When teaching, planning and behaviour management is becoming frustrating, unmanageable and overwhelming, then slowing down should be the priority. Which I know is a lot easier to say than do, and unimaginably hard for those with growing families and other commitments. But those should always come first, you cannot give your best, to anyone, if you’re running on fumes. Learn about the value of giving yourself regular fresh starts in today's episode.

The clarity of our elocution, instructions, resources and feedback all have a dramatic impact on the success of each of our students at school. Find out how to maximise your clarity in today's episode.

Big changes are coming in education, and it's vital that we prepare ourselves and get ahead of the curve. Listen to my tips on how to get ready in today's podcast episode.

Studies have shown that the average office worker prints around 10,000 sheets of paper every year – which is even more staggering when you consider that about half of those sheets end up in the trash. Printing on all that paper isn’t just harmful to the environment; it’s costly too. Every organization on the planet would like to reduce their printing costs – and, as a bonus, reduce their impact on the environment. Listen to today's episode to discover three highly actionable tips to save money on your printing costs – whether you’re an individual working from home, a teacher working at school or even an individual who’s running an organization.

Examinations really are the most visible culmination of what we do as teachers. They offer a no-nonsense assessment of student competency in particular subject areas and their results are still to this day considered to be the ‘gold standard’ of many schools: forming the basis of rankings’ systems, such as league tables, in many countries. Today I get right down to the cold, hard-truth of what you really need to know: how to best prepare your students for their exams.

The reasoning that most schools give as to why these toilets need to be installed is that they are ‘inclusive’, and that they make transgender students feel more comfortable. Tremendous opposition to the introduction of gender-neutral toilets in schools has already been voiced by parents, students, local MPs and members of local communities. At Deanesfield Primary School in the UK, for example, parents launched a petition to remove the unisex toilets that were covertly installed over the summer vacation; with one main concern being that menstruating girls felt as though their privacy was being invaded. In today's episode I offer what I hope are some informed opinions on the matter. 

One thing I touched upon, but didn’t go into detail about in my book was the plethora of marking and assessment strategies I have learned over the years. So, strap on your seat-belt because I’m about to go through the highest-impact, most effective strategies for marking and assessing work in ways that save you time and energy.

Teaching is definitely a stressful job. In fact, a February 2019 study by England’s National Foundation for Education Research found that 20% of teachers feel tense about their job most or all of the time, compared with 13% of those working in similar professions. Additionally, as if that wasn’t startling enough, a recent Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) survey found that teachers in England have one of the highest workloads in the world.

One often overlooked part of the school is the library – a place where so much deep learning, joy and enrichment can take place when visits are planned properly.