Episodes
Wednesday Dec 19, 2018
Programme 346, Katie Ashford pt 2 (19-12-18)
Wednesday Dec 19, 2018
Wednesday Dec 19, 2018
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
Theme music composed and arranged by David Vesey
This week I bring you the second part of my interview with Katie Ashford Deputy Head of Michaela Community School in Wembley Park in London. The wide range of topics we discuss include the following:
- Michaela Community School Building
- The Teach First Programme
- Starting a blog, which led to a job offer
- Personalised Instruction and whole class instruction
- Her blog posts
- A typical day
- Family Lunch (at school)
- What she likes most/least about teaching
- Her ideal English lesson
- What schools are for
- Teachers who had a significant impact on her
- Who inspires her
Katie also referred to Tom Bennett's blog and to books by Daisy Christodoulou and Daniel Willingham.
Wednesday Dec 12, 2018
Programme 345, School Culture & More (12-12-18)
Wednesday Dec 12, 2018
Wednesday Dec 12, 2018
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
Theme music composed and arranged by David Vesey.
On this week's programme I speak to Katie Ashford who is Deputy Head and Director of Inclusion at Michaela Community School in Wembley Park London. Her blog is called Tabula Rasa. We talk about school culture and other aspects of teaching. In the course of our discussion Katie mentions how she is inspired by people such as Rafe Esquith and Erin Gruwell.
- Different kinds of school culture
- Identifying problems in a school
- Changing School Culture
- Why teaching is tiring
- The kind of records UK teachers need to keep
- Marking children’s work
- The approach used by teachers in Michaela Community School: teacher as authority
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
Programme 344, Anne O'Gara on Inspectors, Teaching and More (5-12-18)
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
Theme music composed and arranged by David Vesey
On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Professor Anne O'Gara, former President of Marino Institute of Education and current board member of Tusla. Among the topics we cover in this part of the interview are:
- The role for inspectors in our education system
- Giving and receiving feedback
- Recognising learning
- The Home School Community Liaison Scheme – Establishment and Purpose
- Dr Concepta Conaty’s vision for the Home School Community Liaison Scheme
- Her primary teaching experience
- What schools are for
- A teacher who had a significant impact on her