Podcasts about education changemakers

Watch the video of this episode at youtube.com/edufuturists Summer has been working in education for over 16 years. She's been a teacher, education leader, policy maker, advocate and facilitator of learning for students and professionals across every system and sector in Australia and works to ensure teachers have every support they need to succeed and thrive. Summer has expert knowledge in learning experience design, design thinking, middle years schooling and environmental education, Summer has taught in schools across Australia & the USA, taught Master of Teaching units at Sydney University and delivered global projects with teams including Education Changemakers, The Global Education Taskforce on SDGs reporting to the United Nations, IDEO's Teacher Guild and AITSL. Summer has also delivered professional learning for audiences across Australia and the globe including Middle Years of Schooling Association, American Middle Level Education, ISTE, Northern Territory Government, Victorian Government, Zoos Victoria and TEDx. You can follow her on twitter @EduSum --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edufuturistspodcast/message

2020 is the most disruptive year learners have had to endure in decades. Overnight, teachers and students switched to remote education and all of a sudden parents are really key to facilitating learning. In this Educhange podcast mini series, we talk with six experts in keeping learning going. Our guest today is Aaron Tait. Aaron is a dad, a military veteran, an author, an entrepreneur and a co-founder of Y-gap and Education Changemakers. At EC Aaron brings real diversity to the team with his leadership experience and out-of-the-box entrepreneurial thinking. Today, I chat with Aaron about pivoting and adapting to change, and why entrepreneurial thinking is more important now than ever.

2020 is the most disruptive year learners have had to endure in decades. Overnight, teachers and students switched to remote education and all of a sudden parents are really key to facilitating learning. In this Educhange podcast mini series, we talk with six experts in keeping learning going. In this episode, our guest is Dave Faulkner, the CEO and co-founder of Education Changemakers. Dave has been the regional director for one of Australia's largest and sparsely populated regions and leads our remote workforce at EC. Maddie and Dave talk about great remote staff culture and how to run great professional learning online.

It's the last day of term Down Under, so Dan and Ray talk about something for next year - the AI for Good Schools Challenge 2020. They're joined by guest Clare White, also from the Microsoft Education team, and Aaron Tait, from Education ChangeMakers, who are Microsoft's partner for the competition. More details on the competition is at https://aiforgood.com.au/, and details on the Hackathons that Aaron and Clare talk about are at https://aiforgood.com.au/hackathons/ And if you've still got any doubts about signing up for 2020, then here's an article about Werribee Secondary College's experience in the 2019 competition https://educationblog.microsoft.com/en-au/2019/11/ai-for-good-challenge-werribee-secondary-colleges-amazing-race-to-success/ And there's lots more about Education Changemakers on their website at https://educationchangemakers.com/

Full notes: http://tinyurl.com/SFTL3E3 Aaron Tait is the co-author of ‘Edupreneur’, a book which gives teachers how-to steps for unleashing change from the classroom up. He’s also the co-founder of Education Changemakers which provides innovation support through workshops and conferences around the world. With 3 Masters Degrees, active military service and the 2015 FYA Social Entrepreneur of the Year award, he has plenty of bragging rights, but his work is focussed on empowering others to be a force for good.

Notes: http://tinyurl.com/SFTL3E3 Q1: According to Aaron, what is arguably the most successful social enterprise in the world? Q2: How does storytelling differ to a polished, prepared speech? Q3: We all have the power to make positive change in educating the next generation. What advice does Aaron have for the more ‘shy’ teachers? Find out the answers in this week’s interview with author, entrepreneur and co-founder of Education Changemakers, Aaron Tait.

