Teach Middle East Podcast

Send us Fan Mail What are you doing with the money you earn as an expatriate teacher? Natasha shares her investing journey as a teacher in Kuwait.  Natasha E. Feghali is a Lebanese Canadian award-winning International Specialist Educator and Entrepreneur and at present is based in Kuwait. She is an Advanced Instructional Coach in Language Learning with Multi-Lingual Learners at the American Creati...

Send us Fan Mail Anna is an experienced educator and administrator in higher education, primary level and in the early years. In this episode of the Teach Middle East Podcast, we discuss the importance of embracing lifelong learning. Renaissance sponsors the Teach Middle East Podcast. To learn more about how Renaissance can help your students with their literacy and numeracy development, click thi...

Send us Fan Mail As the school year draws to a close, it is time to check in with yourself. How are you feeling as an educator? Have you taken the best care of yourself and the people in your care? In this episode, we talk about radical self-care with Dr Nadia Lopez. Bio Dr. Nadia Lopez is an award-winning educator who became a viral sensation after the popular blog Humans of New York featured her...

Send us Fan Mail According to UNICEF Inclusive education is the most effective way to give all children a fair chance to go to school, learn and develop the skills they need to thrive. Inclusive education means all children in the same classrooms, in the same schools. It means real learning opportunities for groups who have traditionally been excluded – not only children with disabilities, but spe...

Send us Fan Mail Everyone wants a high performing school, but schools continue to assume that only a minority of children can reach high levels of educational performance.  In today's podcast episode, we speak with Professor Deborah Eyre about how every school can become a world-class school. High performance is not the preserve of the few but available to all. Bio : Professor Deborah Eyre: F...

Send us Fan Mail Most teachers have anxiety around lesson observations. What causes this anxiety? Is there a better way? In this podcast episode, we speak with Craig Randall, author of the book Trust-Based Observations, on what he believes is a better way to conduct lesson observations. Craig Randall is the author of Trust-Based Observations. His experience as a counsellor, coach, teacher, and pri...

Send us Fan Mail We speak with Helen Olds, the British International School Riyadh principal, about what life is like in schools after the pandemic. We also look back at what life was like in Saudi Arabia during the lockdown. This is a great episode to help us compare notes from one GCC country to another. Helen has 18 years of experience working in leadership positions in international schools in...

Send us Fan Mail Mathew Savage is a former school leader who is on a mission to help schools transform the way they use student data.   In this episode of the Teach Middle East Podcast, Leisa Grace and Mathew discuss how schools can rethink the way they collect, present and use student data on a day to day basis.    Bio: Matthew loves data, and believes passionately in the need for a paradigm shif...

Send us Fan Mail What is the metaverse? How much of an impact will the metaverse have on our daily lives in the very near future? In this episode of the Teach Middle East Podcast, we chat with Phil Redhead about why educators need to pay attention to the metaverse. Bio: Originally from the UK, Phil has worked in education for over twenty years, as a  teacher, school senior leader, consultant and d...

Send us Fan Mail Renaissance sponsors the Teach Middle East Podcast. To learn more about how Renaissance can help your students with their literacy and numeracy development, click this link https://intl.renaissance.com/ . In this episode of the Teach Middle East Podcast, we examine the findings of research carried out by the Council of International Schools in association with George Mason Univers...

Send us Fan Mail Renaissance sponsors the Teach Middle East Podcast. To learn more about how Renaissance can help your students with their literacy and numeracy development, click this link https://intl.renaissance.com/ . The drive toward more equal education opportunities for all students in the UAE regardless of their abilities or disabilities is reflected in the goals of the MoE strategy (2010–...

Send us Fan Mail Are you new to the Middle East or planning to move to this region to teach? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this is the podcast episode for you. We speak with Sadie Landau, a teacher in Dubai who has also taught in Qatar. Sadie offers sage advice for teachers looking to make that move to this part of the world.  Bio: Sadie is a Primary School Teacher in her 9th year...

Send us Fan Mail The work of anti-racism, diversity, equity, inclusion and justice ( DEIJ) is not the work of some, it is work that all of us need to do. So much has been said on the topic in recent years, especially since the death of George Floyd in the United States of America in 2020. The number one goal of schools should be to become inclusive and culturally sustaining environments for staff...

