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 H…

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 C…

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 j…

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…

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. …

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 …

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 tasks This episode guest is Dr Selena F…

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 U…

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. Prac…

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 & credibilit…

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…

"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. Saturate 2. Percolate 3. Create 4. Celebrate 5. Rejuvinate Check our …

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…

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 wh…

"Parents are their children's greatest advocate" - Andrew Oberthur When 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 sc…

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 educ…

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 a…

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 …

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 incorpora…

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 her…

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, particular…

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!Von Zach Woodward

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 lunch 2. Keep all affirming emails & car…

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.auVon Zach Woodward

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/classr…

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…