you and your own experience of education in your school years?

What made you want to come into teaching?

David you co-authored the book Organise Ideas with Oli Caviglioli, can you give listeners the rationale and ideas behind the book and how you ended up working with Oli?

What are the 4 cognitions and how does this impact upon our thinking as classroom practioners?

Frederick Reif says “Poorly organised knowledge cannot be readily remembered or used. But students don’t know how to organise their knowledge effectively.”

So how do we help students to become organised? What should practioners consider?

What is the external memory field and cognitive loops? You talk about it being your cognitive workspace.

The body of ideas explores how gestures impact upon T&L. Specifically you explore the ‘gesture gap’ and state how parents & teachers must gesture more. What is the gesture gap and why should we gesture more?

Much has been stated about dual coding and this is being embedded in practice now. You build upon this talking about word diagrams and how they are the crossover of verbal and visual stimuli. How can we best use word diagrams in our practice and why are they so powerful?

We’ve made reference to the 4 cognitions and the 4th is ‘Thinking with others’. Why does sharing with others make us better thinkers?

STUDENT EXEMPLARS: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19zrwgfCbUdpVxr7hTdfwRlQ9S7a3brXk/view?usp=sharing 

We are absolutely delighted to have the pleasure of welcoming a guest who has become one of the most well recognised and well known people in the UK. We are joined by the former Secretary of State for Digitial, Culture, Media & Sport and most notably the Secretary of Health & Social Care throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, the Rt. Hon Matt Hancock MP.

💥Tell us about life growing up for you and your own education? 

💥 Matt, you very recently introduced a private members bill to parliament called the ‘Dyslexia Screening Bill’, which will receive its second reading on Friday 18thMarch. Why is this issue so important to you and why have you introduced this bill?

💥What would you say to anyone listening who is dyslexic themselves?

💥 We are going to do a quick-fire section where we want a quick short answer or word association.

· Re-introducing the national anthem at the start and the end of the day on television channels and a requirement for children to learn the national anthem at school

· Free schools

· Face masks in schools for children

💥 Matt, I’d like to explore some of your thoughts on social media and technology. Back in 2018 you stated that (at the time) you didn’t allow your own children to use social media and that more needs to be done to hold these companies to account. What do we need to do to protect our children from the dangers of social media? Should schools ban mobile phones?

We are joined by one of the leading voices in education, Michael Chiles, Associate Assistant Principal, Director of Tech and Innovation, a chartered geographer, a council member of the Chartered College of Teaching but most will know Michael as an influential education author, his books ‘The Craft of Assessment’, ‘The Feedback Pendulum’ and ‘The Sweet Spot’ are all hugely successful top sellers.

💥 Listen to Michael discuss his school life as register monitor and how he could have become a carpenter!

💥 Tell us about life growing up for you and your own education?

💥 What made you want to come into teaching?

💥 How do you use tech in your school?

💥ResearchEd Warrington is happening! It is sold out! What can we expect?

💥 Your third book ‘The Sweet Spot’ has been flying off the shelves and it was also illustrated by your good friend David Goodwin. For those who haven’t yet bought or read the book – can you give an overview and summary of what the book is about and why you wrote it.

💥 Peps McCrea writes how you really dig into essential nuts & bolts, and the book is very practical for all classroom practitioners. You start by talking about classroom layout. Is there an optimal classroom layout? How much consideration should we give to layout?

💥 In season 2 we talked to our mutual friend Jack TM about distractions in the classroom and how to maximise attention in the classroom based upon the research of Mike Hobbiss. You talk a lot about classroom aesthetics – what’s best? Plain walls, colourful displays, key word walls?

💥 Upgrading our curriculums and pitching up our lessons seems sensible and simple but this still doesn’t happen everywhere. How do we go about sorting this in schools where the pitch is still low?

💥 Scholarly Culture – what does this mean and how do we embed this?

Morethanajob podcast in association with ResearchEd starts season 3 with an exciting season planned. 

More interviews, more ResearchEd events and more discussion and debate.

We have the pleasure to be joined in our season 3 opener by Dr Jeffery Quaye PhD.

