Teach, Tech, Lead

Milica Savic is the Coordinator of Learning & Teaching at Wesley College's Elsternwick Campus and she joined us in studio for a great conversation about learning design, instructional coaching and building cultures of inquiry. Milica has been part of a team leading a whole-school transformation of professional learning through the development of Wesley's Personalised Professional Learning (PPL...

Gus and I recently had a chance to chat to Holly Wedd, the Head Teacher of Maths at Orara High School. Holly has received several teaching and leadership awards, and chatting with her even for this small amount of time, it was clearly evident why! Not only does she have a passion for Maths and education as a whole, her use of high impact teaching strategies in the classroom is both seemless and in...

The idea that we want (and need) our students to think seems quite uncontroversial right? In this modern age we find ourselves in, students will do their utmost to avoid thinking. Thinking is hard! It was certainly a challenge for us pre-AI but tech is continuing to make this difficult to enact in our classrooms. So what can we do? Well - so glad you asked! The solution isn't necessarily 'easy' bu...

Glenn Solomons is a learning designer, course strategist and former school leader who helps educational consultants and school systems scale their impact through high-quality professional learning design. Through his company Cheeky Learning ( https://www.cheekylearning.com.au/ ), Glenn works with educational thought leaders, government organisations and school systems to build blended and asynchro...

Trent Ray is the founder of The Cyber Safety Project and he joined Gus and myself for a chat about the challenges that schools, teachers and students face and the critical and evolving nature of the cyber safety landscape. Trent has a wealth of experience in the #Cybersafety field - driven from his own prior roles teaching and managing ICT in schools. You can reach out to Trent via the Cyber Safet...

In the latest One-Pager from the #TeachTechLeadPodcast , Angus Humphries asks "Are they listening?" ... with the cheeky sub-title... "and why not?". Do we bombard students with long and verbose amounts of content and instructions, without first considering the cognitive load of students and how much they are actually taking in? I've linked the full One-Pager in the comments - hope you enjoy it! #E...

In the latest One-Pager from the #TeachTechLeadPodcast , Angus Humphries pitches "Five Things"! We all know the power of reading and writing and the transformative thinking that results. This technique discusses setting up a structured class room environment where students read with purpose, make notes (not just randomly) and the have an opportunity to discuss or share these notes without referrin...

Caiti Wade is on The Educator's Hot List and while this fact is not the important thing about her, the question it prompts, IS.... Why? Caiti has built a reputation for helping schools use evidence, data and cognitive science to drive meaningful student growth. With expertise spanning instructional design, curriculum implementation and leadership strategy, she is committed to making the science of...

Gus and I had the pleasure of chatting to Ashleigh Martin, the Principal of Caulfield Grammar School. He is widely recognized for his forward-thinking approach to education, with a strong focus on innovation, student wellbeing, and preparing young people for a rapidly changing world. Under his leadership, the school has continued to evolve as a leading independent school, embracing new models of l...

Brent Sheffield is a high school English teacher with a decade of experience driving real, measurable student growth in a Title 1 school. Brent focusses on simplifying the practices that actually move the needle - things like clear explanations, spaced retrieval, and consistent feedback.  Brent is a graduate of Florida’s High Impact Teacher Corps and has served as an English Department Chair, lead...

What is the most effective way to give feedback to students so that they actually take it on board and action it? Are you spending countless hours marking student work only to have them look at the mark and shove it to the bottom of their bag? In this, our 9th one-pager, Gus and I discuss the process of giving feedback to students. Now notice I didn’t say CORRECTIONS, nor did I say MARKS, though m...

What does it really mean to teach students to think for themselves? In our latest podcast episode, we speak with Dr Merinda Bermingham, whose PhD research in critical thinking — particularly teacher understanding of critical thinking — sits at the heart of her work as an educator. Merinda is driven by a powerful purpose: helping students live empowered, respectful, and innovative lives shaped by m...

@Kate Stockmans is an English and Drama educator and the founder of CommuniKaters, with over a decade of teaching experience in international contexts including the UK, Australia, Nepal and Uganda. Trained in dialogic teaching principles, she is passionate about the role communication plays in fostering learning, supporting connection and building empathy between students, educators and parents. H...