Send us Fan Mail Are you an educator who wants to become a content creator? Do you worry that you will not have time for both? On this episode of the Teach Middle East Podcast, we chat with Thomas Blakemore. Thomas is a primary school teacher in Dubai, he is also a successful content creator. Thomas has a growing Youtube channel and an influential presence on most major social media platforms. Not...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back and happy new year to you all. On this episode of the Teach Middle East Podcast, we chat with Ilona Taimela. She is an educator, consultant and teacher trainer from Finland whose work is having a global impact. In this episode, we look at lessons learned from a project she worked on which involved teaching children in a prison camp in Syria. Ilona Taimela is the found...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that children being inactive is currently an epidemic that will have serious health repercussions for years to come? How can we get students to become more active while learning at school? This is a challenge that John Smedley has set out to solve.  Jon Smedley, a former teacher, and founder of Teach Active . He is a former primary teacher and sports coordinator who w...

Send us Fan Mail What is your school culture like? Who is responsible for the culture in your school? How do you change school culture from toxic to positive? Iain Colledge, Executive Principal of Raha International schools and Director of Education for Taaleem, discuss this and more with Leisa Grace Wilson. Bio: Iain has a Bachelors' in Education and a Masters' in Educational Leadership...

Send us Fan Mail Education is in need of major changes to meet the needs of the world we currently live in. How will these changes take place?  In this episode of the Teach Middle East Podcast, we speak with Annina Mattsson, Director of RewirEd Conference. RewirEd is a global platform with a clear vision: to rewire education for a prosperous and sustainable future. Led by Dubai Cares, in partnersh...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that most jobs in the near future will require that all staff have solid coding and mathematical skills? Are your students being prepared for that future? In this episode of the podcast, we talk all things mathematics and coding with Manan Kurma founder and the first teacher of Cuemath. Bio : Manan Khurma has been a Mathematics educator since his college days. He foun...

Send us Fan Mail Is your school mentally well? How do you measure this? In this episode of the podcast, we look at practical ways to develop mentally well schools.  Ava also shares her own personal experience with working in some schools that were not mentally well.  Bio: Ava Shabnum Hasan is the founder of Mentally Well Schools and Associate Lecturer on a 'Masters in Mental Health & Well...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Teach Middle East Podcast Leisa Grace and Ruth Burke examine what's fuelling the growth in boarding schools in the UAE and the Middle East. They chat about boarding schools 2.0 and 3.0. What do they look like? What do they offer and what is the future of boarding schools in the region. Join them and listen now. Bio : Ruth Burke, who joined the school in...

Send us Fan Mail We are tackling a big topic on this episode of the Teach Middle East Podcast, Sustainability. Leisa Grace chats with Brett Girven Principal of the Arbor School Dubai about how schools can be more sustainable. Bio : Mr Brett Girven has been the principal of the Arbor School Dubai since 2019 and has more than ten years of experience in the Middle East. Having moved to the UAE from h...

Send us Fan Mail All schools in the United Arab Emirates are now back to 100% face to face learning, but what has changed over the past two academic years? In this episode of the Teach Middle East Podcast, we explore the changes and trends in the region's education system with Soraya Beheshti. Bio :  Soraya Beheshti is the Regional Director of Crimson Education for the Middle East and Africa,...

Send us Fan Mail Are you a Middle Leader who is looking to make the leap from deputy to head? Then this episode of the Teach Middle East Podcast is for you. In this episode, Leisa Grace talks with Dr Jill Berry who actually wrote the book on a subject.  Making the Leap - Moving from Deputy to Head' (Crown House, 2016). In this episode, we delve deep into what it takes to be a successful headt...

Send us Fan Mail Leisa Grace Wilson sits down again with Steve Cronin to discuss money and how educators working here in the Middle East and beyond can become financially free. This is part 2 of a two-part series. They discuss investments in this episode. This podcast is essential listening for all educators so please share this episode with your entire school.  Steve Cronin is the founder of Dead...