The Teacher's Guide Podcast

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 video we spoke about (series of 9 short videos)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqIXB1RG-Vg&list=PLF1FBp_bi4gbXAvyDu1oO5o_LaJ6PufZm&index=1&ab_channel=OsirisEducational  This episode of The Teacher's Guide Podcast is perfect for beginner teachers, aspiring teachers, prac teachers, uni students, experienced teachers, primary teachers, high school teachers and more!

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 link to the essential classroom management skills Matt spoke about: https://teacherprofessionaldevelopmentservices.com.au/essential-skills-for-classroom-management/ This episode of The Teacher's Guide Podcast is perfect for beginner teachers, aspiring teachers, prac teachers, uni students, experienced teachers, primary teachers, high school teachers and more!

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. Here are my three learnings from the chat with Megan. 1. If you're a high school, teacher, don't be afraid of  teaching subjects outside of your specialty. 2. When lesson planning, how can you create a lesson that is hands on and engaging? 3. Follow through with behaviour expectations and students will know when a line has been crossed. This episode of The Teacher's Guide Podcast is perfect for beginner teachers, aspiring teachers, prac teachers, uni students, experienced teachers, primary teachers, high school teachers and more!

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 her passionate about the profession after 25 years in the classroom. Check out Karen's website here: https://www.karencaswell.com/ Karen mentioned to books she had enjoyed reading. Teach Like a Pirate by Dave Burgess: https://www.booktopia.com.au/teach-like-a-pirate-dave-burgess/book/9780988217607.html?dsa=s1-east&gclid=CjwKCAjwm7mEBhBsEiwA_of-TCS6Hlln9dRA1UbUbyrvyhm4gT4vgiyxg7s_tWVOMzmEuO29IC6NUhoCqdsQAvD_BwEKids Deserve It! by Adam Welcome & Todd Nesloney: https://www.amazon.com.au/Deserve-Boundaries-Challenging-Conventional-Thinking/dp/0996989528 This episode of The Teacher's Guide Podcast is perfect for beginner teachers, aspiring teachers, prac teachers, uni students, experienced teachers, primary teachers, high school teachers and more!

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. Seek to understand before you react;3. Don't be afraid to throw your hat in the ring for leadership positions and other opportunities that pop up in your school ;4. Behaviour management starts with respect. As teachers we're good at making sure that student respect us...but how are we showing our students that we care for and respect them? 5. Students know if you're saying something that you don't genuinely believe in...so be genuine. This episode of The Teacher's Guide Podcast is perfect for beginner teachers, aspiring teachers, prac teachers, uni students, experienced teachers, primary teachers, high school teachers and more!

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 was my INTENTION, and what gained by ATTENTION?Brown Collective Website: https://www.thebrowncollective.com.au/This episode of The Teacher's Guide Podcast is perfect for beginner teachers, aspiring teachers, prac teachers, uni students, experienced teachers, primary teachers, high school teachers and more!Today's sponsor: WillProUse the code teacherpodcast for a 15% off discount! https://willpro.com.au/https://theteachersguide.com.au/ 

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 tasksThis 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 Australian Council of Educational Leaders (ACEL) "New Voice in Educational Leadership Research Scholarship", and Aasha for Schools was named in the "Top 50 Organisations in Education" in the 2019 GFEL conference in Dubai.Selena gives so many tips for sourcing and using data in this episode. Selena's website: https://www.selenafisk.com/about Selena's books: https://www.hbe.com.au/hb5381.html https://www.hbe.com.au/hb6739.htmlThis episode of The Teacher's Guide Podcast is perfect for beginner teachers, aspiring teachers, prac teachers, uni students, experienced teachers, primary teachers, high school teachers and more!Today's sponsor: WillProUse the code teacherpodcast for a 15% off discount! https://willpro.com.au/https://theteachersguide.com.au/ 

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 classroom2. Planning3. Students4. Parents5. ColleaguesSince beginning her teaching career, Sally always felt there was a gap from finishing university to starting work as an educator. She is passionate about bridging the practical gap between the both and writes books and presents on this topic. To read Sally's books, head here: https://www.sallywilliamseducation.com.au/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sallywilliamseducation/ Download her first book for FREE here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/What-Uni-Should-Have-Taught-You-Your-First-Few-Weeks-of-Teaching-6430112 This episode of The Teacher's Guide Podcast is perfect for beginner teachers, aspiring teachers, prac teachers, uni students, experienced teachers, primary teachers, high school teachers and more!Today's sponsor: WillProUse the code teacherpodcast for a 15% off discount! https://willpro.com.au/https://theteachersguide.com.au/

