End of Year exams and high-stakes assessments demand a high-amount time from teachers during the creation and marking processes. They often cannot be marked via peer-assessment, self-assessment or other time-saving methods and must instead be marked traditionally - i.e. by the teacher going through the papers individually. In today's episode, I share my top tips for marking high-stakes assessments as efficiently as possible. 

It is no hidden fact that teaching is a stressful profession. From managing students to maintaining multiple records, teachers have a lot to deal with on a daily basis. Dealing with everything available on a plate at once often leads to stress. Moreover, if stress remains unmanaged and unnoticed for a long time, it can even lead to serious burnout. In modern times, where digitalization was supposed to take many burdens off our shoulders, it somehow ended up giving more stress to teachers. In today's episode, you will learn some strategies to prevent burnout whilst teaching online.

Do you know what the differences are between deep and surface learning? Do you know how to encourage deep learning in your classroom? In today's episode I will explore both of these questions. 

Careers’ guidance counsellors – start telling high school students the TRUTH – that if they go to university they’ll probably amass a ton of debt that they’ll be paying off for decades, whilst probably not earning that much money afterwards. Tell them that there’s ANOTHER WAY – that there are jobs that do not require such a massive monetary and time-investment, but which pay a lot!

Our students' emotional maturity, key skills and knowledge and understanding may not be as developed as we think. Teacher vigilance is key!

One thing that is almost NEVER covered on teacher training courses is the importance of personal health and suitable routines that maximise energy levels. Good sleep, good diet and good mental health are all extremely important for the modern practitioner to function optimally. A teacher with such credentials as a master's degree or even a PhD in education from a top university will soon find themselves scuppered when turning up to school exhausted, rushed or feeling overwhelmed. Your personal biochemistry and physiology will affect your performance in the classroom to an even greater extent than your knowledge of pedagogy. 

Are you a moody moaner? If you are, then join the club because schools all over the world; no matter what the ethos or demographic, all contain their fair-share of moaners. But what do teachers moan about and is it justified? This episode explores that.

The 94th Academy Awards will forever be known as the night when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock: be that staged or not as the case may be. In today's episode, I go through some things that teachers and schools can take from this situation when designing curricula, preparing young people for the future and discussing this issue if and when it arises in our conversations with students.

Past-exam papers provide teachers with the opportunity to train students in time-management, exam-technique and key skills. 

Children love competition – be that through sports, online gaming, traditional learning games, puzzles or even the drive to acquire more house points/plus points than their peers. Quiz-based apps, however, are unique in that they have finally allowed teachers to bring a healthy level of technology-driven rivalry into the remote, hybrid and traditional classrooms.