Jeffery is the National Director of Education and Standards for the Aspirations & Academies Trust, a Lead Inspector for Ofsted, an external expert for Ofqual, a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, a DfE Expert Education Advisor, examiner of Maths for Pearson and former Headteacher of the City of London Academy.

This is after a 1st class degree in engineering, a PGCE and Masters degree from the University of Hertfordshire, a PhD from Brunel, an Executive certificate from Cambridge and a Certificate in School Management and Leadership from Harvard!

💥What made you want to come into teaching?

💥Can you tell us what your day to day as National Director of Education and Standards for the Aspirations & Academies Trust looks like?

💥 Much has been stated about the gap widening between those who are disadvantaged and those who are not as a result of the Covid pandemic – do you think this gap can ever be closed or will we just be raising the outcomes of all at a fairly linear rate?

💥 Covid-19 has completely changed the landscape of education and there has been a huge emphasis on digital learning and use of devices. How can you see the reimaging of the education landscape as we start to move out of the pandemic.

💥 There have been points mooted about how the BBC should be playing the national anthem at the end of their days broadcast, discussion has been raised over children learning the national anthem and schools are now judged based upon cultural capital – how do we continue to promote cultural capital in schools?

💥 You're quoted as saying “It’s going to take about 130 years to have any meaningful BAME representation [in headship (currently 4% approx..)].” How do we change this and what are the underlying reasons for such a small percentage?

💥 You’re a lead inspector for Ofsted – how have schools received Ofsted visits during the pandemic? Do you think that the judgement model is still for purpose? There is a voice out there calling for the end of grades.

It is our absolute pleasure to welcome Jack Tavassoley Marsh to the Morethanajob podcast. Jack is the Deputy Headteacher at Farnham Heath End School in Surrey, leading on Teaching & Learning across the curriculum as well as staff development. Jack is also a member of the Durrington Research School as an Evidence Lead in Education. But I am sure many of the listeners will know Jack for being the organiser of ResearchEd Surrey.

💥 Tell us about life growing up for you and your own education?

💥 What made you want to come into teaching?

💥Can you tell us more about being part of the Research School as an Evidence Lead in Education? Why do you care so much about research informed classroom practice?

💥 Jack you led a brilliant session at ResearchEd Surrey focussing on why students get distracted in lessons and what we can do to mitigate against these distractions in lessons. Can you start with the rationale behind this piece of research and what your research has shown?

💥 Ok so we have the research and the data that proves this but how can we reduce student inattention? What practical strategies can we use? Can you talk us through some of your recommendations?

💥 What are your thoughts on the plans for examinations next summer? What would you like to see the DfE do?

💥 Going back to your research projects – is there anything else you’ve worked on that has made a difference to your teaching?

Professor Nadey Hakim

It is our absolute pleasure to welcome multiple award winning surgeon Professor Nadey Hakim to the Morethanajob podcast – the first time that we have ever spoken to a surgeon on the podcast. Nadey has over 30 years experience specialising in transplants and bariatric surgery with an expertise in kidney and pancreas transplantation. He has published over 200 peer reviewed papers, written 24 textbooks and is one of the most sought after international speakers. Working for the Imperial College London as a consultant and a Presidential envoy, Harley Street, Vice President of the British Red Cross and an internationally sought after sculptor creating works for HM Queen Elizabeth II, Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Donald Trump & His Holiness the Pope.

💥Professor let’s start with who you are. Born in 1958 in Britain but you grew up in Lebanon during the civil war. What was your life like as a young man? How has this shaped you into the person you are today?

💥Professor following your early years you were driven to have a career in medicine, you received your MD from Paris Decartes University in 1984 and then began training at Guy’s Hospital. By 1995 you’d performed London’s first ever pancreas transplantation. Can you tell us about your early career in medicine.

💥Professor you represented Britain in 1998 performing the world’s first ever hand transplantation in Lyon and then your life changed when you saw a passenger reading about you in the Evening Standard. How did this change your life?

