Inspiration 4 Teachers Podcast

Episode Snapshot – Unbored - Progressing Gifted and Talented Learners Kelly Long chats with Dr David George prolific advocate in raising the profile of gifted and talented education across the UK and around the world. For David, 'G&T' is not about elitism or favouritism but about finding the talents and gifts that all children have and working to bring those special qualities out in a way that ensures everyone wins. After all, as he often likes to say, 'A rising tide lifts all ships'. As a world-renowned speaker, academic and the writer of many books on the subject, David has long been at the forefront of helping schools do the 'G&T thing' right - and do it well. He is Founder President of the National Association for Able Children in Education, a consultant to the British Council and UNESCO and an executive committee member of The World Council of Gifted and Talented Children. David and Kelly discuss how to get students unbored and progress the provision of gifted and talented lea

Episode Snapshot – How to Engage Learners and Unlock Potential Kelly Long chats with Jazz Rose, a specialist of excellence in creative education for primary schools at J & C Academy.  Jazz and Kelly discuss how to engage learners and unlock potential. Jazz guides us through: How to use layering for self-directed learner engagement. Frameworks for creating engaging lessons, including SAFE and the six Cs. Positive learning and behaviour language in the classroom. How to use the STEP principal for differentiated learner engagement. In the second featured guest interview of Season 3 of the Inspiration 4 Teachers podcast,  Kelly and Jazz reveal How to Engage Learners and Unlock Potential. Recommended book   Learning to Teach in the Primary School  For more inspiration visit the website

Episode Snapshot – Solution- Focused Behaviour Strategies   Kelly Long chats with Dr Geoffrey James, an expert in solution-focused therapy, a technique where a goal-directed collaborative approach is used to help facilitate change. On this episode, Geoffrey and Kelly will be discussing how you can use the technique in the classroom and within a school mentoring programme to help bring about change for those pupils who display challenging behaviour, or for those pupils where non-engagement is an issue.     Dr Geoffrey James guides us through: What is solution-focused behaviour strategy? How a solution-focused behaviourial approach can work in the classroom. Advice on shifting to a solution-focused mindset. Why focusing on the strengths of the student is important in bringing about a behavioural shift. How to encourage students to recognise that they are experts in their own lives, they are resourceful and are able to develop the solutions to overcome their problems. In the first featured

Episode Snapshot - SEASON 3 Inspiration 4 Teachers Podcast Show Kelly long is back with SEASON 3 of the Inspiration 4 Teachers Podcast Show. On this season of the show Kelly will be joined along side an epic line up of featured guests sharing ideas and solutions on what works in education.  Kelly will be bringing you another mini series, its focus; Coaching and Mentoring Talent in Education. Leading guests will be sharing thought provoking ideas on how to nurture and grow education's greatest asset, teachers! Don't miss a single nugget of educational inspiration and knowledge from our leading guests on season 3 of the show!  Subscribe via the website or via iTunes. Coming up on SEASON 3 Coming up first on Season 3 of the show, Kelly is super thrilled to bring to you a featured guest interview with Dr Geoffrey James, an expert in solution-focused therapy, a technique where a goal-directed collaborative approach is used to help facilitate change. On episode 72 of season 3, Geo

Episode Snapshot - Oh What A Season! To celebrate the success of season 2, let's highlight the key nuggets of knowledge shared by the guests featured on the show.  Dave Smith kicked off season 2 of the show discussing, Effective and Sustained Leadership in Challenging Environments and his three core principals of Believe, Encourage and Inspire!  Next, our English as an Additional Language specialist Kamil Trzebiatowski enlightened us with the strategies and resources we can use to teach EAL learners.  In particular, he shared the pedagogy behind effective EAL teaching and learning. Next up, Mark Anderson, an award winning blogger and former classroom practitioner, explored IT applications.  Host Kelly Long and Mark  discussed which IT applications are the most effective for learning and they delved into what framework to use when choosing IT suitable applications for learning.  Lisa Ashes rounded off the featured guests' interviews by sharing strategies on Managing Chall

Episode Snapshot - The Benefits of Wellbeing in Schools  Kelly Long chats with Gill Kelly, a former headteacher and now a passionate advocate of school wellbeing.  Gill has over a decade of experience in effective school leadership in a variety of different schools.  Gill works nationally, sharing her experiences to support schools in embracing complexity and take to heart her mantra – 'Take care of yourself, take care of each other, take care of this place' In the fifth and final episode of the Happiness and Wellbeing series Gill guides us through whole school wellbeing. Together Kelly and Gill dive into how schools can develop curriculum learning that places wellbeing being at the centre of what a child can achieve. Gill guides us through: Advice for school leaders in cultivating positive wellbeing oriented schools 9 strategies to promote staff and student wellbeing Processes that encourage wellbeing and enhance learning Overcoming the complexities of teacher stress,

