UK Educators Community Podcast with Syd

S02E13 A Day in the Life of SydWelcome to Season 2 of the UK Educators Community Podcast, where you'll get a sneak peek into Educator's diaries, as Syd asks her guests to run through one of their typical days.   This is the final episode of this season, and due to popular demand, Syd will be sharing details of one of her days. Just some of the points raised during this season finale are:Syd is PASSIONATE about disrupting and improving the current education system.  She knows many other educators share her thoughts, and identifies that we need to collaborate and pull in the same direction, to cause impact through a movement and create change together.Syd talks about the importance of flexibility.  Before the pandemic, her business was all face to face.   As with many businesses at the time, it ground to a halt overnight.  Her flexibility allowed her to adapt, and create an online model which works brilliantly.When you work for yourself, you don't need to be bound by typical working hours.  Syd often works into the wee small hours, because she can be productive and effective at that time.  It's important to identify what working practices work best for you, and embrace them.

S02E12 A Day in the Life of A Primary Maths & English Specialist with Siobhan SimpsonWelcome to Season 2 of the UK Educators Community Podcast, where you'll get a sneak peek into Educator's diaries, as Syd asks her guests to run through one of their typical days.  On this episode, you'll meet Siobhan Simpson, who helps professional Mums raise their child's confidence in maths through online learning through her company, Primrose TuitionYou can see more about Siobhan and her tuition business here: https://www.primrosetuition.co.uk/The conversation on today's episode covers many points, including:Siobhan LOVES working for herself as a tutor.  When she worked in a traditional schooling environment, her "to do" list would keep her awake at night! She always felt overstretched in school, but now she's got time to offer her students much more quality support.Siobhan is currently tutoring one to one, but has recently tested out a group teaching programme in KS2 Maths, which was successful.  She'll be filtering this model into her business over time.Siobhan's advice to people starting in their education business, is to "keep going and be consistent", as there's always another client "just around the corner".  Consistency is also absolutely key in social media marketing.  It CAN be tough, but a positive mindset will get you through the testing times.

S02E11 A Day in the Life of An Art and Design Portfolio Educator with Julie Read.Welcome to Season 2 of the UK Educators Community Podcast, where you'll get a sneak peek into Educator's diaries, as Syd asks her guests to run through one of their typical days.  On this episode, you'll meet Julie Read, who's an Art Tutor from Edinburgh.Julie works with art students to expand and develop their portfolios, and helps them get into their top university choice.  Check out her company "Portfolio Oomph" here: https://www.portfolio-oomph.com/Julie's used to working in colleges, with her day starting at 9am and finishing at 4pm.  Since starting her tutoring business, she's had a big shift in mindset.  Initially she used to stick to those rigid times, but now allows herself more flexibility in hours, and loves it.Julie encourages risk taking in art, when the piece isn't being assessed for exams.  Risks allow creativity to grow and can  lead to amazing things.  If a risk doesn't pay off, she encourages the student to reflect and develop.Julie encourages her students to use many different tools to express their artistic ideas in the most relevant way.  The finished piece may be a painting, a photograph, a video, just about anything!

S02E10 A Day in the Life of A Language Tutor with Chloe-Maired Donnelly.Welcome to Season 2 of the UK Educators Community Podcast, where you'll get a sneak peek into Educator's diaries, as Syd asks her guests to run through one of their typical days.  On this episode, you'll meet Chloe-Maired Donnelly; a young tutor who's currently studying at University, and when Covid hit, she started her "dream business", CMD Tutoring.Chloe has ADHD, and when she was at school, the only subjects that held her interest were languages.  This is a great chat, where you'll hear Chloe talk about how she manages her ADHD both personally and whilst teaching her students.  Syd also has somewhat of a revelation during the conversation.  There are plenty of key points, including:Regardless of how tired she's feeling because of a lack of quality sleep, Chloe is ALWAYS energetic and positive with her students: Energy breeds energy!Computer games aren't always bad for you! Chloe was driven by Assassin's Creed to start her languages journey, go to Uni, and start her tutoring business!

