isPodcast: Recent Episodes
Independent Schools Victoria
Mike Broadstock talks with clinical and forensic psychologist David Cherry about how parents and teachers can help students when healthy high standards turn to perfectionism.
You can find transcripts and links to what we discussed on our podcast page. Please connect with ISV on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
Natalie talks with psychiatrist, author and comedian Dr. Jo Prendergast about how parents can support their teen's mental health and the importance of getting enough sleep. Mike talks with Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath about how the Learning Blueprint helps students and teachers to get the most from their education by helping them to understand the way they think. The Knox School student Aurelia Cabrera performs her award winning poem The Man on The Steering Wheel.
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Mike Broadstock talks with Melbourne University Associate Professor Michelle Jongenelis about how we can help vaping teenagers quit (without it turning into a lecture) and Parents Website favourite Diane Bourke shares why nursery rhymes matter.
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Mike Broadstock talks with Mark Riddiford from the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation about helping young people think critically about gambling, when sports betting is promoted everywhere. Shane Green chats with Psychologist Andrew Fuller about latest neurochemistry research and what it tells us about student learning and wellbeing. And Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune is played beautifully by Eric Lu from The Knox School.
Shane Green explores Transformative repair – an arts program which takes broken things and remakes them into something beautiful – and discovers how educators are using it to make a difference in their school communities.
You can find transcripts and links to what we discussed on our podcast page. Please connect with ISV on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
Natalie Moutafis speaks with Australia’s Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith, about why it’s important to make sure everyone is included in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Mike Broadstock talks with ISV Chief Executive Michelle Green about the changing face of education, and Australian Children Laureate Gabrielle Wang explores why taking in ISV’s student poetry competition can help young people grow their imagination.
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Mike Broadstock talks with education consultant and author, Leon Furze, about the latest tech already disrupting classrooms – AI program ChatGPT – and how educators can make the most of its potential.
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Shane Green talks with ISV's career education consultant, Maria Floudiotis, about new careers program for primary school kids and how it is helping them broaden their horizons.
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Emma-Rose Parsons from Spectrum House Psychology shares her tips for how teachers and parents can help children prepare for the new school year.
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Mike, Nat and Shane have all picked stories that they think is worth a revisit for the isPodcast Summer Series. Mike has selected Rod Soper’s talk with Natalie Moutafis about the ways parents can prepare their kids for starting school.
Mike, Nat and Shane have all picked stories that they think is worth a revisit for the isPodcast Summer Series. Nat has chosen Shane's discussion with Dr. Judith Locke, the author of The Bonsai Child and The Bonsai Student, on how doing too much of a good thing for your kids can lead to overparenting.
Mike, Nat and Shane have all picked stories that they think is worth a revisit for the isPodcast Summer Series. Shane has chosen Mike’s chat with Rion Nakaya for this episode, about her family friendly website: The Kid Should See This.
Natalie Moutafis talks with Kirra Pendergast from Safe on Social about how we can help our kids to make the right choices as they go online, Mike Broadstock talks with ISV Chief Executive Michelle Green about the year in education and the year ahead, and Year 3 Harkaway Hills College student Naushali Anne Navaratne performs her poem: ‘It’s Raining Cats and Dogs’.
You can find transcripts and links to what we discussed on our podcast page. Please connect with ISV on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
Dr Georgie Buckley talks with Natalie Moutafis about the Body Confident Collective’s new guide for helping young athletes develop a safer and more positive body image. Leading career’s expert Helen Green chats with Shane Green about how young people can respond to an ‘ATAR surprise’, and why many of them are taking a year off before they return to study. Year 9 Bialik College student Ethan Lust recites Blissful Ignorance.
You can find transcripts and links to what we discussed on our podcast page. Please connect with ISV on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
VicHealth CEO, Dr. Sandro Demaio talks with Mike Broadstock about the health risks of vaping for young people, well-being expert Meg Durham chats with Shane Green about what students, parents and teachers who are feeling run down can do to keep their personal batteries charged, and Year 8 Presbyterian Ladies College student Katherine Lam's step-by-step guide on How to Belong.
You can find transcripts and links to what we discussed on our podcast page. Please connect with ISV on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
Natalie Moutafis talks with The Learning Future founder Louka Parry about the importance of social emotional learning (SEL) in educating our children, and Mike Broadstock talks with ResourceSmart Secondary School Teacher of the Year, Clare Tuohy, about the sustainability programs at Beaconhills College, and why they are so important for students.
In this special episode for the Spring holiday, we revisit the conversation Natalie Moutafis had with author and psychologist Megan de Beyer about the benefits for families in getting back to nature, and Carey Baptist Grammar School prep student Emerson Pitman recites her award-winning poem 'Who Loves Spring?'.
Michelle Green and Shane Green celebrate the young poets who took part in this year's student poetry competition, Mike Broadstock learns more about the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award with Johanna Leitch and Lillian Henderson, and Year 7 Harkaway Hills College student Grace Sudjono recites her award-winning Song of Hope.
