Beyond Good

Nov 15 2024 97 ep. 52 mins 39
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A podcast about teaching. We discuss teaching and learning, pedagogy, lessons and classroom practise, management and leadership, teaching of mathematics, training and trainees, mentors and mentoring, behaviour management, being a head of department and running a faculty, SLT and much much more!

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Metacognition with Nathan Burns

Nov 15 2024 48 mins  
Matt and Femi chat to metacognition enthusiast Nathan Burns about metacognition, knowledge, knowledge organisers and much much more.Check out Nathan's resources on his website:https://www.mrmetacognition.com/

The Enactment Gap & Developing Teachers

Nov 08 2024 40 mins  
Femi and Matt discuss the enactment gap - teasing apart what it is exactly, diagnosing solutions to the problem and then get into the pragmatism of supporting teachers to improve elements of their practice - trying to figure out when and how to intervene if a colleague is struggling with students during unstructured time.

Q3 Academy Langley & Participation Ratio

Nov 01 2024 62 mins  
Femi tells Matt about his recent visit to another high performing school - this time Q3 Academy Langley in the West Midlands.This brings up the topics of participation and thinking ratio - leading to a spirited discussion about 'pair talk', 'everybody writes' and other approaches to increasing thinking and participation.

Thinking about Professional Development

Oct 04 2024 31 mins  
Femi talks to Matt about how he is now thinking about PD - from individual all the way to whole-school.

Duties and Interactions with Students

Sep 27 2024 35 mins  
Matt and Femi discuss duties, handling pupils, being authentic, leadership, supporting colleagues and much more!

Lesson Analysis: Barry Smith Teaching French

Sep 20 2024 45 mins  
See the video podcast on youtube.Video Lesson Analysis: Barry Smith Teaching Frenchhttps://youtu.be/qs0S4sYvBZ0?feature=sharedBarry's Full French Lessonhttps://youtu.be/WtO1YWhwAGE?feature=sharedDoug Lemov's Field Noteshttps://teachlikeachampion.org/tag/barry-smith/

Miriam Hussain on Behaviour and Whole-School Systems

Sep 13 2024 46 mins  
Matt and Femi talk to Miriam Hussain about whole-school systems for behaviour, for teaching and learning, about SLT, the vision of the head teacher and much more!

Reflections and Plans

Sep 06 2024 45 mins  
Matt and Femi reflect on leading departments, the evolving process of implementing coaching and department meetings as colleagues' needs change over time, and turn their thoughts forward to leading culture change, teaching and learning and implementing coaching whole school.

Responsive Coaching - Josh Goodrich

Aug 30 2024 70 mins  
Matt and Femi are joined by Josh Goodrich, author of 'Responsive Coaching', former teacher and senior leader and CEO of steplab.Responsive Coaching https://www.amazon.co.uk/Responsive-Coaching-Evidence-informed-instructional-coaching/dp/1036003213Steplabwww.steplab.co

A Student Perspective - with Lily

Aug 16 2024 61 mins  
Matt and Femi speak to former student Lily about school and learning from the other side of the desk. Their discussion ranges from the impact that a great teacher can have on a student's choices and life, through to accounting for students who are struggling with pastoral issues and even to the teacher recruitment crisis and questions of how to get intelligent people like Lily into