S5. Ep 2 - Advice
What's the best advice you've ever been given? That's the premise for our latest episode, featuring regular guest to the podcast Jess Lund.
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Those Who Can is a podcast for teachers, talking through all things educational! Each week we will be interviewing teachers and getting to know the stories behind their work in the classroom...
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S5. Ep 1 - Interview lessons
We start Season 5 with a look at applying for jobs, with a particular focus on the lesson. After getting some of our own 'worst experiences'...
S.4 Ep 3 - Making the most of the NQT year
We're joined by Chloe Bateman this week, a recent NQT who shares her experiences and wisdom with us. Paul does his best to recall his NQT ye...
S4. Ep 2 - Middle and Senior Leadership
This week we discuss the relationship between middle and senior leaders: when it goes well, where potential issues arise and how to get the...
S4. Ep 1 - Where have we been?
With the gaps between seasons becoming longer and slightly more erratic, our return sees a reflection on the past year. We consider the valu...
S.3 Ep 4 - What doesn't work?
We talk this week about the list put forward by Ben Newmark last term, outlining all of the activities and approaches he felt hadn't worked...
S3. Ep 3 - Who Teaches the Teachers?
Given Will's role and the on-going challenges facing PGCE courses across the country, we thought it worth spending a little bit of time unpa...
S3. Ep 2 - Extra-Curricular - Extra Effort?
The second episode of this season sees us debating the worth of extra-curricular activities. Often a large part of school life, do they dist...
S3. Ep 1 - Starting a New Year
As summer winds to a close, alarms get set and pencils are sharpened up and down the country, we want to open Season 3 with a few thoughts o...
S2. Ep 6 - Leading a Department with Jess Lund
Heads of Department should be the engine room of any school. Ensuring that this is the case, without becoming overburdened by admin or losin...
S2 Ep. 5 - Questioning with Sarah Donarski
Questioning is one of the core aspects of teaching. Often talked about, much debated and sometimes taken for granted, we take the chance to...
S2. Ep4 - Why do what we do?
This week sees us talk about what got us into teaching in the first place, as well as offer thoughts on whether it has been all we expected...
S2. Ep3 - Managing Workload (Scratching the surface!)
This episode sees us try to tackle workload head on, and inevitably only scratch the surface of what is an enormous issue in teaching. For m...
S2. Ep 2- Behaviour Management - Tackling the Hydra
This episode sees Paul and Will take on behaviour management (for probably the first of many times!). From looking at what the role of senio...
S2. Ep1 - What's the hardest part of teaching?
The new season of Those Who Can sees new co-host Will Bailey-Watson join the show, with a slightly different format. Each week we'll be disc...
Episode 6 - Eye of the Tiger Teacher with Jess Lund
A celebratory episode in many ways (mainly because it marks the first time we have actually managed to release in line with our fortnightly...
Episode 5 - The Butlin Did It - Behaviour, Pastoral support and Subject Leadership with Ben Butlin
This week sees Paul interview Ben Butlin, a teacher of Religion, Philosophy and Ethics at a Milton Keynes comprehensive. We talk all things...
Episode 4 - Follow the Lead Practitioner with Charlotte Harvey
After a longer than expected break brought about by a loss of voice issue and then Christmas (Happy New Year!), this week sees us talk with...
Episode 3 - Action (Research) speaks louder than words with Sarah Donarski
This week sees me talking to Sarah Donarski, teacher of English and in charge of ITT training at Wellington College. We talk about how resou...
Episode 2 - Absolute Classics with Peter Maskell
This week sees us talking to Peter Maskell, a Latin and Classical Civilisations teacher. We discuss his worst ever lesson, how he came to be...