When the penny drops
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In early 2020 after George Floyd’s death decolonizing the curriculum came to the forefront of the discussion. People who had never considered it, or even understood what it meant, had to grapple with its implications. This whole episode is about exactly that.
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The First 30
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A few years ago Solihull was a small, relatively affluent borough in Southeast Birmingham, but they had one big problem. Many factors had aligned to create a situation where Solihull had more permanent exclusions than 90% of the country.
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Intrinsic Motivation
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John Camp is the Trust leader for The Compass partnership Trust. His views on how reward and punishment have changed over his career. When Katie Cutajar (Co-HT of Alderwood Primary) joined the CPT this was new to her.
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Teaching, Teaching
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Classically, CPD brings all the staff together to learn about a single subject of improvement. By contrast, Instructional coaching has aspects that make bespoke to what each teacher needs at the moment.
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Ma-tour-nity
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During Lucy’s first maternity leave, she felt alienated from her profession. People would tell her that she would lose interest in working full time but she didn’t. In her second MAT leave, she was determined not to be on the outside looking.
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Risk and Reward
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Many teachers that find themselves attracted to schools that have fallen on hard times, have come from the same kinds of schools
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UN-Sustainable
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In 2015 the United Nation set out 17 sustainable development goals, with their mission statement being, “A blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all by 2030”.
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Through The Blackwall
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Yamina grew up in the majority Bangladeshi area of Tower Hamlets. When her family moved to Canary Wharf things changed; 9/11 happened and the overt racism began.
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Season 4 Starting March 18th
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The We Are In Beta podcast is back.
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Roadmap to Renewal
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In this episode, we speak with Kiran Mahil - History and politics teacher in East London. Obviously, things have changed a lot due to covid19, but what might not be obvious is how we will regain the things we’ve lost over this period. Kiran and friend (and fellow teacher) Hannah Dalton, have come up with a document that allows schools to understand what has been lost and consider how they will respond. It’s called the Roadmap to Renewal. We talked to them about it.
info_outlineWe Are In Beta opens its second series. Host Niall Alcock gives you a taste of what's new and what to expect from upcoming episodes. There's a new addition to the team too. Meet our new producer, Jay.
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Coming up in this series, learn how school leaders are:
- driving whole-school, organisational behaviour change
- breaking ground in co-headship
- building schools from the ground up with flexible working in mind
- understanding what student behaviour is really communicating in PRUs
- meeting students' needs through unconditional positive regard in special schools
- building school communities through traditions
- using experiences of sexism to design recruitment processes
- promoting gender equality as a HeForShe advocate
- improving BAME leadership, representation and diversity
- providing allyship to support under represented groups
Featuring appearances from:
- Leann Swaine (Headteacher, East Barnet School)
- Lisa Farmer (Co-Headteacher, Thomas Russell Infants School)
- The founding team of The Shared Headship Network
- Sue Plant (Head of School, John Taylor Free School)
- Lucy Rose (Teacher & Co-Founder, Flexible Teacher Talent)
- Emma Sheppard (Lead Practitioner & Founder, MTPT Project)
- Marie Gentles (Headteacher, Hawkswood Primary PRU)
- David Whittaker (Director of Learning, Wellspring Academy Trust)
- Manny Botwe (Headteacher, Tythertington School)
- Clare Marie Cuthbert (CEO, Evolve Trust)
- Chris Hilldrew (Headteacher, Churchill Academy & Sixth Form)
- Allana Gay (Headteacher, Vita et Pax Preparatory School / BAMEed Network)
- Patrick Ottley O'Connor (Executive Principal, North Liverpool Academy) @ottleyoconnor
- Pran Patel (Decolonise the Curriculum)
- and...
- ...their colleagues, parents, students and governors.
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