S02E09 A  Day in the Life of An English Tutor with Gemma Bull.Welcome to Season 2 of the UK Educators Community Podcast, where you'll get a sneak peek into Educator's diaries, as Syd asks her guests to run through one of their typical days.  On this episode, you'll meet Gemma Bull and hear about her business, Lion Education.Gemma supports her students to be confident, assertive and resilient, whilst making rapid academic progress.  She promises that with her calm and collaborative approach her students will "learn to ROAR" (Like Katy Perry, not a scary Lion having caught a Zebra!)This chat is full of shiny take away points, here's just a handful:The private education model aligns with Gemma's values much closer than traditional schooling.  She's been told by Headteachers of the past to ignore students who need emotional support, and concentrate her effort on pushing the ones who are doing well academically.  Whether you're a teacher or tutor in any capacity, it's soooo important to be passionate about your subject.  The passion is what inspires students, or even co-workersTaking constructive criticism positively is really important, and your action as a result will make you better.

S02E08 A day in the life of A Home Ed English & History Tutor with Yvonne Mason.Welcome to Season 2 of the UK Educators Community Podcast, where you'll get a sneak peek into Educator's diaries, as Syd asks her guests to run through one of their typical days.  On this episode, you'll meet the amazing Yvonne Mason.Yvonne was ahead of the curve, and has been offering online tutorial for the past 15 years!  She offered both online and face to face, until a move to North Wales in 2016, meant it made practical sense to go totally online.  This is a really interesting chat between two well respected educators, with many take away points, including:When families are picking a Home Ed Tutor, they'll always go for one they can TRUST, which grows quickly through referrals from other home ed families. Yvonne talks about the importance of home educated kids having time to socialise.  She gives her group classes time to chat before the lesson begins, when her camera and mic are turned off. Teaching in subjects you're passionate about really helps keep material fresh.  Yvonne's a historian, and currently running courses in Medieval and Tudor history, and as well as being a MASSIVE "Tolkien geek", she's teaching her first summer school on his works.Collaboration is "exciting".  Yvonne often works with other Educators and always learns and builds her skillset during these times, and sometimes she'll have access to new resources she may otherwise not have access to.To find out more about Yvonne's tutoring business, visit: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057522306678For full show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/

S02E07 A day in the life of A Maths & Finance Educator with Helen Westwood.Welcome to Season 2 of the UK Educators Community Podcast, where you'll get a sneak peek into Educator's diaries, as Syd asks her guests to run through one of their typical days.  On this episode, you'll meet Helen Westwood.After completing her degree, Helen worked in corporate as a Tax Consultant.  After a couple of years, (and a meeting with one of her old teachers), Helen was offered a job on the graduate teacher programme at the school she once studied at.   She's now spent several years leading finance courses for post-16 year olds.As well as her work with the school, Helen runs her own private tutoring in Maths and Finance.  She's VERY BUSY and booked up until 2025!!This is an engaging chat, with many key points, including:Some consider online booking tools, such as Calendly to be a little impersonal.  When used well, and at the end of the process they are excellent.  You have already built rapport with the client and simply send them a link, where they can book a formal appointment.Time management is essential when you have other commitments.  Helen works in large "chunks" of time, so she's always fully present when with family, or students (even if it IS on a Friday night at 8pm!)Helen's soon to be offering very early tutoring sessions.  Some families will take their children to swimming lessons, horse riding lessons, etc before school, so early morning pre-school run lessons are soon to be trialled.   As mentioned, Helen's booked up until 2025.  Every few months, she checks in with her advance bookings to ensure they're still interested.To find out more about Helen's tutoring business, visit: https://helenwestwoodmaths.com/For full show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

