On todays episode, we have some fantastic chats with Ryan Pedley around all things education.

Here are some Highlights:

• 2:30- Who is Ryan?
• 8:30- Ryan's Life after Secondary School
• 10:02- What brought Ryan to Australia
• 11:30- Being in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
• 12:50- Moving from Canada to Australia to Teach
• 13:13- Teaching in smaller Aussie Schools
• 16:00- Working on family farm or moving to metropolitan area
• 17:13- Distance Education
• 19:00- School size and relation to school culture & staff roles
• 19:30- Prep students to year 7 students in one class (small schools)
• 22:30- Supporting positive school culture
• 23:30- High Fives from Principal to Prep Students
• 25:30- More on School Culture
• 26:30- Preparing students for the future of work/jobs
• 29:15- Bullying & Cyber Bullying
• 31:00- Students & Social Media
• 34:30- Restorative Justice at School and Empathetic Conversations
• 35:45- How to create more Empathetic experiences in schools
• 38:30- "I dont want to go to school" and engaging learners
• 43:30- Some helpful ideas for parents of students with school
• 45:00- Creating consistent learning environment between home & school
• 48:30- Student Agency around their own learning & 'Walker Learning' pedagogy
• 52:15- Innovative/Futuristic Approaches to Learning (example from Canberra, ACT)
• 55:10- Careers, Self Employment & Entrepreneurship in Schools
• 58:00- Projects, Resources (Links Below)

Here are some Resources & Links: 

• QLD Collective for Inclusive Education: https://www.qcie.org/
• Community Resource Unit Inclusive Education: https://cru.org.au/our-work/inclusive-education/resources/
• Education QLD Inclusive Education: https://education.qld.gov.au/students/inclusive-education
• Education QLD Initiatives & Strategies: https://education.qld.gov.au/initiatives-and-strategies
• Education QLD Home Education: https://education.qld.gov.au/schools-educators/other-education/home-education
• All Means All: https://allmeansall.org.au/for-parents/
• Charters Towers School of Distance Ed: https://charterstowerssde.eq.edu.au/
• Enkindle Village School: https://enkindleschool.qld.edu.au/
• Silver Lining Foundation Schools: https://silverlining.org.au/our-schools/
• Study.Work.Grow: https://studyworkgrow.com.au/
• QASSP Design Ingenuity: https://www.qassp.org.au/Web/Our-Learning/Choose-Your-Learning/Courses/Designed_InGenuity/0Designed-InGenuity.aspx

Professional Books:

• Professional Capital - Michael Fullen and Andy Hargreaves 
• Power of Inquiry - Kath Murdoch
• Let Go - Hugh van Cuylenburg
• Play Matters - Kathy Walker
• Creative Schools - Sir Ken Robinson

Kids/parents Books

• The Gruffalo - Julia Donaldson
• Giraffes can’t dance - Giles Andreae
• We’re going on a Bear Hunt - Michael Rosen
• Wings of Fire - Tui Sutherland

Personal Books/Podcast

• The Dawn

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Ricky