Teach Starter Podcast
Join us as we chat to inspirational, everyday teachers. It's real, it's uplifting, it's funny: it's for the love of teaching!
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Surprise! The Buzz Episode Bron Wasn't Expecting..
Jill and Bron planned to talk about school holiday road trips for teachers, but Jill totally Kanyed the episode! Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Letter Reversal (Mirror Writing) in the Early Years
Letter reversal (or mirror writing) is common in Early Years students. Teacher and blogger Holly Mitchell, to give us hints and tips on how to identify, assess, teach and monitor students who reverse their letters.
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Who Let the Cat out of the Bag? (Classic Mr D)
Some things should never be brought for show and tell!Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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WIN One of Five Teach Starter School Plans for Your School!
Teach Starter has just launched our huge new competition, Ticket to Teach Starter! Five schools will win a 12 month School Plan subscription for their teachers. To find out all about how to enter and hear about the amazing prizes on offer, listen in! Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Mindful Breathing Class for Teachers (Recorded Live)
A beautiful mindful breathing session to help teachers recentre and refocus at the busiest time of the school year.
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End of Year Concert (Classic Mr D)
Ever had a kid in your class who takes any opportunity to be extra? Maybe it's big spirit fingers in the choir, perhaps it's an unplanned concern soloist, or just a really enthusiastic dancer in the play.Mr D had a student in the end of year concert who stole the show, and Mr D was nothing less than impressed!Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Reporting in a School Year Like No Other
Among the many challenges this year has presented to teachers, assessment and reporting obstacles have been front of mind. In both standard reporting periods, we at Teach Starter have noted a high level of demand for our Report Card Comment resources. Join us as we take you through some other fantastic resources to help you through Semester Two reporting. Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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National Recycling Week at School with Planet Ark
National Recycling Week is here! In 2020, NRW runs from 9-15 November. Find out how your school can get involved with Planet Ark's Recycle Right Challenge.
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Mr D on the 2020 USA Presidential Election (Special Episode)
It's election-eve in the United States and Mr D has popped in to share his thoughts on the campaign itself, the policies of each party (pertaining to education), and the unexpected and devastating events of a mid-pandemic election.The USA has recorded the highest number of Covid cases in a single day in any country in the world, only days out from polling. Trump today said at his final public rally that he expects "another beautiful victory". Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Teacher Desks - Opinions and Options
Take a look over your teacher desk. Do you see a serene sanctuary of stationery, or a dumping ground accumulating piles of paperwork?Many teachers are saying goodbye to their desks, with various alternatives to the traditional teacher desk now available. In this episode, Jill and Bron go over some of the options and pick a side - are you anti- or pro- desk?Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Meditation Class for Teachers - Body Scan (Recorded Live)
Meditation for teachers. Feeling stressed and busy, teachers? Time to meditate! Jessica from Teaching with Soul will lead you through a guided meditation (body scan) to help you relax, unwind, and refocus.
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Halloween Catch Up with Mr D
Let's talk Halloween with Mr D! Find out what's different between the US and Australia when it comes to contemporary celebrations of Halloween, and try to guess who Mr D is going as to his Halloween party this year (clue: "Hey all you cool cats and kittens!"). Join us as we speculate Halloween 2020 will be different to stay safe in the pandemic. Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Happy World Teachers' Day!
Just popping into your feed to say Happy World Teachers' Day! You are making a difference in young peoples' lives every day, and you are valued. Have an amazing day, teachers, and thank you for all that you do! #teachersday #thanksteachers #brightfuture Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Halloween in the Classroom and at Home
Halloween in the classroom! It's a personal choice, but if you're choosing to share this annual tradition with your students, our curriculum-aligned Halloween teaching resource collection is a must-have!
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Mindful Teaching
What does being mindful, or mindfulness, mean to you as a teacher? In this episode, Deb, Yoga instructor and mindfulness expert, talks about the importance of teaching mindfully.
