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In this episode, I chat with teacher, teaching mentor and bestselling author Doug Lemov. Doug believes that teaching is a performance profession and spends his time learning what the very best teachers do. During our conversation, Doug introduces practical methodologies that coaches can use to improve their ability to teach, including the craft of coaching on the run, the difference between teaching and learning, how to data collect as you coach and thoughts on using ecological dynamics as a coach.

#3 Doug Lemov - Building a Culture of Error

In this episode, Dylan William speaks about the current state of education research, what makes a good teacher, and why it’s so difficult to identify one, formative assessment and, embedding FA into a school's culture.

The Education Research Reading Room

ERRR #023. Dylan Wiliam on Leadership for Teacher Learning

In this episode of the ERRR we’re speaking to Dr Lorraine Hammond about her paper, Teachers Taking up Explicit Instruction: The Impact of a Professional Development and Directive Instructional Coaching Model

ERRR #024. Lorraine Hammond on Direct Instruction and Instructional Coaching

Daisy Christodoulou, an expert on assessment, talks about everything from rubrics, to question level analysis, formative and summative assessment, high stakes exams, and a new and exciting method of assessment, Comparative Judgments

ERRR #027. Daisy Christodoulou on Getting Assessment Right and Comparative Judgment

Behaviour Management expert Bill Rogers and Ollie speak about everything from the fundamental human needs that drive challenging student behaviour in the classroom, to practical strategies that teachers can utilise to deal with this challenging behaviour.

ERRR #031. Bill Rogers on Behaviour Management

Ollie speaks with one of the founders of Explicit Direct Instruction on all things EDI. This discussion is a deep dive into the ins and outs, and finer details of what it takes to effectively use Explicit Direct Instruction.

ERRR #037. John Hollingsworth on Explicit Direct Instruction

Dr Danielle Colenbrander chats with us about the role of vocabulary in reading instruction. 
Dr Danielle Colenbrander is a researcher and member of the Macquarie University Centre for Reading. Danielle trained as a speech language pathologist at Macquarie University before completing her PhD exploring the role of oral vocabulary in reading comprehension difficulties. She has worked with diverse populations of children in a variety of settings in Australia and the UK. She is interested in relationships between vocabulary knowledge, reading aloud and reading comprehension.

For further reading and professional learning:
Effective Reading: Vocabulary (professional learning for NSWDoE teachers)https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/curriculum/literacy-and-numeracy/professional-learning

Literacy and numeracy website (NSWDoE intranet)
education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-l…y-and-numeracy1) 

Beck, McKeown & Kucan (2013). Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction (2nd edition)

Beck, McKeown & Kucan (2008). Creating Robust Vocabulary: Frequently Asked Questions and Extended Examples,

Parsons & Branagan (2017). Word Aware: Teaching Vocabulary Across the Day, Across the Curriculum.

Duff, Dawna (2019).Has Vocabulary Intervention Had an Effect? A Valid, Reliable, and (Fairly) Quick Outcome Measure for Semantic Knowledge, Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools • Vol. 50 • 506–517

Dr Danielle Colenbrander chats about vocabulary for reading instruction

Doug Lemov gives in-depth advice about how to execute 16 of the most effective Teach Like a Champion techniques, and more!

ERRR #049. Doug Lemov on Teaching Like a Champion

The fourth episode in the Covid School Miniseries

Margaret Allen speaks to headteachers Navroop Mehat and Nick Hart. They discuss how their respective schools have approached the 20/21 academic year with further school part-closures and continuous remote learning.

Both guests provide a valuable insight into how they have planned and implemented their curriculum before, during and beyond remote-learning circumstances.

The episode also covers the vital topic of assessment within schools and how each headteacher prioritises assessment within their respective institution.

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Renaissance Podcast - Covid School Miniseries - The Headteachers

Ollie Lovell, passionate teacher in on the lands of the Kulin Nation in Western Melbourne, Australia. Loves learning and learning about learning. Get in touch with me at @ollie_lovell or at www.ollielovell.com