S02E06 A day in the life of a Trader turned Tutor with Julia BrandWelcome to Season 2 of the UK Educators Community Podcast, where you'll get a sneak peek into Educator's diaries, as Syd asks her guests to run through one of their typical days.  On this episode, you'll meet Julia Brand.Julia came to teaching, after becoming disillusioned with a  high powered career in the city as a stocks trader.  She spend almost 10 years working in Primary schools, and doing some private tutoring on the side, before phasing out traditional schooling  and concentrating on her tutoring business full time.  It's a great chat, with many takeaway points, including:Your career needs to align with your personal values.  The more mature you become, the clearer this is and more important it becomes.The importance to adapt in business can't be underplayed.  For example, any tutoring businesses who didn't go online in 2020 would have had a hard time surviving. Whereas the ones who embraced the change get a chance to thrive.Once you've been tutoring for a long while, preparing for each session isn't always needed.  Often students will speak about their concerns and struggles, and the sessions will go in different directions anyway.  It's all about being flexible with your plans.As well as the above, there was MUCH EXCITEMENT about the upcoming Retreat for Educators in Marrakesh that the UK Educators Community has organised.   To find out more or to join us, head over to : https://ukeducators.com/retreat/For full show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

S02E05 A day in the life of An English Teacher with Andrea GadsbeyWelcome to Season 2 of the UK Educators Community Podcast, where you'll get a sneak peek into Educator's diaries, as Syd asks her guests to run through one of their typical days.  On this episode, you'll meet Andrea Gadsbey.Andrea's a VERY BUSY person!  She's a full time English teacher at a school in Manchester, a single mother, and she recently founded Hope Tuition Clinic: https://www.facebook.com/HPEnglishClinic/A lot of things came out of her chat with Syd, including:There is less "joy in schooling" than there used to be, mainly down to the curriculum being very pressurised, with much of the joy of learning being sucked out it.The pandemic has allowed us to take a look at the current system and given us the opportunity to think about how we do education differently and bring it more up to date.Setting up and running you own business is stressful, but because you're in control of all elements it's a different kind of stress, to when you're employed and have no control at all.You can find out more about Hope Tuition Clinic here:  https://www.facebook.com/HPEnglishClinic/For full show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

S02E04 A day in the life of A Maths & Science Educator with Gemma SpaldingWelcome to Season 2 of the UK Educators Community Podcast, where you'll get a sneak peek into Educator's diaries, as Syd asks her guests to run through one of their typical days.  On this episode, you'll meet Gemma SpaldingGemma launched "Spalding's School of Science" in June 2019.  Unlike many of the educators Syd's spoken to on these podcasts, Gemma hasn't ever worked in a traditional schooling environment.  You'll hear a great conversation between two educators, who's values really align, but their approaches and businesses are quite different.  Here are some useful messages that came out of today's chat:A focus on your own well-being is of massive importance to your business.  Always ensure you have "me time" in every day, (even if it's just an hour of book reading before bed). The UK science curriculum is pretty dull, more interesting subjects and approaches need to be taken to really inspire learning.In order to scale up your business, it's so important to delegate work to trusted team members and spend time on growth plans, marketing and sales. Find out more about Gemma's business here: https://spaldingschoolofscience.com/about-gemma-spalding-private-tuition/For full show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

S02E03 - A day in the life of an English Group Tutor with Charlotte WatsonWelcome to Season 2 of the UK Educators Community Podcast, where you'll get a sneak peek into Educator's diaries, as Syd asks her guests to run through one of their typical days.  On this episode, you'll meet Charlotte Watson.After many years of teaching in schools, Charlotte is now a private English tutor, running a variety of sessions, both in the classroom and online  through her company Wonderlearn: https://wonderlearn.co.uk/During the chat, Charlotte talks about the professional development she'll get from the UKED Marakesh Retreat in 2022.  If it sounds of interest to you, please visit: https://ukeducators.com/retreat/Charlotte and Syd share many core values, and during the chat we get some really useful insights, including:The role of a private tutor is much more fulfilling than working within a traditional school environment.  Charlotte gets to choose how she teaches, and no longer has to "toe the party line", when she doesn't believe in the policies.Marking work can be a time consuming task, but Charlotte would never outsource it, because it helps her understand more about the student, and their progress.Life experience and learning about culture is of massive importance to educators.  It helps us pass our knowledge on, use stories and personal experiences to teach students, which assists in instilling important values. (Note to self: Travel more often