You can find transcripts and links to what we discussed on our podcast page. You can connect with ISV on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
Shane Green talks with leading clinical psychologist Dr. Andrew Fuller about encouraging young people who have opted out of challenging situations since the pandemic to opt back in. Natalie Moutafis talks with Senior Education Trainer from eSafety, Greg Gebhart, about how parents and schools can help students have more positive experiences online.
You can find transcripts and links to what we discussed on our podcast page. You can connect with ISV on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
Mike Broadstock learns about the work that Pat Cronin Foundation does in schools to help end the coward punch with Pat's father, Matt Cronin, and Natalie Moutafis speaks with Haileybury master teacher Clare Mackie about the Teaching Excellence Program at the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership.
You can find transcripts and links to what we discussed on our podcast page. You can connect with ISV on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
Shane Green talks with Rob Kenney, the father behind Dad, how do I?, the YouTube channel giving practical ‘dadvice‘ for everyday tasks, Michael Broadstock talks with ISV Chief Executive Michelle Green about the new faces fronting the education portfolios in Canberra and at Spring Street, and ISV’s Student Film Festival .
Michael Broadstock talks with Kieren Noonan about how ISV is helping teachers and school leaders reignite and reimagine education, Shane Green talks with Gabrielle Wang about how she came to be Australian Children’s Laureate, and former St Michael’s Grammar student Joshua Sun plays Rachmaninoff’s Piano Prelude in C-sharp minor
Natalie Moutafis talks with author and psychologist Megan de Beyer about the benefits for families in getting back to nature, Shane Green talks with ISV Chief Executive Michelle Green about ISV’s poetry competition for students and the power of the spoken word, and St. Margaret’s Berwick Grammar School student Mia Mastroianni shares her poem about her pet dog, Max.
Shane Green talks with ISV Chief Executive Michelle Green ahead of the federal election, about the issues that matter to Independent schools, before and after polling day.
Mike Broadstock talks with DeakinCo CEO Glenn Campbell and ISV Innovation and Learning Leader Deb Carmichael about Microcredentials – Digital Badges – and how they are giving educators a new way of demonstrating what they have learned.
Mike Broadstock talks with Rion Nakaya, the curator of The Kid Should See This, a free website with thousands of kid friendly videos that parents and teachers can share with children. Shane Green talks with Deb Carmichael about what educators can expect from ISV's Innovation Design Lab for Learning.
In our last episode for 2021, Michelle Green chats with Mike Broadstock about the year that’s gone and the year ahead, Natalie Moutafis talks with education expert Rod Soper about the ways parents can help prepare their kids for starting school, and Year 12 Tintern Grammar student Emma Jones reads us her poem about childhood, Father and Daughter.
Shane Green talks with ISV partners Flossie Chua, Dave Perkins, and Daniel Wilson from Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education about a signature program that helps principals prepare learners for living, working and playing in a complex world.
Dr. Noella Mackenzie underlines the importance of handwriting and keyboarding skills with Mike Broadstock. Université Laval Associate Professor Julien Bureau talks with Shane Green about the best ways to motivate students. ISV Chief Executive Michelle Green chats with Natalie Moutafis about a teacher who made a difference in her life, and St. Michaels Grammar School virtuoso guitarist Harrisen Hughes tears through Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.
School Library Association of Victoria Chief Executive Susan La Marca tells Mike Broadstock about a new program that helps school librarians build the reading culture at schools. Natalie Moutafis speaks with Enlighten Education CEO, Dannielle Miller, about how we can support our kids through another lockdown school holiday. ISV Chief Executive Michelle Green chats with Shane Green about the work of the talented young poets who took part in our student poetry competition, and we listen to the award-winning Awaiting Spring, by Year 6 Harkaway Hills College student Grace Sudjono.
Shane Green interviews Stephen Gniel, Chief Executive Officer at Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority.
Mike Broadstock speaks with Lucy Thomas about Project Rockit, the youth-driven movement against cyber bullying she created with her sister. Natalie Moutafis speaks with Will Hanley from ISV about a program that helps secondary students find meaning, purpose, and belonging. We hear a lovely tune from a Mount Scopus Memorial College singer-songwriter, and the team looks at the latest in education.
Shane Green speaks with parenting expert Michael Grose about how our position in the family birth order shapes our lives, Mike Broadstock talks with educational neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath and Winnie Wong from ISV about a school program that helps students understand and improve how they learn, and ISV Chief Executive Michelle Green joins Natalie Moutafis to discuss what's been happening in education and how we can all learn from Bilbo Baggins.
Shane Green talks with the author of The Bonsai Child and The Bonsai Student, Dr. Judith Locke, Mike Broadstock talks to Casey Grammar Principal Fiona Williams and Aynur Simsirel from ISV about being a principal in a pandemic, and we explore what's happening in education, including a short film festival for student movie makers.
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