Episode Snapshot - Emotional and Mental Wellbeing Kelly Long chats with Nina Jackson, an Associate Director with Independent Thinking.  Nina's expertise is in special needs education and many years' of experience in schools focusing on music, the Arts and teaching and learning in all its guises, Nina has a breath-taking grasp of what makes classrooms, children - and their teachers - tick. In the fourth episode of the Happiness and Wellbeing series Nina outlines a range of strategies targeted at improving the emotional and mental health of staff and students in schools. Together Kelly and Nina dive into how schools can support staff and students with their emotional and mental wellbeing. Nina guides us through: Creating a whole school policy that fosters positive wellbeing Strategies for developing emotional resilience Practising good mental health How to create opportunities and workable programmes for people to talk and support each other In the fourth interview of the Inspiration 4 Tea

Episode Snapshot - Harness Happiness Kelly Long chats with Natasha Grey, an expert in Child and Family Therapy. She is the co-author of the children's book titled Everyday Superheroes and is the host of the Conscious Living Podcast. She focuses her time and energy on wellbeing and wholeness that includes mind, body and spirit. In the third episode of the Happiness and Wellbeing series Natasha outlines how to use questions to harness and find happiness. Together Kelly and Natasha dive into how to take control your life. Natasha guides us through: How to use questions to find happiness Taking control of your life, and certainty Finding and empowering meaning in your life How to choose and create your happiness Setting yourself up to win In the second interview of the Inspiration 4 Teachers Happiness and Wellbeing series,  Kelly and Natasha reveal how to harness happiness. More helpful resources at www.inspiration4teachers.com

Episode Snapshot - Laughology can Improve Happiness and Wellbeing Kelly Long chats with Stephanie Davies, one of the UK's leading voices in the psychology of happiness, humour and laughter. In the past 15 years she has worked on innovative projects and events in the private and public sector. Stephanie's creative and rounded approach to engagement, happiness at work, continued development and culture change drives success not only with the organisations she works with but at Laughology too. In the second episode of the Happiness and Wellbeing series Stephanie outlines how laughter is a skill which can be used to improve happiness and wellbeing within schools. Together Kelly and Stephanie dive into how Laughology can improve happiness and wellbeing. Stephanie guides us through: The components to a happy life How to break negative thought patterns Techniques for re-framing how to interact with the world to improve wellbeing How laughology can improve a schools culture In the second intervi

Episode Snapshot - The Power of Mindfulness Kelly Long chats with Kathryn Bryant, the creator of the Brilliant Living Blueprint, founder of BrilliantLivingHQ.com, and one half of the Changeability podcast, which she hosts with husband Julian Illman at Changeability.me. In this first episode of the Happiness and Wellbeing series Kathryn outlines the distinction between happiness and our level of wellbeing, what it looks like and how it should feel.  Kathryn guides us through strategies and techniques so that we can easily implement them in our daily routines, to reduce our levels of stress and commence on a journey towards greater wellbeing and overall happiness. Together Kelly and Kathryn dive into the power of Mindfulness to improve wellbeing and happiness. Kathryn outlines: How to recognise toxic situations, people and environments How to manage negative triggers that impact on our level of wellbeing Quick and effective strategies for reducing stress Positive thinking and techniques to

Episode Snapshot - Managing Challenging Environments and Behaviour Kelly Long chats with Lisa Ashes, former Classroom Assistant to Teaching and Learning Leader, Lisa is on a mission to help schools break away from how they've traditionally arranged things and embrace a whole new way of looking at the curriculum. Best embodied in Manglish, her unique approach to combining whole-school literacy and numeracy, Lisa's work shows how truly creative schools make learning more real and relevant. In doing so, all children benefit, regardless of background and academic ability. Together Kelly and Lisa dive into how to manage challenging environments and behaviour. Lisa outlines: The biggest challenges for teachers in managing challenging behaviour Quick and effective strategies for taking control of the classroom and managing behaviour Teaching learners to do it for themselves The benefits of hosting whole school community learning festivals In the fourth interview of Season 2 of the Inspiration 4 Teac