S02E02 A day in the life of:  A Science Specialist with Michelle GeeWelcome to Season 2 of the UK Educators Community Podcast, where you'll get a sneak peek into Educator's diaries, as Syd asks her guests to run through one of their typical days.  This episode features Michelle GeeMichelle teaches Biology to undergraduates at The Open University as well as working as a private tutor. Michelle left her teaching training course after just two months, thinking that she wasn't cut out to be a teacher. Ten years later she is glad she left her course but that she didn't give up on teaching.Here's Michelle's FB page: https://m.facebook.com/MichelleGeeTuitionThere are many key take away points from the conversation, including:If you're training to be a teacher in a traditional environment and feel you're "not right" for the role, consider private tutoring.  The freedom the model provides may reinvigorate your passion for educatingSocial media marketing works best when there's lots of ENGAGEMENT.  If you reply and spark conversations on your feed, your posts will be seen by more people.  Whilst social media is a powerful and FREE way of marketing your tutoring services, leafleting can also still provide a fantastic ROI.  Ensure your designs aren't date specific so they can be used as a long term strategy.  Consider where you're placing them : Libraries, community centres, schools and through letterboxes are great places to start.For full show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

S02E01 - A day in the life of: A Franchisee with Miguel de SousaWelcome to Season 2 of the UK Educators Community Podcast, where you'll get a sneak peek into Educator's diaries, as Syd asks her guests to run through one of their typical days.  This first episode features Miguel de SousaAfter 15 years in the catering business, Miguel decided to pivot during lockdown in the UK.  His wife was an educator, so he had plenty of insight and support when it came to buying into Tutortoo.  He runs the Worcester franchise; you can find out more here: https://www.tutortoo-worcester.co.uk/Many educators come into tutoring from a schooling/teaching background, Miguel is quite rare as his past is in business.  This makes for an insightful chat, with several take away points, including: He plans and structures his days in advance, always allowing time for self reflection.He always has a to do list, but never feels guilty if he strays from it to do something enjoyable, as long as everything on there is finished at the end of the day.There are 2 types of people:  "Onions"  stay in a job for MANY years and build up layers of knowledge about their industry and business, whilst "Rockets" move quickly upwards between jobs and industries.  The most solid businesses have both types of people in them, and it's important for the people manager to understand who is who, and what they bring to the business.For full show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

#14: Outsourcing Marketing with David Somerfleck.Welcome to the final episode of The UK Educator's Community Podcast.  Syd has a real treat in store and some fantastic guests booked to appear for Season 2 - Please remember to Follow/Subscribe on your podcast app to be reminded of when it's released.Following on from last week's episode which had lots of advice about upping your social media game, this week is all about outsourcing your social marketing and website design. David Somerfleck has been in the digital marketing space since the mid-1990's.  He's a published author, fellow podcast host and the Founder of DMS.Blue: https://dms.blue/As always, the conversation contains lots of actionably advice.  If you're considering outsourcing your digital marketing and SEO, David suggests the following:You should ensure that anybody you outsource your marketing to is a "good fit" personality wise, and you get a impression that they care about your business and your marketing targets.Upon initial conversations with digital marketers, they should be able to answer all of your questions and give satisfactory answers that make sense to you.  Make sure you pore over their testimonials and reviews.  A quality testimonial should have the client's name and  company they are affiliated with.For full show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

#13: Social Media Marketing with Alex McCann. Syd met Alex on Clubhouse and booked him as a guest because he's a perfect fit for this Podcast....he's a social media marketing expert, who's previously worked in the Education sector.Alex has over 20 years experience of online marketing, and is the Founder of Altrincham HQ.  Find out more about them here: https://altrinchamhq.co.uk/The chat covers many angles of marketing your Education business, during which there are a good handful of actionable points, including: Engagement is key - to help your posts gain a larger audience, ensure the content is interactive, and people engage.  When they comment, reply to their comments to help stimulate a further conversation.  This will help your post be seen by more of your followers and friends.The default "LIKE" button on Facebook doesn't count as interaction any longer.  To work the algorithms in your favour, aim to have your followers use the other emoji buttons, and engage with your content.Understand why people are using the platforms they're using, and cater your material accordingly to connect with them.  As a general rule, people use Facebook to communicate with friends and family, whereas Instagram is used for escapism and positivity, where as people on Twitter are there for news and topical conversation.For full show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