💥Professor, you then completed a double arm transplant on a French citizen in 2000 who’d lost both arms in an explosive accident. Can you talk to us about this part of your life.

💥Professor, I am huge fan of the book Black Box Thinking and the opening chapter focuses on the case of Elaine Bromiley and explores in more detail how surgeons are scrutinised and unable to make any mistakes. How there is a risk of a defensive culture and not having an openness to error. You were unfairly dismissed after surgery at Hammersmith, a judge rightly reinstated you. What was this period of your life like?

💥What advice would you give to children all over the word in their pursuit of education?

💥Professor, we then look at life outside of surgery and you have built an internationally recognised and award winning reputation as a portrait sculptor. You have created busts for HM Queen Elizabeth II, David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron, Kim Jong Un, Pope Francis and Donald Trump. How did this part of your career develop?

💥You’ve visited some incredible places can you try and explain how it was to visit Pyongyang and meet Kim Jong Un. You also recently visited Moscow to present a bust to Vladimir Putin and you’ve been honoured with the Order of Friendship for your contribution to the development of friendship, cooperation and mutual understanding between Russia & the UK.

LISTEN TO TOM SHERRINGTON AS NEVER BEFORE IN A RAW, HONEST, EMOTIONAL AND PASSIONATE EPISODE IN WHICH WE EXPLORE HIS LIFE AND CAREER - WHO IS TEACHERHEAD?

It is our absolute pleasure to welcome Tom Sherrington to Morethanajob podcast. It is a real honour to be talking to an education celebrity and one of the most influential educators in the UK. Tom is an experienced former Headteacher and teacher and, having worked in schools for 30 years starting training in 1986. Tom is the author and co-author of many education books that have shaped the landscape of education including the learning rainforest and the Walkthru series.

💥 At ResearchEd Surrey you spent some time in Farnham after your talk as you grew up here. Tell us about yourself then – who is Tom Sherrington? What was life like growing up for you?

💥 Tom you then moved up t’north in Wigan and worked at Winstanley College teaching physics. What was life like as an NQT? You were influenced by Tom Billington – how did this shape your philosophy?

💥 So from the North back down South to Nottinghill at Holland Park School where you spent 7 years and served in a number of roles. You’ve talked about a baptism of fire for behaviour management – what’s your philosophy on behaviour management? Is there a particular philosophy that you believe in?

💥 Tom you’ve talked about your time in Jakarta with a culture of total achievement. What was this foreign experience like and do you think in the UK now we are starting to become so focussed on ‘closing the gap’ and vulnerable students that we are at risk of not stretching the very highest and able learners to maximise achievement?

💥 Grammar Schools. You worked at King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford and this place holds a special place in your heart and educational journey. What made it so special and is there a place for Grammar Schools in the UK?

💥  Your last headship was at Highbury Grove. What is the story there? Do you miss the classroom and day to day school leadership?

💥 You have been part of the Headteachers’ Roundtable group – can you talk about this group and what it does? How much influence does it have?

It is our absolute pleasure to welcome the ATT Institute Team to this week’s podcast and we have our first ever returning guest, Abby Bayford, who last joined us on S1E8 to discuss her must read book ‘Letter to my NQT Self’. However, this time she hasn’t come alone and is with her amazing colleagues. First of all we have Mike Brett, who is the Deputy Director of Institute at ATT and an Assistant Principal. We also have Amy Staniforth, who is research lead for ATT and also an Assistant Principal.

💥 Mike and Amy could you start by giving us a summary of your journey as a teacher and what you have learned along the way.

💥 Abby do you miss the classroom now you’ve moved into this role as Director of Institute?

💥 What is ATTI's people development vision?

💥 What are the enablers/active ingredients of people development?

💥 As research lead how do you engage in research? Where do you even begin to start?

💥 What does professional/staff development look like if you’re an ATT employee?

💥  Your programme of people development is MAT wide – what are the greatest challenges of this?

💥 How are you responding to the changing landscape of teacher development and do you think with the new ECF and NPQs we might have finally cracked the recruitment and retention problem?

💥 What motivates you in your roles of people development?