The Teacher's Guide Podcast

Zach Woodward
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The Teacher's Guide Podcast

A place for all teachers to be inspired to master their craft.

  1. 07/22/2021

    Why We Teach Series #5 - Second year teacher Alex Collins shares his passion for teaching

    Alex Collins is currently in his second year teaching high school in Cairns. He teaches a variety of subjects including HPE, Maths, Geography, History & English. This episode we discuss: - Remembering why we teach: for the students - Creating engaging lessons - Building professional relationships with students - Teaching multiple subject areas in High School - Classroom Management - Tips for reporting/marking Here is a link to the Bill Rogers classroom mana...

    18 min

  2. 07/06/2021

    Why We Teach Series #4 - Drones, Tech & Drama with Matt Jensen

    Matt Jensen has a background in teaching Drama, English & more recently – drone technology! He’s currently working as an education officer – digital technologies with Brisbane Catholic education. This episode we discuss: - Using explicit direct instruction teaching pedagogies - Teaching multiple subject areas in High School - Essential Skills for Classroom Management - Debriefing & mentoring - Adapting to the learning styles of students in each classroom He...

    30 min

  3. 05/04/2021

    Why We Teach Series #3 - Balancing multiple subject areas with high school music teacher Megan Field

    Why do you teach? Or for aspiring teachers, why do you want to teach? The 'Why We Teach' series interviews 8 passionate Australian teachers about why they love their job, and how they overcome some of the pressures of the teaching profession. Today's episode is a conversation with high school music teacher Megan Field. Megan shares her journey of joining a foundation school as a music teacher, to then teaching subjects such as English, Maths, Science, Drama and Religion....

    17 min

  4. 05/03/2021

    Why We Teach Series #2 - What keeps Karen Caswell passionate about teaching after 25 years in the profession

    Why do you teach? Or for aspiring teachers, why do you want to teach? The 'Why We Teach' series interviews 8 passionate Australian teachers about why they love their job, and how they overcome some of the pressures of the teaching profession. Today's episode is a conversation with Gold Coast based primary teacher Karen Caswell. Karen shares with us her most successful lessons & units of work, what she loves about teaching, some of the challenges she's faced, and what...

    31 min

  5. 04/27/2021

    Why We Teach Series #1 - A Conversation with Brisbane High School Teacher Steph Langley

    Why do you teach? Or for aspiring teachers, why do you want to teach? The 'Why We Teach' series interviews 8 passionate Australian teachers about why they love their job, and how they overcome some of the pressures of the teaching profession. Today's episode is a conversation with Brisbane based high school teacher & pastoral leader Steph Langley. Here are 5 of my takeaways from Steph's sharing: 1. Sometimes teachers need to drop the urgent to focus on the impo...

    31 min

  6. 04/14/2021

    Ep 21 - How to build your leadership capacity throughout your teaching career

    Dr Stephen Brown shares with us how we as teachers can build our leadership skills at all stages of our teaching career . Some of the questions Dr Stephen encourages us to ask ourselves are: 1. How curious was I today? 2. How many real questions did I ask? 3. Who & what is helping me to become a better leader and teacher? 4. Who did I reach out to today? 5. How did I show up as the best version of myself for my students today? 6. Was I prepared & focussed? 7. Before I start each da...

    25 min

  7. 02/28/2021

    Ep 20 - Using Data to Inform Teaching with Dr Selena Fisk

    As teachers we have so many tools at our disposal to help us create engaging learning environments for our students. One of those tools is data. This episode explores: - Why teachers should be interested in student data - Data for wellbeing - Data for teaching & learning - How to source data through formative tasks This episode guest is Dr Selena Fisk. Selena is a data coach, author of two books and the principal consultant for Aasha for schools. She was a recipient of the 2019 The...

    27 min

  8. 01/24/2021

    19 What Uni Should Have Taught You - with Sally Williams

    The four year university degree that many of us completed did a great job of teaching us the theory we need to know as teachers. But what about the practical, day-to-day parts of teaching? In this episode Sally Williams (teacher, author & education consultant) and I speak about 5 elements of the teaching role that we weren't necessarily taught at Uni. We discuss: 1. Your classroom 2. Planning 3. Students 4. Parents 5. Colleagues Since beginning her teaching career, Sa...

    26 min
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A place for all teachers to be inspired to master their craft.

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  • Creator
    Zach Woodward
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    26
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2022 The Teacher's Guide Podcast
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