What are the secrets to a successful first year as a teacher?Alisha from Rainbow Sky Creations joins us on the podcast this week to give us 5 of her best tips.   In short, here are her 5 tips:   1. Get organised – know where everything in your classroom will be stored. Worksheets. Resources. Make a place for everything.   2. Routine & expectations. Practice these and remind your students again and again. 3. Find time in your week to plan the following week. Where am I taking my students? 4. Record assessment data from day 1! Find a system that works for you.   5. Find a mentor. This could be someone in your school, or a teacher from another school.   Alisha & Ashleigh started Rainbow Sky Creations about 5 years ago when they wanted to make some resources to help beginner teachers.   They now have a stack of resources for prac teachers right up to experienced teachers.   Check out some of their amazing resources here:  https://www.rainbowskycreations.com/ https://www.instagram.com/rainbowskycreations/  Today's sponsor: WillPro Use the code teacherpodcast for a 15% off discount! https://willpro.com.au/ https://theteachersguide.com.au/ https://www.facebook.com/theteachersguidepodcast https://www.instagram.com/theteachersguidepodcast/  

A few weeks ago I attended an online conference about visible learning and other teaching strategies.   I particularly enjoyed a presentation by American based Educator Douglas Fisher. Along with Nancy Frey, Douglas has done research about many aspects of teaching, but what caught my attention was this idea of Collective teacher efficacy & credibility among colleagues & students. On this scale,  there are 4 types of teachers There's the teacher we'll call the ‘amplifier', who has high levels of teacher efficacy, and very high credibility with students. This is the teacher that we all should strive to be. We'll dig deep into that one last. So that's the ‘amplifier'. At the other end of the spectrum we have a teacher with low collective teacher efficacy  and low credibility with students and. I've nicknamed this teacher the ‘burning out' teacher.    In the middle there's the ‘talker'. Now the ‘talker' has very high levels of collective teacher efficacy, but actually has quite a low level of credibility with students.  Then there's the independent contractor. This teacher is fantastic in the classroom, has very high levels of credibility with students. Buuuuut, they don't really engage with their colleagues, have a negative view of the school, and keep their resources to themselves.   The amplifier is the teacher that we should all aspire to be.  This teacher has a high level of collective teacher efficacy and very high credibility with students. This teacher is Perceived as competent, trustworthy, dynamic, caring and accessible by colleagues & students. They are Professionally generous with colleagues & Seek to learn from them.  The amplifier also teacher Has an optimistic view of students, colleagues & the school.   So you wouldn't find the amplifier complaining about management, or whinging about this student and that students in the staff room. They would radiate positivity with all the encounter in the school. And deal with grievances or concerns in a professional way.   And the part from Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey's work that I love the most, is how they note that when it comes to a teacher who is an amplifier, Students & colleagues reach their potential because of this person.   Students & colleagues reach their potential because of this person.  So the question for all of us is: Are my students, and my colleagues, reaching their potential because of my presence in our learning community.  Am I bringing out the best in my students?  And am I actively working to contribute positively to the work of my colleagues, and am I allowing them to reach their full potential.  More videos about this topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSINhoh5b4c This episode of The Teacher's Guide Podcast is perfect for beginner teachers, aspiring teachers, prac teachers, uni students, experienced teachers, primary teachers, high school teachers and more!Today's sponsor: WillProUse the code teacherpodcast for a 15% off discount! https://willpro.com.au/https://theteachersguide.com.au/https://www.facebook.com/theteachersguidepodcast https://www.instagram.com/theteachersguidepodcast/ 

Teaching is the best job in the world. Hands down! But it is complicated. And some days aren't so great. How do we bounce back from those bad days? And how to we arrive back to school the next day with confidence?Mathew Green is an experienced teacher & assistant principal. He shares with us some fantastic tips about how to bounce back after these not so great days, Check out Mathew's website and social media links below: Website: https://imanewteacher.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/imanewteacher/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imanewteacherTwitter: https://twitter.com/imanewteacherThis episode of The Teacher's Guide Podcast is perfect for beginner teachers, aspiring teachers, prac teachers, uni students, experienced teachers, primary teachers, high school teachers and more!Today's sponsor: WillProUse the code teacherpodcast for a 15% off discount! https://willpro.com.au/https://theteachersguide.com.au/