This week, we’re yabbering on about Australia and Edtech. Crikey! I speak to Summer Howarth, Learning Director, Education Changemakers, John Angley, Senior Trade & Investment Commissioner at AusTrade, Riley Batchelor, CEO, Edugrowth and start up founder, Isuru Wanasinghe, of Life is Yellow. For full show notes and references go to https://theedtechpodcast.com 

Speaker Aaron Tait Type Live Conversation About this conversation There are few sectors more important in the world than education, yet the basic makeup of many schools does not look all that different from how they did one hundred years ago. In an era where the world is changing at an incredibly rapid pace, education needs to be ahead of the curve. Aaron Tait is an impact innovator and is optimistic about the changes that are happening in schools, led by teachers, school leaders, entrepreneurs and most importantly kids, and at the Florence Guild event will share both a positive outlook for the future alongside some practical tools for those who want to be part of the next wave of education change. More about Aaron Aaron is the co-founder and Director of Innovation at Education Changemakers, and is a global leader in innovation for impact. He is the co-author of the Wiley published book ‘Edupreneur’, the lead on Australia’s first K-12 focused education accelerator, and the founder of Edupreneur 2017, Australia’s first K-12 focused edtech conference. Aaron is a former Australian military officer, has led development projects in Africa for the last decade, is a Bateman Scholar from Cambridge University and holds three Masters degrees. Aaron is also a co-founder of the Spark* International Accelerator and YGAP, an organisation that has significantly changed the lives of more than 400,000 people living in poverty. He is a Village Capital Fellow and in 2015 was named as the FYA Social Entrepreneur of the Year alongside his wife Kaitlin who is pregnant with their first son who is due in October! Aaron's LinkedIn: Aaron Tait Aaron's Twitter: @aaronjtait Education Changemakers: educationchangemakers.com Aaron's Book: Edupreneur: Unleashing Teacher Led Innovation in Schools by Aaron Tait and Dave Faulkner YGAP – Spark: sparkinternational.org/spark-ygap Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Summer Howarth is first and foremost a teacher with an unwavering belief in the potential of young adolescents and those who work in support of them. Summer has drive for and proven success in unleashing and spreading teacher led innovations and has been an instrumental leader in Australia’s contribution to the OECD work on Student Engagement and Australia’s TeachMeet movement. She’s deeply and unashamedly passionate and makes it her business to connect with anyone who pursues an interest in improving the life and learning outcomes of young people. Summer has worked in every corner of the education scene, from school to university and government, and holds a Paul Harris Fellowship for her services to Education. In her role as National Director of Learning for Education Changemakers, Summer works with teachers, students and community leaders to solve our toughest education challenges, turning good schools into great ones. While the focus of her work is across Australia, Summer has also taught in the USA and worked with students, teachers and principals across the world. Former executive member of Adolescent Success, Summer is a sought-after advisor & facilitator but quite simply loves kids, teachers and the teaching profession, and works to make sure everyone else does too.   Topics Covered: - Education Changemakers: Origins, Objectives and Initiatives - Bottom up innovation in schools - The impact of parents on the classroom - The impact of School and leadership KPIs on innovation - Teaching kids entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurship as a form of youth validation and empowerment - Finding and empowering great teachers - Unleashing teacher led and student led innovation - Open-sourcing classroom ideas and experiments - The power of sharing and collaborating - The education system and key stakeholders - Social entrepreneurship   Show Notes: 1) Education Changemakers: educationchangemakers.com/ 2 - Lemonade Stand: www.lemonadestand.rocks/ 3 - Follow Summer on Twitter: twitter.com/EduSum 4 - EduChange Conference: http://www.educhange.com.au/   --- I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you’d like to receive a weekly email from me, complete with reflections, books I’ve been reading, words of wisdom and access to blogs, ebooks and more that I’m publishing on a regular basis, just leave your details at www.futuresquared.xyz/subscribe and you’ll receive the very next one. Listen on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski  

Economist and Nobel Laureate James Heckman presents research showing the value of early childhood education as he and entrepreneur/philanthropist J.B. Pritzker urge support for birth-to-age-5 programs as keys to developing strong regional and national economies. Series: "STEAM plus MORE" [Public Affairs] [Education] [Show ID: 30584]

Economist and Nobel Laureate James Heckman presents research showing the value of early childhood education as he and entrepreneur/philanthropist J.B. Pritzker urge support for birth-to-age-5 programs as keys to developing strong regional and national economies. Series: "STEAM plus MORE" [Public Affairs] [Education] [Show ID: 30584]