Education Enclave

Danny Hyndman

Education Enclave is a podcast that focuses on excellence in education from F-12.

  1. 07/28/2023

    Keay Cobbin - Curriculum

    In this issue I’m joined once again by Keay Cobbin, who was also my most recent guest on the podcast. There has been lots of positive feedback regarding our first episode together which you can listen to here. There are so many topics that Keay and I could (and often do) discuss, and for this instalment we decided to delve into all things curriculum. We both feel that post-COVID this is often the missing link in schools. In fact, many of the high performing schools we work with have gone back to curriculum this year as part of their school improvement agenda. To start the podcast, I set the scene of what I’ve observed and learnt from Keay over the last nearly 15 years, and what I’ve perceived as the evolution of how Keay thinks about curriculum.  Keay then builds on this to talk about how curriculum looked in her grade 3 classroom in 1975 through to how she thinks about it today.  We discuss many of the influences, resources and mentors that Keay calls upon in this work and have played a part in Keay becoming a leader in this important component of education.  These include: ·      Smagorinsky ·      Wiggins & McTighe ·      Debbie Miller ·      Jennifer Serravallo ·      Lucy Calkins ·      Mike Schmoker From here we discussed the importance of allocating collaborative time, and building strong processes in the development of your whole school curriculum. Late in our discussion I also reference a Dr. Rachael Gabriel tweet which makes an analogy between curriculum and cooking, which reinforces many of the points we discuss. As a point of interest, Dr. Gabriel also has a new book out that I’m keen to read. Keay and I are aiming to consistently put podcast content out. Let me know if there is a particular aspect of literacy that you would like us to discuss in a future episode. It might be that you pose questions as a result of some thoughts you had about this edition.  Thanks for listening!

    1h 1m
  2. 07/13/2023

    Keay Cobbin

    Welcome to another edition of the Education Enclave podcast, where it is my job to unpack excellence in education. In this issue I’m joined by Keay Cobbin who has had a massive influence on me both personally and professionally.  After teaching in Victoria for a number of years, Keay and her partner Steve Willy headed over to New York to work as consultants for a decade. On their return to Victoria, they have led the literacy agenda across the state via a suite of courses offered through the Victorian Academy of Teaching & Learning, and before that the Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership. The mother ship course within this suite is Leading Literacy. Between 2010 and 2017 Leading Literacy had year in, year out consistently high evaluations from participants. This led to discussions on how the positive impact of Leading Literacy could be expanded to further impact the system. The outcome was to train some ‘Master Trainers’ who could facilitate an entry point course called Literacy Local Leaders. This course is offered in all areas across the state of Victoria. See below for the link to the intakes beginning in term 3, 2023. https://www.academy.vic.gov.au/professional-learning/literacy-local-leaders We kept our discussion quite broad in this catch up, but we did delve into Study Groups, sustaining school improvement, and Keay’s thoughts on system leadership. I’m hoping to have Keay on the podcast regularly given her breadth of knowledge. Let me know if there is a particular aspect of literacy that you would like us to discuss in a future episode. Enjoy!

    56 min

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Education Enclave is a podcast that focuses on excellence in education from F-12.