Episodes

Friday Apr 26, 2024
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Today I have the privilege of sharing a recent conversation that I had with the brilliant Lael Stone. Lael is an Australian Speaker, educator, and author and is committed to supporting parents to understand their children, helping adults process their childhood trauma, and creating education systems that value emotional awareness. For Lael, Everything is based on one fundamental principle – connection and compassion. The purpose of her work is to help all humans understand themselves better and be inspired to live the life they desire.
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Monday Apr 22, 2024
Monday Apr 22, 2024
I have the pleasure of sharing a conversation that I recently had with Dr. Shyam Barr. Shyam helps educators foster students’ metacognition and self-regulated learning. Shyam’s research explores professional learning approaches that support teachers’ thinking and practice about self‑regulated learning. We also talked about his new book Educate to Self-Regulate: Empowering Learners for Lifelong Success which you can pre-order using the link below. This is the second episode we have recorded and each time we talk I walk away with new insights.
Here is our first conversion:
Dr. Shyam Barr: Self-regulated learning and the motivational, cognitive, and metacognitive factors that influence learners.
Pre-order Dr Shyam’s book Educate to Self-Regulate here: https://www.shyambarr.com.au/store
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Saturday Apr 20, 2024
Saturday Apr 20, 2024
Today I have the privilege of sharing a snippet of a conversation that I had a little while ago with the brilliant Santos Gonzalez Verardo. Santos has spent the last 25 years working as a teacher, administrator, and leadership coach in San Diego. She supports district, school, and teacher leaders navigating challenging and complex educational landscapes as a leadership coach, management consultant, and training facilitator. In this discussion, we talked about how to build cohesive school communities, the power of authentic relationships, and how to create the right conditions for students to thrive.
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Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Ray has 32 years of experience in the public education system, including 18 years as an educational leader. In 2014, Ray was named WA Primary Principal of the Year. In this snippet of our longer conversation, we talked about Developing foundational leadership skills, a leader that shaped him, and the power of hindsight.
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Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Today I am excited to share a snippet of a longer conversation that I had with Chris Buswell. He is a multi-award-winning educational leader and was named the Showcase Queensland Teacher of the Year in 2019, Commonwealth Bank Australia Teaching Fellow in 2020, and The Educator Hot List in 2023.
In this chat, we talked about building a school, establishing culture and leadership lessons from Lionel Messi.
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Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Today I wanted to share a snippet of a longer conversation with the amazing Professor Andy Hargreaves. Andy needs no introduction. He is a speaker, author, advisor, and researcher who advocates for equitable and inclusive education
In this existential interview, we talked about What truly matters, the wonders of childhood and embracing change.
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Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Today it is my great pleasure to share a snippet of a conversation that I recently had with Ian Timbrell. He is a former teacher who now spends his time ensuring that no student has to go through the challenges that he faced at school. We all want schools to be places where students are seen and valued and we all want schools that are more diverse and inclusive for all people. I won’t give too much away here, but I encourage you to listen, really listen, as he shares his journey. He is incredibly brave and it was wonderful to speak with him. Please take the time to listen to the whole conversation - the link is below:
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Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to Grant Lewis. Grant’s specialty is working with teachers and leaders to develop their professional learning culture, inquiry learning, and curriculum design skills. He is passionate about curating and cultivating learning experiences that engage, challenge, and provoke learners. I hope that you get as much out of this discussion as I did.
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Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Today I am excited to share a recent conversation with Phil Murdoch. He is a specialist design teacher and an experienced voice in AI and education. He is a father of 3 and about to be a grandfather for the first time. He will be celebrating his 30th wedding anniversary to his high school sweetheart. In our chat we talked about, being a parent embracing failure and the future of schooling.
I hope you get as much out of this conversation as I did.
I hope that you enjoy this chat with the brilliant Amy Green
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Monday Mar 18, 2024
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Jackie Vaughan is a proud advocate of public education and has been a teacher and educational leader in the ACT for 25 years. Jackie Vaughan is the Foundation Principal of Evelyn Scott School, a brand new P-10 school in Denman Prospect, Canberra ACT. All Canberra public schools are guided by the ACT Future of Education Strategy. Evelyn Scott School utilises a Future Focused Learning Continuum from preschool through to Year 10.
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