#12: Money Mindset with Rae Richards - Understanding the Archetypes to charge your valueOn this episode, Syd chats with the brilliant Rae Richards.Rae specialises in coaching women on their money mindset, which helps to grow their businesses.  Her work often starts with identifying her client's archetype.  Whilst Rae's work is generally with women, but her Money Archetypes assessment works the same for all genders.  You can take Rae's "Sacred Money Archetype Quiz", and find out more about her awesome services here: http://bit.ly/UKED_Rae_RichardsThis is a really insightful chat, especially if your dominant archetype is a "nurturer", as is the case with many teachers and tutors.  There are many takeaways from this episode, including:When deciding on pricing for your services, look at the market extremes (the lowest & highest prices currently being offered), and decide where you fit in, based on specialty, experience and your USP.  Think of a number, then lift it to the point where it feels "a little uncomfortable" to say, and that's what you charge!Once you know and understand your personality type, you're able to quickly identify which other personality types will be attracted to your business.  Once you know this, you no longer need to market to the people who won't buy your services.To grow more profitable businesses, nurturers need to develop a relationship with money that becomes personal, and reposition their thinking.  For example, money can be used to buy resources for students, which helps you to nurture them.  Earning more money, means you can rest more often... and you need rest to effectively nurture others. For full show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

#11: Branded Book Printing with Claire Clarke - Promoting your business through branded books On this episode, Syd gets excited about the opportunities that Branded Books can create when chatting with Claire Clarke.Claire and her company create books for your business that make YOU unforgettable by levelling-up your brand, and positioning you as the expert in your field.  You can find out more here: https://iamclaireclarke.co.uk/During Syd and Claire's chat, we're reminded that:Your visual brand is SO important, so make sure your promotional material is right.  Even the slightest change in design can make a massive impact.  People's perception of your brand can be changed simply by the colours you use."Print to order" is the future... and with this system, there is ZERO wastage.  Good for the environment, and good for you!Trello boards are great way of working within a team, as everything you need is in one place.For full show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

#10: Agency Start-ups with Jemma Smith.On this episode, Syd catches up with Jemma Smith.Jemma is the Founder and Director of The Education Hotel.  Jemma has extensive knowledge of the education sector. She has previously managed a residential tuition centre based in the U.K. and tutored families in Dubai, San Francisco, Turkey, Czech Republic, Hawaii and Kenya. The Education Hotel is a bespoke tutoring service offering premium tuition to children of all ages and nationalities.  Find out more here: https://educationhotel.co.uk/On this episode, Jemma shared the following nuggets about setting up and running a quality Agency:Identify and focus on your values - This is what sets the standard of the tutors you hire.Get the back end in place before starting your agency - Ensure your system allows for swift invoicing of clients and payments to tutors.The customer journey is of paramount importance.  They need to feel as if they're getting the best service possible, because their reviews and testimonials are what will propel your agency to the next level.  Clients of agencies will look for better deals elsewhere.  The way to hang on to clients is to build their loyalty through quality of service.  You need to offer something in way of service that individual tutors don't.For show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

#9: The Power of Speaking with Hassan Wadi – Focusing on your talents for successWelcome to the UK Educators Community Podcast, with your host, Syd, who's an award winning science communicator, serial entrepreneur and educational consultant.On this episode, Syd shines the spotlight on Hassan Wadi.Hassan discovered his talent of public-speaking after attending a course to improve his confidence for work presentations. The course changed his life . Hassan started the Youth Speaking Academy where he now teaches children to become leaders and speakers of the future.Hassan has a lot of advice to share, including:Test things out to find your talent.  If Michael Jordan had only ever played football, he wouldn't have discovered his talents for Basketball!Focus on your strengths, rather than taking time to build upon your weaknesses, and take time to perfect them.Always utilise your connections to help yourself grow, but ensure you're giving back and the other party is benefitting from the collaboration as well.  When you've identified your talents, think about how you're going to use them to help others.For show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

