Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#50: Teachers with few behaviour issues have the following 5 things in common... Or do they?
Season 4 Episode 50
There are absolutely no absolutes when it comes to behaviour. So when somebody makes a sweeping generalisation that if you do X, Y, and Z you will ha…
2 years, 2 months ago
#49: No homework, no mandatory testing, AND shorter school days? The observations of an Australian teacher exploring Finland's world-class education system.
Season 4 Episode 49
On today’s episode I talk to Jess Steadman who is an experienced Australian primary educator. You might know her as @thesydneyteacher on Instagram wh…
2 years, 3 months ago
#48: Should we be ‘letting things slide’ as teachers? Or should we be holding students accountable for every little challenging behaviour?
Season 4 Episode 48
Classroom management is nothing if not confusing. One of the things I have been told along the way is that we need to be picking our battles with beh…
2 years, 3 months ago
#47: How teachers are set up to fail, what SHOULD be included in teacher training, and what a trauma-informed approach looks like in action. A discussion with Em Gentle, founder of The Grad Guide
Season 4 Episode 47
Today I am joined on the podcast with Em Gentle, a graduate teacher mentor, fellow edu-podcaster, and founder of the grad guide where she supports ne…
2 years, 3 months ago
#46: What it really takes to change behaviour with the hardest to teach (and why it can take so damn long)!
Season 4 Episode 46
Today on the podcast we will be talking about working with the students who are the hardest to teach, and the hardest to reach.
The students who you …
2 years, 3 months ago
#45: Are you classroom managing like a fist, or a palm? A game-changing metaphor that will shape the way you approach behaviour in the heat of the moment
Season 4 Episode 45
In today’s episode, I am going to be giving you a visual metaphor to approaching challenging classroom behaviour that can be a game changer.
This is …
2 years, 4 months ago
#44: The one thing you need to do during the holidays to improve your classroom management in 2024.
I spent the first 5 years of my career feeling like I needed to be ‘all over’ every single facet of the lesson to contain and reduce challenging beh…
2 years, 4 months ago
#43: 2023: The year I became a mother, a wife, and an author. Reflections, regrets, and lessons learnt.
Season 4 Episode 43
2023 has been one of the biggest, and most transformational times in my life. Both professionally, and personally.
It has been a year where too many d…
2 years, 5 months ago
#42: Want to do some laid-back learning at the end of the year, and STILL maintain a calm and controlled environment? This is what you need to know.
Season 4 Episode 42
As the year draws to a close, things start to get increasingly challenging.
You have your head teacher telling you that you need to keep learning unti…
2 years, 5 months ago
#41: What Is the Conscious Competence Ladder, and Why You Need to Know About It for Learning, Behavior, and Your Own Professional Development.
Season 4 Episode 41
One of the things that used to really grind my gears as a teacher was when I was trying to teach a new skill to students, whether it be an analytical…
2 years, 5 months ago