Inside Voices: A Teacher Podcast

This week we have a guest on the podcast! Stacey Mullock is the Head of Development at the FA and is on the podcast to discuss girls’ access to football, attitudes towards women in sport and how we can encourage and support them at the earliest stage in school. If you want to find out more about the campaign and download free classroom resources head to:
girlsfootballinschools.org/made-for-this-game.php
 

🧐Teaching in June is not for the weak. On this week’s episode we are GRUMPY but still showing up. We answer questions from our amazing listeners.
🎙️We discuss teacher retention, mental health and the behaviour crisis in schools. What do you think is the root issue  causing teachers to leave the profession? Who is to blame for behaviour spiralling? All discussed on this week’s episode!
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🧐Have you always wanted to be a teacher? Is the classroom not what you thought it would be? This week we discuss the different routes through and out of teaching that are very rarely discussed.
🎙️Many people enter teaching to be a teacher but quickly realise it’s not what they had hoped. It’s normal to feel stuck as a teacher but is that all we can do? In this episode we look as at many options available to teachers who want to progress in their careers.
 
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This week we look at the hot topic of assessment in classrooms. We discuss SATS, Scottish National Assessments and the pitfalls of summative assessment. Make sure you sit back, relax and enjoy!

This week we look at the upcoming Scottish Parliament elections. With such a pivotal election on the horizon, it's important that we talk about what each outcome could look like for education. Whether we like it or not, education is political and the decisions made in Parliament affect our everyday lives. We talk funding, inclusion, manifesto promises and much, much more. Sit back, relax and enjoy!

This week’s episode is slightly different to our regularly scheduled programming! We are doing a Q&A episode! We asked our lovely audience for questions and we answered as many as we could! From musical instruments to PE to discussing teacher struggles, we covered it all! Sit back, relax and enjoy!

This week’s episode discusses the teacher workload and the increasing pressures that seem to be placed on educators. We look at Scotland’s current climate with an upcoming election and industrial action looming large. Sit back, relax and enjoy!

This week’s episode discusses the hot topic of reading in schools. We have noticed a shift in reading for enjoyment in the last few years. Children just don’t want to read. How do we fix this? We discuss strategies, things that have worked in our classrooms and how you can build a love for reading in your class.  Sit back, relax and enjoy!

This week’s episode discusses the hot topic of behaviour in schools. We have noticed a shift in behaviour in schools since we started teaching and the same story is being told across the country. So what has happened and how do we fix it? We look at systemic issues and quick fixes that teachers can implement into their classroom immediately. Sit back, relax and enjoy!

This week’s episode discusses the hot topic of whether teaching is the same lifelong profession it once was. We discuss career progression, shifting identities and the reasons for over 100 thousand teacher leaving the profession in the UK in the last 3 years! Sit back, relax and enjoy!