#8: Growing your first team with Joe Trodden – Tools & techniques to overcome the initial challenge. Welcome to the UK Educators Community Podcast, with your host, Syd, who's an award winning science communicator, serial entrepreneur and educational consultant.On this episode, you'll hear Syd chatting with Joe Trodden.  Joseph has been in the entrepreneurial leadership space for the last seven years, working with over 300 entrepreneurs at every stage of business. He now specialises in working with leaders who are in a growth phase of their business.As always, this episode contains  lots of practical advice and actionable tips, including:Understand the personality types on your team, and build around them with complimentary personality types.  You can use this tool to help define personalities: https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-testNow Syd's team is more established, she often lets members interview and pick  new team members who they'll work best with.  Whilst it's hard to hand over the power initially, it's always worked out well and helps grow collaboration and wellbeing within the team.Don't feel under pressure to grow a team.  You don't need to be entrepreneurial in your approach, and grow a large team.  Do business YOUR way. There's more about Joe's services here: https://josephtrodden.com/For show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

 #7: The Student Well-Being Revolution with Sam Moinet - supporting kids emotionally and mentallyWelcome to the UK Educators Community Podcast, with your host, Syd.Syd is  an award winning science communicator, serial entrepreneur and educational consultant.On this episode, Syd chats with Sam Moinet.  He's leading the revolution in student well-being and Founder of "Student Breakthrough"Sam has trained over thirty teachers and educators to deliver his 3B programme of Boost, Believe and Breakthrough in order to bring coaching to more students and help more young people. As an experienced speaker, Sam shares his passion for coaching, education and teaching with diverse audiences across the world.This chat is honest, real and insightful.  When coaching for emotional well being, Sam advises us to use the "3-A's":AWARENESS : Becoming more aware of what we need to do to gain confidenceACTION : Changing behavioursACCOUNTABLE : Hold yourself accountable to follow through.He also offers advice for educators who want to help students, byListening to the student with your heart and listen to fully understandAsking powerful questions that start with "what", "how" and "why" to help the student develop their own insight.Not  just sharing  advice, but also asking what action steps YOU can take to move your coaching forward.See more of Sam's AMAZING work here: https://www.studentbreakthrough.com/For show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

#6: Deconstructing Reality with James PorrittUnderstanding How Humans and the World WorksWelcome to the UK Educators Community Podcast, with your host, Syd.Syd is  an award winning science communicator, serial entrepreneur and educational consultant.On this episode, Syd chats with James Porritt; a highly successful Business coach who specialises in stress management and conflict resolution.  Whilst James isn't an "educator" in the classic sense, his work definitely educates his clients and helps them find clarity in life.   You'll find many useful nuggets in this chat, including:In order to become truly successful, you must fail along the way, and learn lessons as you go. The modern mentality of "wanting tomorrow's results yesterday without doing the work today" is not realistic If you don't succeed, rather than class it as a failure and ask yourself why you failed, reframe the question and ask yourself what lessons you can learn from the outcome, how those lessons can be used to avoiding the same outcome again, and then use these lessons to teach other people.Emotional maturity and resilience is of massive importance when coaching.  Being too emotional leads you to offer too much assistance, which stops people from learning lessons themselves.  Being too detached leads to a lack of connection with people.  It's all about balance. For show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

#5: Leadership in a Covid World with Kul MahayWelcome to the UK Educators Community Podcast, with your host, Syd.Syd is  an award winning science communicator, serial entrepreneur and educational consultant.On this episode, Syd chats with Kul Mahay.  He's a Leadership & Emotional Intelligence Specialist, who uses his 26 years of experience as a leader, coach and mentor, to help leaders to develop their most powerful asset, their ability to communicate and relate to teams, clients and peers.  See more about Kul's work here: https://www.igniteyourinnerpotential.com/There's insight into different styles of leadership on this episode.  You'll hear about how the most adaptable leaders swiftly switch between the 6 different types of leadership.  There are many key take away points, including:Become aware of your values as a person, then leadership (and life) becomes easier.You don't need to compete with other people to be successful.  Growth comes from competing with yourself.  Aim to become just 2% better each day.During the hard times, don't consider just surviving, set your sights on growing.Adaptability is the key to growth, especially in hard times.  Charles Darwin said “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent; it is the one most adaptable to change".  Kul agrees!For show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

