Teaching as a Second Language

In today's episode, Stew and Mark are joined by Kasey, a psychologist who has a lot of experience working with children. Neurodivergent students (not to be confused with Neurodiverse students) are super challenging in both behaviour management, but also academic domains. We hope our chat with Kasey today will help you understand a little bit more about Neurodivergent students, and how you can best support them in the classroom.

In this episode Stew and Mark discuss the importance of "giving a shit" as a teacher, but focus on the fact we have a limited number of "shits" to give. We discuss where we can invest our time and energy most effectively in order to maximise our impact as teachers, whilst maintaining self-care and avoiding the dreaded burnout.

In this episode Mark and Stew discuss the ins and outs of behaviour management for high school teachers. We discuss the importance of building relationships as a cornerstone of all effective behaviour management, and share our personal stories including successes and failures. This episode is perfect for beginning teachers who are struggling and need some pointers on fundamentals, but also for teachers who want to share in some positive tales of success.

In this episode Mark and Stew sit down for a chat with Graham Lee (Stew's dad). We discuss how education has changed over the last 50 years, what it was like teaching in the 20th century, and big takeaways Graham has had across his 50 years of teaching.

In this episode Mark and Stew are joined by second year teacher Georgia. We discuss why being a second year teacher is much harder than the first year, and strategies for coping with the second year.

In this episode Mark and Stew dive into the concept of co-teaching. The co-teaching model is one which involves two teachers being responsible for a class. This means two teachers for planning, two teachers for preparation, two teachers for teaching, and yes even two teachers for marking and reporting!

Is co-teaching an educational revolution? Is it just a fad? Is it sustainable for schools to employ the co-teaching model? These are just some of the questions we tackle in this episode. We hope you enjoy it!