Those Who Can't

Those Who Can't

By Matthew Smith and Kate MooreEducation
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Those Who Can't episodes

  • Ep 9 - Do I need a mentor?

    In this episode we'll talk about the issue of whether or not you need a mentor to help you to develop your teaching career. Is it necessary to have a mentor? At what stages in your career can a mentor help you develop? Is mentoring totally overrated or can having a mentor add value as you grow your career as a teacher? We might not have all the answers here, but we'll see what we can do.

    20 min
  • Ep 8 - Working with parents

    In this episode we give you a few tips for building and maintaining productive relationships with your students' parents. Parents are their children's first teachers and they play an important role in schools. Learn about helicopters and snow-ploughs and take your approach to working with parents to the next level.

    32 min
  • Ep 7 - I taught a s*** lesson! Now what?
    In this episode we talk through how you can bounce back after you teach a s*** lesson. Sometimes things don't go to plan, despite how well prepared we are for class. There's lots of reasons that a lesson can miss the mark or go off the rails so it's important to have a plan to get things moving in the right direction again.
    21 min
  • Ep 6 - Top tips for behaviour management
    Let's get practical! In this episode we give our top tips for improving the behaviour management in the classroom. From understanding what's happening in the child's brain to setting clear expectations, we reckon these tips might take your behaviour management over the top.
    28 min
  • Ep 5 - Good culture, bad culture
    In this episode we reflect on what makes for a good staffroom culture. What does a good staffroom look and feel like? Where does workplace toxicity come from? We'll talk through some of the workplace cultures we've experience and consider how you can contribute to lifting the vibe in your staffroom. At the end of the day, it's all about the vibe.
    18 min
  • Ep 3 - What's in a name? Why "those who can't"?
    Is it really true that those who can't, teach? What does the expression mean and where did it come from? Is it just something that people say to put us down or is there something to it? In this episode we consider how the teaching profession is perceived by others.
    18 min
  • Ep 2 - The worst kid in your class
    One of the great joys of teaching is getting to work with students with diverse personalities, backgrounds and behaviours. This is also one of the biggest challenges. In this episode we talk about the "worst" kid in your class and how you can reframe your perspective on the naughty kids and change the dialogue about student behaviour.
    26 min
  • Ep 1 - Would you do it again?
    In this episode we'll explore the reasons to join the noble profession of teaching. We talk about some of the reasons we became teachers and why, after all these years, we'd do it again!
    25 min

About Those Who Can't

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Those Who Can't is a podcast for teachers. Hosted by experienced educational leaders, Matt Smith and Kate Moore, Those Who Can't will cover all aspects of the teaching profession. Teaching is serious…