#4: Building an Education Empire with Lucy Spencer - Scaling strategies for business growth Welcome to the UK Educators Community Podcast, with your host, Syd.Syd is  an award winning science communicator, serial entrepreneur and educational consultant.On this episode, Syd chats with Lucy Spencer about scaling strategies for business growth.  Lucy is the Founder and Director of Education Boutique.  She was described by The Good Schools Guide as “one to watch” and is currently the Vice President of The Tutors' Association. Find out about Lucy's growth programmes here: https://educationboutique.co.uk/ She has grown Education Boutique without outside investment or partners, and this episode has plenty of advice you can apply to your business if you plan to scale:Remain in complete control of your business, until you're ready to sell and exit.Plan, plan and plan!  Be ready with a Plan-B and be prepared to put plans on hold too! Always write your plans down, as that makes you accountable.  Plan a year in advance, with monthly goals.Surround yourself with like minded people who have similar aspirations and values.  You are the average of the 5 people you're closest to.Consider which clients will be able to expand your network, and realise how important referrals are as a marketing strategy.For show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

#3: Me, Myself & I with Richard Gray – The pain points of being a solo entrepreneur.Welcome to the UK Educators Community Podcast, with your host, Syd. Syd is  an award winning science communicator, serial entrepreneur and educational consultant.On this episode, Syd chats with Richard Gray, who's the founder of Crystal Tuition.  He has a history in corporate banking and turned his back on the big bucks to create a business within the education sector because of his passion for teaching.  You can find out more about his company here: https://crystaltuition.comThere are some priceless actionable tips on this show surrounding the interview process, including: When searching for new contractors, Facebook Jobs works well.  Syd recently paid £10 for an advert, and got over 100 applicants!When receiving so many applicants, the first step of filtration can be brutal.  For example; instruct all applicants to give their email a particular title.  Anyone who doesn't goes straight to trash!  This may sound harsh, but it will save you time interviewing people who aren't able to follow instructions, and don't have an eye for detail.When hiring, here are Syd's Top 3 traits her interview process concentrates on:The applicants attitude & personality.  Is it aligned with hers and her business?Their passion for her business.Are they going to be committed long-term?For show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators _________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

#2: Juggling Plates with Georgina Green - How to survive running a business whilst working full-time!Welcome to the UK Educators Community Podcast, with your host, Syd. Syd is  an award winning science communicator, serial entrepreneur and educational consultant.On this episode Syd chats with Georgina Green, who's a scientist and personal tutor.  You'll hear how, for the last 8 years Georgina has been running her own business, whilst working full-time!  As well as hearing about Georgina's collection of rodents, and Syd's love of all things with wings, there are some great pieces of advice about:Becoming accessible to more clients by moving your tutoring business online.Setting up collaborative folders for you, your student and their parents/guardians.The importance of organising your time, and the tech and apps that can help.For show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators _________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.

#1: Spotting Opportunities with John Yates - Making things up in Business as we go along because plans don't always work the way we plan them! John is an entrepreneur and founder of Priority Learning. He started tutoring whilst at University and now works full time on his successful business. John is brilliant at spotting opportunities in the market and creating solutions. He is currently designing an app with AI features that would mark homework and make tutor's life easier.Join us as we discuss spotting opportunities, valuing your time, and being prepared for an entrepreneurial life.Key take awaysTake calculated risksHave "life boats" so you can pick yourself up if things go wrongSpread yourself thin to expose yourself to as many problems to solveAnd be willing to be in it for the overhaul! New opportunities will take a lot of workFor show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.