Hey Miss!

Why would so many schools, teachers and even those in positions of authority cheat for their students on a state-wide standardised test? Has it ever happened here?

This week DeeDee will tell you about the Cannibal Teacher Albert Fentress and Eric Toth, a former middle school teacher who made it to the FBI's most wanted list. As the title suggests, they are, in fact, Bad Teachers

Mary takes us through the new subject (replacing PLP) that is part of SACE requirements called EIF. What is it? What does it stand for?

What do you know about Lord Byron? His life was full of scandal and many, many women.

We're back with monthly episodes from now on, because...teacher life! Today we're going to take through our experiences with getting ready to teach Stage 2 English. What do you need to know? What do you need to have prepared? Where can you find resources and so on!

Join us for the super mysterious series of 'incidents' that make up the 1886 novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Get ready to answer the Question of the Day, a new segment for this season!

Chat GPT burst onto the scene when it was released to the public in November 2022 and almost at the same time, people started questioning how it would impact schools and students. Mary and DeeDee share their thoughts about their robot overlords...

Welcome back to Season 2 of Hey Miss! Mary and DeeDee fill you in on what they've been doing since the end of 2022 and how 2023 has been going so far.

It's the end of 2022! What are we doing next year? How is the Federal Government going to 'save' the teaching profession? Find out in this episode.

Ever wondered how to mark creating texts? They can seem so subjective, but it's all about task design and making sure you include the right standards/criteria to mark them on! @heymiss_podcast on Instagram

Today we take you through S.E Hinton's classic The Outsiders ; published in 1967 it's still (sadly) just as relevant today. Check it out if you're thinking of teaching it or perhaps you didn't listen when your teacher already taught it!

Did you know there are lists that rate the top 15 'worst teachers' in history? These two are both on that list...Heinz Schmidt and Galina Kovalenko

This week Mary and Deedee teach you about the true story of the disappearing school bus in Chowchilla, California. It's about a school bus...as in...school!

Pt 2 of our 'Ask Us Anything' with Eden. We chat about all kinds of stuff.... @heymiss_podcast on Instagram

Mary and DeeDee have Eden back with them and in this two part episode, they answer questions from listeners, questions from people at work and questions from Reddit!

DeeDee takes you through some of the more explosive information that was revealed during the trial; spoiler...Chris Dawson is convicted at the end!

Mary and DeeDee outline the key ideas and characters (and the plot of course) of another of their favourite texts to teach: The Shawshank Redemption.

What happens when teachers go bad?  By now, you've probably all heard at least a little bit about the mysterious 'disappearance' - murder - of Lynette Dawson; her husband Chris was recently convicted of her murder 40 years after it occurred. DeeDee is taking you through the background of this former PE teacher and how he used his position to groom and take advantage of a student in his class...

The King of the Horror Genre...Stephen King! You won't believe some of the stories that Mary has found about King's life and how those events inspired some of our favourite stories.

Rafeef Ziadah is a spoken word poet and activist for Palestinian rights; she wrote this poem when a journalist asked her, “Don’t you think it would all be fine if you just stopped teaching your children to hate?” This is a super powerful poem that you should definitely LISTEN to rather than just read. You can suss out her website on https://www.rafeefziadah.net/ and contact her via her website, Fa...

Did you know that Edgar Allan Poe preferred to be called Eddy? Or that he disappeared for six days, turned up wearing someone else's clothes and died mysteriously shortly after? OR that he was a total ladies man? He also had a cat called Catterina II which is perhaps our favourite piece of random information. Oh yeah, he also married his cousin!

All the themes and techniques you need to know: well the ones we could fit into this episode!

We have thoughts about standardised testing...and we're going to tell you about them!

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is still a banger! In this episode we'll take you through the historical context of the play, introduce you to the characters and then give you a brief plot run down...that still takes an hour and a half so settle in.

Fights have been in the media a lot lately; comments on these media posts have been intense to say the least! Mary and DeeDee clarify what the legal requirements/rules for teachers are surrounding these 'challenging behaviours'.