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'No Calling Out!' (Classic Mr D)
Blurting, calling out, whatever else you call it, it's a constant obstacle for teachers. Mr D shares a funny story about a student of his who could really use some Blurt Buttons!Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Fast Finishers (ReBuzz)
Some kids are so fast! They'll get everything done in record speed (and with accuracy and neatness to boot!). Have you got one of these? Perhaps more than one! Join us as we give some suggestions for relevant fast finisher activities which will extend and enrich your students.Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Teaching Body Safety, Consent and Boundaries with Author Jayneen Sanders
Jayneen Sanders is a teacher, former school counsellor and author. She's a strong public advocate for children's safety, education and empowerment. Through her time spent in primary schools both as a teacher and a parent, Jayneen was inspired to ask the question of her community: 'What are we doing in schools to empower children and protect them from inappropriate touch?'She says when she realised very little was actually being done, she decided to use her authoring and publishing skills to write resources to help parents, caregivers and teachers to broach the subject of self-protection and to encourage children to speak up.In 2014, Jayneen and her partner founded Educate 2 Empower, a niché publisher specialising in children's books and resources that focus on BODY SAFETY EDUCATION, CONSENT, GENDER EQUALITY, RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS and SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.Find Jayneen on:FacebookInstagramTwitterDo you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Mr D on The Class of 2020
Another year is rolling to a close. But it's a year like no other. In this episode, Mr D and I reflect on our past students over the years, and chat about the amazing young people who are finishing their schooling journey as well as managing the challenges of the global pandemic. Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Book Week 2020 - Curious Creatures, Wild Minds
Book Week is officially (finally) here and we have some activities and learning opportunities for your class!
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Student Mental Health and Wellbeing with Smiling Mind
Student mental health and wellbeing is a huge consideration for teachers in 2020. Smiling Mind currently delivers critical mindfulness training to educators across the country through its award-winning School Program, where teachers are empowered to be champions for fostering positive mental health among their students.
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Mr D's Unconventional Use of Non Contact Time
We're back! Kicking off term four, Mr D and I thought we'd chat about that golden 30 minutes to hour teachers are bestowed a couple of times per week: their Non-Contact Time. How do you most effectively use your planning period or NCT? Mr D was unsurprisingly a bit loose when it came to how he spent his planning time as a teacher. Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Beating the Back to School Blues (ReBuzz)
Are you reluctant to head back for term four, or are you raring to go? In this episode we talk through those back-after-the-holidays feels. Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Teaching Truths (FTLOT Selects)
We revisit one of most popular episodes with the amazing educator and author Danny Steele.Danny has more than 26 years of experience in the public school system in Alabama in the United States. Spending his time as a teacher, coach, administrator and career mentor to other administrators, Danny has developed a strong sense of what it means to be an effective educator who can really connect with students.His book, Essential Truths For Teachers, co-written with Todd Whitaker, takes teachers through some of the fundamental and necessary principles at the core of teaching, which they say have the biggest impact on student achievement.Follow Danny on Twitter for your daily dose of teacher inspiration, or take a look at his books, Essential Truths for Teachers and Essential Truths for Principals.For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We make quality, downloadable teaching resources that save teachers hours of time and make their classrooms buzz!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Mr D on Dating as a Teacher (Classic Mr D)
All the single, teachers; all the single teachers....This episode is for you! Mr D delves into the realities of trying to maintain a personal life whilst being an overworked educator. Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Favourite Rude Reads for Kids (ReBuzz)
There are some books that just have that certain appeal to them, that kids love. Some children's authors and illustrators have a particular talent for creating rude and hilarious books that kids love, and adults cringe at. Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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Sprinkle Magic Wherever You Teach (FTLOT Selects)
We revisit one of our most listened-to episodes when Dr Samantha Fecich joined me to talk about the eight ways she empowers student teachers to become what she calls "educators of excellence".Sam is a primary/elementary/additional needs teacher, a college professor and the author of Edumagic, a Guide for Preservice Teachers.Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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Mr D Zoom Teaching Fails
Many of us have a love-hate relationship with remote teaching through Zoom (or Meets), after enduring and powering through 2020! In this episode, we chat about some of the ways Zoom can, and will fail us. Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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Classroom Plants and Pets
Are you a classroom pets person? Perhaps you're more passionate about plants? In this episode we chat all about living things in the classroom.Do you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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Behaviour Management Tips for Your Classroom and Beyond
Ash Curmi is a classroom and PE teacher from Queensland's Gold Coast. In this episode, Ash takes us through some of the strategies and techniques he's successfully employed to get into a behaviour management flow with his students. Topics covered:Relationship-building with studentsBoundary settingPre-correction and how it worksTeaching in a rural settingBehaviour management in different learning environmentsDo you love For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget to subscribe on your fave podcast app to get all the latest updates and newest episodes!For the Love of Teaching is a podcast by Teach Starter. We save teachers hours each week by providing quality, downloadable teaching resources for their classrooms. To make your classroom buzz, visit Teach Starter.We also have a student-facing podcast with curriculum-aligned audio resources for kids! Check out Love Learning wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.