The ALT:learn Podcast: Recent Episodes
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In this episode I discuss the importance of staff wellbeing, self-care and how schools, leaders and individual teachers can put in place strategies and techniques to bring about improvements in wellbeing that lead to improved performance and outcomes.
Kelly Hannaghan is a Mental Health and Wellbeing Consultant and has spent her professional career passionately putting wellbeing at the heart of education, by focussing on enhancing the life and learning experience for people in education. She leads school development processes creating outstanding outcomes and awards for many organisations. She is a trailblazer within the Wellbeing Lead Network for supporting pastoral teams and has been recognised by the DfE, NCB, The Anna Freud Centre and The Education Support Partnership as a lead influencer of mental health and wellbeing in education. Kelly is an active speaker and writer of wellbeing in education and is passionate about creating the conditions under which teachers, pupils and families flourish.
You can contact Kelly on Twitter @MindWorkMatters
In this episode I speak to Sean Harris about the impact of poverty and social mobility in education, the issues with the curriculum in schools that can sometimes widen the disadvantaged gap, together with how leaders and teachers can review their curriculum to check that it is poverty proofed.
Sean Harris is a part-time doctoral student with Teesside University investigating poverty in schools and how we tackle this in classrooms, together with his day job as Trust Improvement Lead at Tees Valley Education Trust in Middlesbrough. Not only that, but he is also a published author in the fields of education, community work and theology.
You can find Sean on Twitter @SeanHarris_NE
I sat down with an old professional friend of mine, Hywel Roberts, to discuss his experience of being a 'Traveling Teacher' and how to get students not just compliant, but properly engaged. In this episode Hywel refers to 'botherdness', getting students 'invested' in their learning and how we can get students to 'lean into the curriculum'. A thoroughly engaging listen from a truly engaging teacher that will make you remember why you came into teaching.
In this episode we talk to Judy Hornigold and discuss how we can identify and support students with dyscalculia.
In this episode we talk to Mike Armiger and discuss the lessons learnt from alternative provision that we can put into practice in mainstream schools.
In this episode we discuss the understanding of ‘pathological demand avoidance’, or PDA for short, which is a profile on the autism spectrum.
Jilly is also running a webinar for us on this subject on the 9th of December and full details of this session, plus how to book can be found on our training website: https://www.yesataretelearningtrust.net/training-Events
In this episode we discuss what constitutes effective SEND provision across the whole school, looking at quality first teaching, evidence informed practices and professional development.
Gary is also running a training course for us on the 11th of November at Richmond School on this very topic. To find out more about the course, including ways to book go to: https://www.yesataretelearningtrust.net/training-Events
In this episode we talk to Andrea Edmondson about practical techniques to support co-regulation and the development of self-regulation with our young people.
Andrea is also running a course for us on this very topic at Richmond School in North Yorkshire on the 14th of October. For more details on the course, including how to book, head to: https://www.yesataretelearningtrust.net/training-Events
In this episode we speak to Sharon Harris, one of our Teaching Assistants at Stokesley School to find out what really makes an effective TA and crucially, what teachers can do before and during the lesson to allow their TA to be the most effective.
In this episode we discuss simple ways to promote vocabulary development and the importance of this not just for examination success, but for lifelong learning.
In this episode we discuss the importance of lowering the stakes for formative assessment and recall activities (including a range of great practical tips on how to do this), but also why it's important to raise the stakes for summative assessment from time to time.
In this episode I sit down with Nigel Atton, Head of Maths at Northallerton School, to look at how we can make our feedback more effective, whilst at the same time being more efficient with our time. Nigel provides some great practical tips and advice for teachers of all subjects and all levels of experience.
In this episode I sit down with Doug Welsh, MFL teacher from Northallerton School, to talk about how he is using mini whiteboards to make his questioning far more effective, and in turn, finding out what everyone in his classroom knows, rather than just a few.
In this episode we discuss with Sam how the experiences and challenges from 16 years of being a parent to a child with CFC syndrome (cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome), have enabled her to translate these parenting skills into her classroom and become a better teacher.
In this episode we discuss not only the importance of establishing classroom routines and high expectations, but more importantly how to sustain them as the term goes on. Jo gives us her expert tips as an experienced classroom practitioner, together with her favourite 'go to' routines that significantly contribute the overall learning environment.
In this episode we speak to our first external guest, Ryan Evans from the Aspire2Be learning technology company in Wales. Ryan takes us through his new assistive technology project website IncludEdu where listeners can find a whole directory of assistive technology apps and 'add ons' to your web browser, whilst also using Ryan's cleverly designed framework to help you dig down into the specific needs of your students.
All the specific Chrome 'add ons' mentioned by Ryan in this episode can be found in the specially designed hyperlinked document here (works best to download it onto your computer and use the links from there) and you can also follow Ryan and his IncludEdu project on Twitter - @IncludEduOnline
In this episode we discuss how we can capitalise on our increased use of digital technology during the lockdown, to increase the quality of learning experiences we can give our students now that we're back to face to face teaching.
More specifically in this episode we focus on our experiences, tips and advice on how use Google Classroom and the Google Suite of Education apps in the best possible ways.
In this episode we explore how we've been increasing the quality of our feedback using the verbal feedback app called MOTE, whilst also increasing engagement from students and reducing teacher workload.
To find out more about how to download the MOTE extension or access some of the features that you've heard in this episode, head over to their YouTube channel where they have a number of quick and simple 1 minute 'how to' videos...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQudvQCv2lzLRlS2-2UV5A
In this episode we speak to Kath Lawson about how we can make our remote learning as inclusive as possible and accessible for all of our students.
In this episode we speak to Lizzi Fox who gives us a plethora of amazing T&L tips for remote learning that have been crowdsourced from staff at Stokesley School.
In this episode we talk to Emma Dunwoodie who talks about the benefits of recorded lessons as part of your remote learning offer to students and some of her top tips to make these effective.
Episode 1 of the ALT:learn Podcast focuses on remote learning with tips on structuring and delivering live lessons. In this episode we speak to Chris Brown and Rob McGreal about their experiences both leading and delivering remote learning and get their top tips on live lessons.