Teach, Tech, Lead

Gus and I recently had the pleasure of talking to Professor Glenn Savage, a policy sociologist and Professor of Education Futures at Melbourne University’s Faculty of Education. Our discussion covered a wide range of topics from change management, retaining and attracting teachers to the profession, the challenges facing schools and how leaders can make positive and effective change. Hope you enjoy it!  #TeachTechLeadPodcast  #Educ...

In this episode of the Teach, Tech, Lead podcast, Gus and I spoke to Damir Odobasic - an award-winning Ed Innovator, conference presenter and speaker about how students think, remember and transfer knowledge. In what ways are digital devices and technologies disrupting or changing learning? Is AI any different? Damir has developed a simple (yet robust) Lesson Intelligence Framework, which which discuss in detail. Hope you enjoy it!

Ellen Moffat is a Deputy Principal, leader and educator who has held a variety of curriculum and pastoral roles in her career. She was on The Educator's Hot List in 2018 and their Rising Stars list in 2023 as well as being an Excellence Awardee at the 2021 Australian Education Awards. What was clear to both Gus and myself in our conversation, was how passionate Ellen is about effective pedagogy, the power of relationships in the cl...

In the latest of our one-pagers, Gus and I discuss While I'm Not Watching... Rather than the title of a bad horror movie, this brand new One-Pager from the #TeachTechLeadPodcast details the positive habits that we want to instill in our students! This pod (and the one-pager linked below), will give you some answers - but likely, many more thoughts about the ways we teach students to work independently! Hope you enjoy! 

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In the latest of our one-pagers, Gus and I discuss Success Looks Like... How can we best convey to students our expectations surrounding a task or activity such that they have the optimal chance of success? This pod (and one-pager linked below), will give you the answer to that question and make it (as Gus likes to say) hard for them "not to learn"! Hope you enjoy!

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In the latest of our one-pagers, Gus and I discuss You Do This! Explicit instruction is a well understood teaching strategy - but what is the best way to get started? This pod (and one-pager linked below), will give you a clear method for delivering instructions to classes of any year level in a way (that Gus likes to say) makes it hard for them "not to learn"! Hope you enjoy!

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Gus and I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Lisa Cohen, who along with Lianne Kady are the founders of Elevated Educators (www.elevatededucators.com.au) and Blooming Classrooms - a researched backed behavior and wellbeing program supporting school teachers to thrive. I quite like the phrase on their website: "from frazzled to flourishing". Lisa and Lianne work to empower educators to feel seen, supported and equipped w...

Gus and I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Anneke Stracke, who has been teaching for 3 years, to talk about the challenges of being a teacher graduate and the ways in which we can better support and attract new teachers. Anneke gave some great insights into the challenges of starting out, things she has learnt along the way and highlights of her teacher training.

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In the latest of our one-pagers, Gus and I discuss Catching the Volcano! Class discussion can be fun and engaging - but frequently, our students leave our classes without a sense of the main points of what was discussed. At other times, class discussions can wander off topic, leaving us feeling like we dropped the ball. There is an answer! The solution is outlined in this one-pager called ‘Catch the Volcano!’ To get some ideas on h...

Recently, I attended the Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria (DLTV) annual conference (DigiCon) at ACMI in Federation Square, Melbourne. I took my digital recorder along with the view to capturing some quick sound bites with Keynote presenters and attendees on a range of topics - from AI, creativity to digital literacy and device use. Featured are: Dr Tim Kitchen (keynote), Joshua Brewer, Andrew Smith - the CEO of VCAA, Nick Mor...

Gus and I were thrilled to be joined by Brayden Stone - Principal of Southern Cross Grammar School, to talk about pedagogy, leadership and connecting with students. Brayden spoke passionately about his work with the Ivanhoe Institute and the work in constructing the Ivanhoe Playbook; a collection of one-pagers to guide teaching practice at the school in line with values and direction. Shoutouts this episode to Dr Ray Swann, Mark Do...

Gus and I were thrilled to chat to Michael Rosenbrock, who, with Dr Simon Breakspear, has co-authored the new book The Pruning Principle! Imagine as a leader or classroom teacher examining practice and subtracting instead of adding? The Pruning Principle challenges us to look at what we do and examine the effectiveness of our pedagogies and ask the critical question - are we getting bang for our buck? While pruning is certainly abo...

Gus and I were thrilled to be able to chat to Dr Anthea Rhodes, who is a paediatrician, researcher and child health advocate. She has clinical interests in the health needs of the vulnerable child, with expertise in child development and behaviour and research interests in child public health, parenting and lifestyle related health issues. 

We spoke to her about a number of topics, but primarily her views on leadership and what mak...

In the latest of our one-pagers, Angus Humphries and I discuss minimising distractions! Sounds pretty easy right? Well - in theory - it should be! But creating an environment in which distractions are minimised or removed entirely takes some planning and structure - and once you set these in place, learning can be much more effective! To get some ideas on how you can implement this, read our one-pager linked below! Hope you enjoy!

In the next instalment of our pedagogical "one-pagers", we look at "thinking time / thinking face"! Just how long should you wait before asking students to answer a question? How do you know if they are actually thinking about the questions?

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The link to the One Pager can be found here: https://substack.com/@teachtechleadpodcast/note/p-178641452?r=6r0htu&utm_source=notes...

In this second of our One Pagers, The Mental Model, we examine what a teacher wants a class to look like and how to establish that structure so that students know what is expected and teachers can easily see when it's "not happening". #Education #Pedagogy #Teaching #TeachTechLeadPodcast

The link to the Mental Model One Pager can be found here:

https://substack.com/@teachtechleadpodcast/note/p-178134433?r=6r0htu&utm_source=notes...

In this first of our One Pagers, we discuss a way of starting your class (on time) and establishing a positive tone in which students are engaged with learning right from the start. The technique also utilises retrieval practice brilliantly! #Education #Pedagogy #Teaching #TeachTechLeadPodcast

You can read about the #OnePager concept here:

https://substack.com/@teachtechleadpodcast/note/c-171986562?r=6r0htu&utm_source=notes-sha...