Tips for Teachers

Feb 06 2023 39 ep. 52 mins 127
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A podcast to help your supercharge your teaching one idea at a time. Each episode guests share 5 tips for any aspect of life as a teacher: planning, assessment, wellbeing, saving time, talking to parents, and more.

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Alex Quigley

Feb 06 2023 81 mins  
Former English teacher and now best-selling author, Alex Quigley, joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share his 5 tips: 1. Ask students to make a pre-topic mind map (02:55) 2. Focus on developing keystone vocabulary (17:58) 3. Try using a collage collection to stimulate ideas (32:24) 4. Play "Just a minute!" (44:32) 5. Support your students using sentence expanding (1:

David Goodwin

Jan 25 2023 58 mins  
Teacher and author David Goodwin, joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share his 5 tips: 1. Provide opportunities for students to read in lessons (04:23) 2. Develop vocabulary (16:45) 3. Rebrand homework as practice (25:08) 4. How to improve students' ability to write (33:33) 5. How to make retrieval practice work (45:53) Access the show notes and audio transcription of the

The Do Now - Tips for Teachers Top 5s

Jan 23 2023 8 mins  
Five tips to improve the Do Now at the start of your lesson Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzCO4FlBngg Tips for Teachers book: https://amzn.to/3EEa2Sm Tips for teachers CPD: https://tipsforteachers.co.uk/cpd/ Tips for Teachers newsletter: https://tipsforteachers.co.uk/newsletter/

Silent Teacher - Tips for Teachers Top 5s

Jan 16 2023 8 mins  
Five tips to improve the use of Silent Teacher in the classroom. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N7JuJ3Bf3Q  Tips for Teachers book: https://amzn.to/3EEa2Sm Tips for teachers CPD: https://tipsforteachers.co.uk/cpd/ Tips for Teachers newsletter: https://tipsforteachers.co.uk/newsletter/

Checking for understanding - Tips for Teachers Top 5s

Jan 11 2023 8 mins  
Five tips to improve checking for understanding in the classroom. Video: https://youtu.be/Zt9WlMzCzWQ Tips for Teachers book: https://amzn.to/3EEa2Sm Tips for teachers CPD: https://tipsforteachers.co.uk/cpd/ Tips for Teachers newsletter: https://tipsforteachers.co.uk/newsletter/

Mini-whiteboards - Tips for Teachers Top 5s

Jan 09 2023 8 mins  
Five tips to improve the use of mini-whiteboards in the classroom. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBayieSHaK4 Tips for Teachers book: https://amzn.to/3EEa2Sm Tips for teachers CPD: https://tipsforteachers.co.uk/cpd/ Tips for Teachers newsletter: https://tipsforteachers.co.uk/newsletter/

Paired discussions - Tips for Teachers Top 5s

Jan 09 2023 7 mins  
Five tips to improve student paired discussions in the classroom. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3be82GCMhbk Tips for Teachers book: https://amzn.to/3EEa2Sm Tips for teachers CPD: https://tipsforteachers.co.uk/cpd/ Tips for Teachers newsletter: https://tipsforteachers.co.uk/newsletter/

Ollie Lovell

Dec 14 2022 72 mins  
Teacher, author and podcaster, Ollie Lovell, joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share his 5 tips: 1. How to overcome the limits of working memory (03:39) 2. Backwards plan. ALWAYS backwards plan! (22:16) 3. Check for understanding (34:03) 4. Inquire into mechanisms (44:25) 5. You can learn something from everybody (57:43) Access the show notes and audio transcription of th

Sarah Donarski

Nov 29 2022 75 mins  
Head of English and author, Sarah Donarski, joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share her 5 tips: 1. Know how to effectively assess (03:31) 2. Choose the right feedback type (17:00) 3. Be aware of student bias (29:59) 4. Use, where possible, dialogic teaching (46:25) 5. Ignite the CPD culture (1:04:15) Access the show notes and audio transcription of the episode, plus a loa

Jade Pearce

Nov 01 2022 59 mins  
Assistant headteacher, Jade Pearce, joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share her 5 tips: 1. Use explicit instruction for novice learners (02:39) 2. How to ensure questioning involves all pupils (14:20) 3. Understand the active ingredients of retrieval practice (25:45) 4. How to improve feedback (38:45) 5. The power of teachers reading research (49:50) Access the show notes