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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Project Based Learning
It’s a process that goes by many names. Project-Based Learning, Personal Interest Projects, Inquiry-Based Projects, Active Exploration Projects… Genius Hour is our name for it at Teach Starter! Today I’m here talking with Sam from Make Sparks Fly on In...
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Coronavirus and First Year Teaching - Mr D Spills the Tea
If ever there was a random podcast episode about teaching, this is it. We're not ones to stick to a script, but this episode gets real.Mr D shares some top tips for Coronavirus rationing and for your first year of teaching. Rules for life: 1...
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Mr D on How He's Living His Best Sustainable Life
On Mr D's recent trip to visit the Teach Starter team in Australia, he picked up a few sustainability tricks to take home to Seattle!Join us in our new For the Love of Teaching Facebook group, where we chat about the podcast, feature live vids ...
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How to Make a Teacher Survival Kit
How are you doing, teachers? Hanging in there? The beginning of the school year can be especially draining, so you might need a Teacher Survival Kit!
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Mr D and the Trainwreck Art Class
Have you ever had a lesson that just got totally derailed? One where you looked on in shock, wishing you could do something to stop the disaster? Well, Mr D has. Several times, actually! Always cool, calm and collected, Mr D knows how to diffuse a situ...
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March is Little Learners Month!
At Teach Starter, we've declared March Little Learners' Month. You asked for more early years teaching resources, and we've come through with the goods. For the entire month of March, we're publishing heaps of early years educationa...
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Show and Tell Shock and Awe
Early Years teachers, this one's for you! We're kicking off Little Learners Month at Teach Starter, which means we're dedicating March to all the amazing teachers inspiring young and eager minds. This week's guest on For the Love of Teaching is foundation teacher Nicole, who you'll find on Instagram as Teaching This Way!Listen in to this cute and hilarious episode where Nicole shows some of the funniest things her students have disclosed during show and tell in her classroom over the years. Nicole also talks about the benefits of teaching speaking and listening skills in early years classroom.Coming up on For the Love of Teaching is early years teacher Ally, who this year has a grade 2 class, and she's going to share all about her experiences teaching literacy with The Daily 5. Later in the month I'll chat with another teacher, Ally, who teachers early years special education in Texas.We've produced a stack of new Little Learners resources for K-3 classrooms and are excited to share them with you.Join us in our new For the Love of Teaching Facebook group, where we chat about the podcast, feature live vids of guests, and talk teaching!Have you subscribed to For the Love of Teaching? Don't forget! It means you'll be the first to know whenever a new episode is released.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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These Things About Mr D's Childhood May Shock You
... Or they may not. In this episode, we find out all about Mr D's childhood. What birth order place did he hold in his family? What was his own early education like? At what point did he start wearing blankets as runway-ready outfits, complete wi...
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Love Teaching? Love Your Voice.
Okay teachers: hands up if you've ever lost your voice! Time for some pro tips from voice coach Sally Prosser.
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Mr D and the Potty-Mouthed Student
Whoa! It's one thing to drop an obscenity in front of your teacher, but it's a whole other game when you then try to lie about it! Teaching definitely keeps you on your toes. Join us in our new For the Love of Teaching Facebook group, wher...
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Teaching Gifted and Talented Students
Sarah is an assistant principal and classroom teacher. She shares her journey to becoming an Opportunity Class teacher in this episode. Sarah uses a research-based approach, combined with project-based learning, to help her class of high-achieving stud...
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Mr D's Stint as a Bingo Caller
Teachers are often called upon to do lots of things that aren't on the job description. In particular, young, eager, bright-eyed and bushy tailed early career teachers! Mr D fell into a trap of accepting too many extra curricular activities, but h...
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Library Lovers' Day
February 14 is traditionally known as Valentine's Day, but more recently has become renowned for the celebration of libraries!On today's episode, we chat about some of the different ways you and your class can celebrate library lovers and ...
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Cybersafety for School-Aged Kids
Make cyber safety a priority. Learn the strategies to teach your students to keep them safe in the online space. The internet is an incredible resource, a wo...