"I'm not creative". Have you ever said this? As we will hear from today's guest, Jane Harbison, creativity is a Process. If we follow this process, we will become better at making more creative lessons that engage our students.Jane takes us through the 5 stages of creativity:1. Saturate2. Percolate3. Create4. Celebrate5. RejuvinateCheck our Jane's quiz for teachers to help discover their creative process: https://www.dreamingbigforlittlegirls.com/quizteachers/Hear from Sarah, a year 9 student who found the 5 step creative process helpful: https://vimeo.com/398185108Get in contact with Jane here:Website  https://www.dreamingbigforlittlegirls.com/LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeharbison/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DreamingBigforLittleGirls/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dreamingbigforlittlegirls/This episode of The Teacher's Guide Podcast is perfect for beginner teachers, aspiring teachers, prac teachers, uni students, experienced teachers, primary teachers, high school teachers and more!Today's sponsor: WillProUse the code teacherpodcast for a 15% off discount! https://willpro.com.au/https://theteachersguide.com.au/

Pre-service teachers, uni students, aspiring teachers, and people about to go on prac - this episode is for you!Today's guest is an experienced educator, former school principal and a university prac facilitator. He's also my Dad!Mike's current role as a prac facilitator involves preparing uni students for prac, and supervising them whilst out in schools teaching. Therefore he's the perfect person to give some practical tips about prac.In the episode he mentions a few resources. Please see the links below. 1. Dr Bill Rogers - Behaviour Management Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqIXB1RG-Vg&list=PLF1FBp_bi4gbXAvyDu1oO5o_LaJ6PufZm 2. Essential skills for classroom managementhttps://classroomprofiling.com/the-essential-skills-for-classroom-management/ Any questions about prac? Email them through and Mike will be more than happy to answer them!

As soon as today's guest, Adele Nugara, graduated from Uni she accepted a job 2.5 hours away from her home city of Brisbane. She has now been teaching at Saint Patrick's Nanango for 5 years and is loving it. (By chance, Nanango also happens to be the town I grew up in!) Adele shares lots of her experiences, and gives encouraging advice to anyone who is thinking of teaching in a small/rural school. Have a question about teaching in a rural school? Send me an email at podcast@theteachersguide.com.au and I'll pass it onto Adele. This episode of The Teacher's Guide Podcast is perfect for beginner teachers, aspiring teachers, prac teachers, uni students, experienced teachers, primary teachers, high school teachers and more!Today's sponsor: WillProUse the code teacherpodcast for a 15% off discount! https://willpro.com.au/https://theteachersguide.com.au/

"Parents are their children's greatest advocate" - Andrew OberthurWhen parents and teachers work together, students are the beneficiary of this collaboration. Andrew gives us heaps of tips for how we as teachers can foster this collaboration. Andrew is an experience educator & school principal. He recently wrote a book called "Are you ready for school this year? Building a culture of trust, collaboration & enquiry between parents and teachers"Buy Andrew's book here: https://www.creativecollaborativesolutions.net/bookContact Andrew here: https://www.creativecollaborativesolutions.net/Today's sponsor: WillProUse the code teacherpodcast for a 15% off discount! https://willpro.com.au/This episode of The Teacher's Guide Podcast is perfect for beginner teachers, aspiring teachers, prac teachers, uni students, experienced teachers, primary teachers, high school teachers and more!https://theteachersguide.com.au/

Building relationships with students to enhance wellbeing. Sounds like common sense, hey? But how do we do it?Dana SKillman, New Jersey based science teacher is a teacher, mental health advocate and presenter for the teachers2teachers online webinar series. Get in contact with Dana here: https://www.instagram.com/smilingwithscience/Check out educators2educators here: https://www.educators2educators.com/Today's sponsor: WillProUse the code teacherpodcast for a 15% off discount! https://willpro.com.au/This episode of The Teacher's Guide Podcast is perfect for beginner teachers, aspiring teachers, prac teachers, uni students, experienced teachers, primary teachers, high school teachers and more! https://theteachersguide.com.au/