Amy Green is a keynote speaker, author and podcast host who, through her consultancy work, explores what it really means to live and work well. After starting in education, she saw how outdated ideas about productivity were leaving people overwhelmed - prompting a bigger question: what if the problem isn’t resilience, but how we design work? Amy helps leaders rethink productivity culture and build...

Gus and I recently chatted to Sean Miller, a secondary school leader and educator who is passionate about how schools can use AI ethically and creatively. It was a great discussion about how AI is impacting schools and the responsibility we have to provide guardrails and guidance to students about using it. Hope you enjoy it! #TeachTechLeadPodcast #EdTech #AIinEducation #DigitalLearning  #Educatio...

Gus and I recently had the pleasure of talking to Professor Glenn Savage, a policy sociologist and Professor of Education Futures at Melbourne University’s Faculty of Education. Our discussion covered a wide range of topics from change management, retaining and attracting teachers to the profession, the challenges facing schools and how leaders can make positive and effective change. Hope you enjo...

In this episode of the Teach, Tech, Lead podcast, Gus and I spoke to Damir Odobasic - an award-winning Ed Innovator, conference presenter and speaker about how students think, remember and transfer knowledge. In what ways are digital devices and technologies disrupting or changing learning? Is AI any different? Damir has developed a simple (yet robust) Lesson Intelligence Framework, which which di...

Ellen Moffat is a Deputy Principal, leader and educator who has held a variety of curriculum and pastoral roles in her career. She was on The Educator's Hot List in 2018 and their Rising Stars list in 2023 as well as being an Excellence Awardee at the 2021 Australian Education Awards. What was clear to both Gus and myself in our conversation, was how passionate Ellen is about effective pedagogy, t...

In the latest of our one-pagers, Gus and I discuss While I'm Not Watching... Rather than the title of a bad horror movie, this brand new One-Pager from the #TeachTechLeadPodcast details the positive habits that we want to instill in our students! This pod (and the one-pager linked below), will give you some answers - but likely, many more thoughts about the ways we teach students to work independe...

In the latest of our one-pagers, Gus and I discuss Success Looks Like... How can we best convey to students our expectations surrounding a task or activity such that they have the optimal chance of success? This pod (and one-pager linked below), will give you the answer to that question and make it (as Gus likes to say) hard for them "not to learn"! Hope you enjoy! #Education #Pedagogy #Teaching #...

In the latest of our one-pagers, Gus and I discuss You Do This! Explicit instruction is a well understood teaching strategy - but what is the best way to get started? This pod (and one-pager linked below), will give you a clear method for delivering instructions to classes of any year level in a way (that Gus likes to say) makes it hard for them "not to learn"! Hope you enjoy! #Education #Pedagogy...

Gus and I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Lisa Cohen, who along with Lianne Kady are the founders of Elevated Educators ( www.elevatededucators.com.au ) and Blooming Classrooms - a researched backed behavior and wellbeing program supporting school teachers to thrive. I quite like the phrase on their website: "from frazzled to flourishing". Lisa and Lianne work to empower educators t...

Gus and I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Anneke Stracke, who has been teaching for 3 years, to talk about the challenges of being a teacher graduate and the ways in which we can better support and attract new teachers. Anneke gave some great insights into the challenges of starting out, things she has learnt along the way and highlights of her teacher training. #Education #Pedagogy...

In the latest of our one-pagers, Gus and I discuss Catching the Volcano! Class discussion can be fun and engaging - but frequently, our students leave our classes without a sense of the main points of what was discussed. At other times, class discussions can wander off topic, leaving us feeling like we dropped the ball. There is an answer! The solution is outlined in this one-pager called ‘Catch t...

Recently, I attended the Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria (DLTV) annual conference (DigiCon) at ACMI in Federation Square, Melbourne. I took my digital recorder along with the view to capturing some quick sound bites with Keynote presenters and attendees on a range of topics - from AI, creativity to digital literacy and device use. Featured are: Dr Tim Kitchen (keynote), Joshua Brewer, Andre...