TandTeaching - The Educational Podcast

We speak to Eileen Adamson, PE Teacher, Financial Coach and host of BBC Clever About Cash Podcast, about how teachers can ensure they are using their money effectively now and ensuring a financially sound future for themselves. 

We speak to Sarah Cottingham (@overpractised), Associate Dean at The Ambition Institute, about why we need to adopt a problem based approach to professional development. Sarah talks us through her views on how you can drive your own professional development and the importance of community in doing so.

Arthur goes to the Festive of Education and brings you the thoughts of presenters, guests and the audience from the Cognitive Science Strand led by Inner Drive

We speak to Bradley Busch, author of The Science of Learning, to discuss how our brains retain and recall information and the strategies we can adopt in the classroom to support our student's learning process.

We team up with Phil Naylor from the extremely popular education podcast Naylor Natters to discuss what he's learnt from running his education podcast and how we can all use these to support our professional development.

In this episode we link up with The Dynamic Deputies podcast to discuss what Secondary needs to know about Primary and visa versa. We discuss the transition process from both sides of the Key Stage step and the need to move away from anti disciplinary and project based learning in the Primary setting as well as many other topical discussions.

In this episode we speak to Ross McGill about his latest book, Guide to Memory. Ross discusses why he has decided to explore memory and how educators can use the book to enhance student learning in their classroom.

On this episode we speak to Kate Smith and James Pope from HeadsUp4HTs to find out what they do to support the mental health of headteachers in the UK. Being a Headteacher can be incredibly isolating and stressful so HeadsUp4HTs are working to create a network where Headteachers can support each other and ensure that our schools continue to be led by amazing professionals.

Jade returns to TandTeaching to discuss her upcoming book and, in particular, questioning. We discuss the best methods of creating effective questioning in lessons and why some approaches simply don't give us the information we need to be reflective practitioners.

In this episode we speak to Darren Leslie from the Becoming Educated podcast about the things we've learnt from the people we've interviewed on our podcasts. Darren shares tips from Doug Lemov and Bruce Robertson whilst we reflect on insights from Jade Pearce, Dr Jared Horvath, Jenny Bowers and Emma Shepherd.

We speak to Fiona Mills, founder of Little Lawyers, about why students need to learn legal skills and how schools can go about implementing this.

In this episode we speak to Emma Shepherd from the Maternity Teacher, Paternity Teacher Project, a UK based charity focussed on supporting parent teachers through CPD, coaching and making schools more baby friendly.

We speak to Simon Antwis, Senior Business Development Consultant at STEER Education about the results of their recent study into the mental health and well-being of student in the UK Education system.

On this episode we talk to Claire Riley about life as an entrepreneur following a career as a teacher. We'll find out whether teacher's have the skillset to become entrepreneurs and what Claire has learnt on her journey. 

On this episode we talk about what high quality feedback looks like and how schools can make it manageable for staff whilst still making it meaningful and motivational for students.

EPISODE 25- We speak to John Nichols, founder of Get My Grades, about whether technology in education is a good thing and how to could be used effectively to enhance learning. John has experience consulting with schools about their technology needs and helps educators create digital strategies with the aim of reducing workload for staff and improving levels of learning for students.

EPISODE 24- We speak to a Primary STEAM expert, Thomas Edwards, about why all schools should adopt an antidisciplanry approach to education through the use of the STEAM model. Thomas has years of experience leading on this in both primary and secondary schools and his insights will make you re evaluate your curriculum model and think about how a multi disicplined approach to education might be the...

EPISODE 23- We speak to Richard Nicholls, host of the UK's number 1 well being podcast: The Richard Nicholls Podcast. We discuss how teachers and leaders can manage their stress levels before, during and after a stressful event/period of time. This is a must listen if you want to hit the ground running in 2022 and put your well being at the forefront of your priority list.

EPISODE 22- We speak to Bruce Robertson to explore his trilogy of educational books- The Teaching Delusion. In this wide ranging conversation we discuss curriculum vs pedagogy, lesson observation feedback, the benefits of textbooks and a variety of delusions in the world of education. 

EPISODE 21- We speak to Dan Hudson about how he has run professional development in his past 2 schools where he has been the member of SLT responsible for teaching and learning.

EPISODE 20- We speak to @Headteacherchat about the importance of using a supportive community within education. We discuss how you can find support outside of your immediate workplace and the most common questions they get within their community.

EPISODE 19- We speak to Peter Goodyer, Headteacher of Bede's and independent day and boarding school in Sussex, to discuss the challenges of leading a school through a pandemic and the lessons he and his staff learnt as a result of the challenges of the past 2 years.

EPISODE 18- We speak to Jenny Bowers about how to support our own well being and how to recognise red flags in our colleagues. We also explore coaching and how it can support us achieving our long term goals, both professional and personal.

EPISODE 17- We speak to Alyn Rose, an ECT, about training to become a teacher and the challenges he's faced in his first week of teaching. This episode will make you fall back in love with teaching as Alyn's passion is infectious.

EPISODE 16- We speak to @ARJDunstan and @Lewisjkeens, AKA The Infinite Learners, about what they've learnt from their podcast, The Infinite Leaders: Live,  and how it has changed them as educators.