The Teacher's Guide Podcast Zach Woodward
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A place for all teachers to be inspired to master their craft.
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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 management vid...
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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 Here is a l...
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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. He...
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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 keeps h...
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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 important;2. ...
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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 day, what wa...