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Mr D and the Awkward Circle Time
You'd think that chatting with a class of Grade Ones about what's going on in their lives would be a fairly innocuous speaking and listening task, right? That's what Mr D thought when he filled in for a colleague. But he was wrong! No go...
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How Should I Choose A School For My Child? Gabbie Stroud
If you're a teacher, chances are that you've been asked in your social circle: "How do I choose a school for my child, or perhaps: "How do I choose THE BEST school for my child?".If you're a parent, chances are you...
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Hold the Laminating!
In this episode Jill and I explore alternatives to laminating our school resources. We talk about what we've done in the past (full disclosure, I was a laminating addict), and what we've learned about ways to reduce plastic use in the classro...
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Teaching Over Time - 30 Years of Experience
Teacher Shandell's created an amazing life; teaching and raising her family on the beautiful Gold Coast, Australia. In this episode, she talks with me about what's kept her in the profession for over 30 years, how going part time saved her sa...
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The Circle of Life - In Mr D's Classroom
What do classroom pet snakes actually eat? Where do you buy their food from? How is it prepared by the store? There are some questions you should just never Google. Join us in our new For the Love of Teaching Facebook group, where we chat about the ...
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January 26 - Teaching Alternative Perspectives
January 26 provides us with the impetus for classroom discussions and activities about Australian history, culture and identity. It’s easy to steam ahead with a celebration of all things “green, gold and sausage rolledâ€. However, as teachers, ...
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Bushfire Trauma and How to Help Kids Cope
In this episode, I ask clinical psychologist Pejman Hooviatdoost and The Chalkboard writer and teacher Emma Stuart to weigh in on the big issues teachers will face returning to school following the devastating bushfire crisis being called Black Summer....
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Mr D's Most Painful Day of Teaching Kindergarten
Mr D has spent many years trying to work his way to the lower grades - after all, kindergarten is where all the funny joke material is!But on this particular day, Mr D became the subject of his joke in a very painful way.Join us in our new For th...
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Easy Teacher Diary Hacks
Have you organised your 2020 teacher planner yet? In this episode Jill and I talk about the beautiful range of fully customisable, professionally designed teacher planners available at Teach Starter. This year's newest design, the Inspire Planner,...
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That Upper Years Teacher Life
This week I'm chatting with Rachel from @agoodlittleteach on Instagram, all about why she adores being a grade six teacher, as well as her passion for fashion and sharing all of her teaching and wardrobe highlights on Instagram with the #teachergr...
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Mr D's Real Thoughts on His Aussie Trip
Were you lucky enough to see Mr D's comedy show, Indoor Recess, on his Australian tour last December? Perhaps you bumped shoulders with him at the Let's Meet Mr D event at Teach Starter HQ! Whether you spotted Mr D in real life or not, you...
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Becoming Mum - Realities of Becoming a Parent
When teaching is such a huge part of your identity, how does starting a family change things? If you're about to join the teacher mum or teacher dad squad, this is the episode you need in your life. Having a child and maintaining a career can be a...
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For the Love of Teaching Returns on January 12!
Looking for a fresh take on education? Teach Starter’s For the Love of Teaching is the podcast for teachers by teachers. Because challenges crop up, and some things aren’t on the lesson plan. But teachers are incredible, teaching is a gift and toget...
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Any Questions? Mr D Meets Some Aussie Kids!
Find out what happens when you get five Aussie school kids, Mr D and a microphone in a room! Listen as the kids grill Mr D and ask him all the hardest questions they could think of about America. For behind the scenes fun, visit the For the Love of ...
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Teacher Wellbeing Survey Results are in!
In late 2019, Teach Starter surveyed 670 Australian primary school teachers on the topic of teacher wellbeing. In this episode, we unpack the results of the Teacher Wellbeing Survey with Amy, Teach Starter's product manager.
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Feeling Fatigued? Help's Here.
We recently ran our Teacher Wellbeing Survey 2019 and the results were overwhelming. Teachers are tired. While we're empathetic, we're certainly not surprised. You guys do an incredible job and by this time of year, it's starting to take...