Kate Hinton is currently working for Brisbane Catholic Education as an Education Officer for Early Career Teachers. This episode is full of tips for all teachers, particularly those who are in their first few years of teaching, and those who are ready to take on their first ever teaching role!Kate's big 3 tips for beginner teachers are: 1. Smile and be welcoming to parents, students & staff2. Take it slow & get to know the context of the school3. Be planned & prepared, but flexible

Many teachers find themselves doing relief teaching at some point in their career. In this episode, relief teacher and author of the Teacher for a Day resource, Kelly Quilter, gives a number of tips for how to approach relief teaching in all year levels. (Kelly's brand new puppy 'Murphy' also made an appearance in the background towards the end of the interview :-) Check out the Teach for a Day resource here: https://www.teacherforaday.com/Today's sponsor: use the code teacherpodcast for a 15% off discount! https://willpro.com.au/

https://theteachersguide.com.au/In this episode we hear from Dr Rachael Jacobs (lecturer in creativity & arts education at the University of Western Sydney) about how we can incorporate arts education into our classrooms. We speak about prep al the way up to high school. After listening to this episode you will have so many new ideas for incorporating arts education into your classroom. Rachael recommended 3 resources in the episode:1: The School Drama Book https://bit.ly/3faOehN 2: Te Rito Toi https://www.teritotoi.org/3: Nice Arts https://www.pearson.com.au/products/?sq=nice+artsRachael's public facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/rachaeljacobs.au/Today's sponsor 'WillPro' will give you 15% off if you use the code teacherpodcasthttps://willpro.com.au/blogThis episode of The Teacher's Guide Podcast is perfect for beginner teachers, aspiring teachers, prac teachers, uni students, experienced teachers, primary teachers, high school teachers and more! https://theteachersguide.com.au/

California based year 6 teacher Nidhi Patel speaks to us about behaviour management & goal setting for students in out classrooms. Nidhi created the kred rewards app as a way of assisting students and teachers with goal setting & behaviour management. Check out the app here: https://www.kredapp.com/Like this episode? Subscribe & leave a rating here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-first-year-teacher-podcast/id1508865824?ign-mpt=uo%3D4Want to get int contact with me? https://theteachersguide.com.au/ 

New York based year 1 teacher Hailey Glynn speaks to us about teaching literacy in early years classrooms. She shares lots of tips, particularly sight word games that you can use in your classroom. Hailey recently wrote a Children's book called 'When Virona the Corona came to town'. So many absolute gems in this episode for all teachers, particularly early years & beginner teachers. Buy the book here: https://www.amazon.com/When-Virona-Corona-Came-Town/dp/B088VSTSY3Hailey's TPT page: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Growing-With-GlynnHailey's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/growing_with_glynn/Hailey's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXPsFOjI368QihDYdzzI1AQ/?guided_help_flow=5

It's that time of the semester again...report cards!This episode takes you through what I have learned through some of my rookie errors. I then discuss 5 tips for how you can make report card writing more efficient & effective. All the best with your reports! 

Our job is pretty intense. Actually, that's an understatement. It is physically, emotionally, and psychologically taxing on us. This episode explores 4 tips to help minimise stress and to look after yourself in order to avoid burnout. *Particularly useful for early career teachers.1. Go to the staff room at lunch2. Keep all affirming emails & cards in a safe place3. Set boundaries for working hours 4. Pursue a hobby outside of education 

Parent Teacher Interviews are an integral part of our role as teachers. For first year & beginner teachers, these can be daunting. This episode gives some tips on how to best prepare for these interviews. If you have any questions, please contact us at theteachersguide.com.au 

Our schools have so many creative and effective pastoral care & wellbeing programs for our students. However some of these don't work during this time on online learning while students are at home. This episode brings to you 5 ideas of how you can boost morale amongst your students and make them feel as though they are still part of a school/classroom community. Do you have any ideas? Snd them through to us at podcast@theteachersguide.com.au 

In this episode we discuss 5 questions you can ask yourself everyday to make sure you start term 2 on the front foot! Question 1: How could I have been more organised today? Question 2: What was a highlight from each lesson?Question 3: Is there a student I didn't engage with today? Question 4: Was I consistent with my expectations? Question 5: Did I learn something new by observing a colleague?