Teach, Tech, Lead

Gus and I were thrilled to be joined by Brayden Stone - Principal of Southern Cross Grammar School, to talk about pedagogy, leadership and connecting with students. Brayden spoke passionately about his work with the Ivanhoe Institute and the work in constructing the Ivanhoe Playbook; a collection of one-pagers to guide teaching practice at the school in line with values and direction. Shoutouts th...

Gus and I were thrilled to chat to Michael Rosenbrock, who, with Dr Simon Breakspear, has co-authored the new book The Pruning Principle! Imagine as a leader or classroom teacher examining practice and subtracting instead of adding? The Pruning Principle challenges us to look at what we do and examine the effectiveness of our pedagogies and ask the critical question - are we getting bang for our b...

Gus and I were thrilled to be able to chat to Dr Anthea Rhodes, who is a paediatrician, researcher and child health advocate. She has clinical interests in the health needs of the vulnerable child, with expertise in child development and behaviour and research interests in child public health, parenting and lifestyle related health issues.  We spoke to her about a number of topics, but primarily h...

In the latest of our one-pagers, Angus Humphries and I discuss minimising distractions! Sounds pretty easy right? Well - in theory - it should be! But creating an environment in which distractions are minimised or removed entirely takes some planning and structure - and once you set these in place, learning can be much more effective! To get some ideas on how you can implement this, read our one-p...

In the next instalment of our pedagogical "one-pagers", we look at "thinking time / thinking face"! Just how long should you wait before asking students to answer a question? How do you know if they are actually thinking about the questions? #Education #Pedagogy #Teaching #TeachTechLeadPodcast #Q4T  The link to the One Pager can be found here: https://substack.com/@teachtechleadpodcast/note/p-1786...

In this second of our One Pagers, The Mental Model, we examine what a teacher wants a class to look like and how to establish that structure so that students know what is expected and teachers can easily see when it's "not happening". #Education #Pedagogy #Teaching #TeachTechLeadPodcast The link to the Mental Model One Pager can be found here: https://substack.com/@teachtechleadpodcast/note/p-1781...

In this first of our One Pagers, we discuss a way of starting your class (on time) and establishing a positive tone in which students are engaged with learning right from the start. The technique also utilises retrieval practice brilliantly! #Education #Pedagogy #Teaching #TeachTechLeadPodcast You can read about the #OnePager concept here: https://substack.com/@teachtechleadpodcast/note/c-17198656...

In this episode of Teach, Tech, Lead, we chat to Meg Adem! Meg is our Head of Campus and we talk to her about her educational journey, including what inspires her, the challenges of leadership and how she achieves work life balance. It's a great conversation - hope you enjoy it! Don't forget that you can send us questions and comments via teachtechlead@gmail.com!  

In this episode of Teach, Tech, Lead, we talk to Renee Adams - a Maths educator of many years' experience who has done amazing work with girls' sport, in particular, playing a strong role in the establishment of secondary school girls' football. As always, feel free to email us at teachtechlead@gmail.com with your comments and questions! Thanks for listening - we hope you enjoy it!

In this episode of Teach, Tech, Lead, Gus and AJ discuss the world of tech and touch on some of the topics that we may explore in future episodes! Feel free to email us at teachtechlead@gmail.com with comments and questions! Thanks for listening - we hope you enjoy it!

Teach, Tech, Lead is a brand new podcast that explores the future of education — how we teach, the tech we use, and the leaders who inspire change. Join Gus Humphries and Adrian Janson (AJ) as they uncover ideas that challenge and inspire. In this first episode, Gus and AJ introduce the podcast and Gus discusses his thoughts on teaching today and the Q4T program. Feel free to email us at teachtech...