Staffroom Rambles

Welcome to Episode 15 of Staffroom Rambles, the weekly education podcast by Tom Rogers and Chris Mayoh. In this week's bumper episode we discuss Damian Hinds and Amanda Spielman's 'solutions' to the teacher workload issue, Donald Trump and arming teachers, performance-related pay, Pupil Premium funding, the Practical Pedagogies conference, Teachmeet History Icons, and the CBI's comments on rote learning in schools. Links to articles we discussed this week can be found here: BBC article about teacher workload: http://www.bbc.com/news/education-43345857 BBC article about Trump's idea to arm teachers: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43149694 The Practical Pedagogies conference: http://www.practicalpedagogies.net/ Teachmeet History Icons: https://www.tmhistoryicons.co.uk/ TES article about CBI and rote learning in schools: https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/business-leaders-call-less-rote-learning-schools Subscribe on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/staffroom-rambles/id1147219815?mt=2 Subscribe via RSS here http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:203574483/sounds.rss You can get in touch with us via Twitter – we are @ staffroomramble, or @ RogersHistory and @ chrismayoh

Welcome to Episode 14 of Staffroom Rambles, the weekly education podcast by Tom Rogers and Chris Mayoh. This week we apologise for our lengthy absence, describe Chris's change in circumstances and then discuss Tom Bennett's report on behaviour in English schools (and specifically how the data is reported by headteachers), and the demands of being a middle leader in schools. Links to articles we discussed this week can be found here: The Guardian article referencing Tom Bennett's behaviour report: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/mar/24/behaviour-is-a-national-problem-in-schools-in-england-review-finds Harvard Business Review's article about middle management: https://hbr.org/2017/03/why-being-a-middle-manager-is-so-exhausting?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits Subscribe on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/staffroom-rambles/id1147219815?mt=2 Subscribe via RSS here http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:203574483/sounds.rss You can get in touch with us via Twitter – we are @ staffroomramble, or @ RogersHistory and @ chrismayoh

Welcome to Episode 13 of Staffroom Rambles, the weekly education podcast by Tom Rogers and Chris Mayoh. This week we talk about Ofsted's attack on Swindon's 'failing' teachers, the Practical Pedagogies Conference in Toulouse, consistency of approach to managing students' behaviour, and we point out some other education podcasts that might be of interest. Links to articles we discussed this week can be found here: Tom's TES article about Ofsted and teacher wellbeing: https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/ofsteds-approach-which-outcomes-trump-everything-has-driven-a Tom's TES article about Ofsted and Swindon LA: https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/its-too-often-forgotten-those-who-judge-schools-its-students-who The Practical Pedagogies Conference website: http://www.practicalpedagogies.net/ Tom Bennett's video about consistency in the classroom: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/consistency-11067694 The ED Files Podcast: http://theedfiles.libsyn.com/ The NQT Life Podcast: http://www.thenqtmentor.com/nqtlifepodcast/ The Edtech Podcast: https://theedtechpodcast.libsyn.com/ Subscribe on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/staffroom-rambles/id1147219815?mt=2 Subscribe via RSS here http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:203574483/sounds.rss You can get in touch with us via Twitter – we are @ staffroomramble, or @ RogersHistory and @ chrismayoh

Welcome to Episode 12 of Staffroom Rambles, the weekly education podcast by Tom Rogers and Chris Mayoh. This week we keep it relatively short and discuss the GCSE Results Day and the impact on teachers, positively and negatively. Links to articles we discussed this week can be found here: Tom's TES article about the pressures of GCSE Results Day: https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/one-teacher-pressure-gcse-results-day-say-i-was-devastated-would-be Subscribe via RSS here http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:203574483/sounds.rss You can get in touch with us via Twitter – we are @ staffroomramble, or @ RogersHistory and @ chrismayoh