"It is not about the technology; it's about sharing knowledge and information, communicating efficiently, building learning communities and creating a culture of professionalism in schools. These are the key responsibilities of all educational leaders." ~ Marion Ginapolis Episode Snapshot - The Best ICT Applications for Learning Kelly Long chats with Mark Anderson a former assistant head teacher responsible for e-learning.  Mark is an award-winning blogger, Apple Distinguished Educator and a Google Certified Teacher!  Mark's philosophy is that learning technologies are a means by which learning can be enhanced for all, regardless of the classroom, the teacher and the learner. Together Kelly and Mark dive into the best ICT applications for Learning. Mark outlines: The biggest challenges for teachers embracing ICT The infrastructure required to support ICT applications The best ICT applications for learning The framework for deciding when it is right to use ICT applications - TPACK In

  Episode Snapshot - Effective Strategies for Teaching EAL Learners Kelly Long chats with Kamil Trzebiatowski who is a secondary EAL coordinator in Kingston-upon-Hull – with 16 years' English language teaching experience in England, Scotland and Poland.  Kamil makes numerous appearances at a range of TeachMeet events across the country (eg @TeachMeetLondon), helping build language / EAL teaching awareness in schools by advising mainstream teachers on distinct EAL pedagogy. Kamil's blog, Valuing and Protecting Diversity, is dedicated to raising awareness of issues of racial and cultural diversity and content and language integrated learning. Together Kelly and Kamil dive into how to develop and implement effective strategies for teaching EAL learners. Kamil outlines: The myths and assumptions teachers make about second language acquisition. The issues mainstream teachers face. Potential solutions for teaching EAL learners - in particular importance of CPD and knowledge about language (KAL) for

Season 2: 61: Dave Smith: Effective and Sustained Leadership in Challenging Environments   Episode Snapshot - Effective and Sustained Leadership in Challenging Environments Kelly Long chats with Dave Smith headteacher of a school in one of England's most deprived boroughs.  For Dave, a good school is an upside down one, one that starts with the people in it - where they are, where they come from, what they bring into the classroom, what they bring to each lesson. It is this formula that has helped Dave's school be in the top 300 performing schools for the last five years running, that led to not one but two 'Outstanding' Ofsted inspections and to Dave's recent appointment as a National Leader in Education. Together Kelly and Dave dive into how to create Effective and Sustained Leadership using three core principals: Believe Encourage Inspire Dave outlines: How to address the challenges of investing in people How to support teaching and learning via co-coaching modelling programmes How to

  Welcome to Season 2 of the Inspiration 4 Teacher's Podcast Show! There is a great line up of content coming your way over the coming weeks, starting with our featured interviews with leading educators who are driving change and making an impact!  They will do so for you when you listen to their thought provoking ideas and strategies. Coming up on Season 2 Coming up first on the show is Effective and Sustained Leadership in Challenging School Environments with head teacher Dave Smith.  We then dive into featured guest interviews with leading educationalists who share their best ideas so that you can create maximum impact by implementing their practical discoveries and by taking action. The Happiness and Wellbeing Series The Happiness and Wellbeing series has been specifically created to help reveal positive habits that you can implement immediately in your day to day routine and within a school environment. Join in and participate with our guests and extend your ideas to the convers

  Episode Snapshot - Getting what you want (We Rocked It! Season Finale) Is it goodbye from Kelly and Inspiration 4 Teachers?  No way!!! Thank you for listening to the show over the past 59 episodes and for sharing your enthusiasm for the Social Media Marketing series for schools and start up teachpreneurs.  Your feedback has been overwhelmingly positive! If you’ve not listened to those episodes you can check them out on episodes 55, 56, 57, 58 and 59 and discover how to turn bad PR news into good, how to create a twitter, LinkedIn and website hub that engages with your community. The final episode of the Social Media Marketing series featured Kelly Long and Andrew and Pete (from AndrewandPete.com) uncovering how urinals (yes, really!) can be used to demonstrate how a school or teachpreneur brand can be remarkable.  You'll laugh out loud, but will instantly understand how to create a powerful and remarkable brand! What's coming next? Haven’t we learned so much t

Episode Snapshot - Maximise the POWER of your Brand Kelly Long chats with Andrew and Pete from andrewandpete.com about how to maximise the power of your brand. Together they dive into how to create a remarkable, "stand out from the crowd" brand that engages your community.  Andrew and Pete discuss how to formulate your brand, the importance of brand management and their best ideas for engaging your whole community. In the final episode of the Social Media Marketing for School and Teachpreneurs series, Kelly, Andrew and Pete reveal how to maximise the power of your brand. Recommended book(s)  

58: Martin Huntbach: Part 4 Social Media Marketing Series for Schools and Teachpreneurs: How to build and engage your website community   "Design is not just what it looks and feels like. Design is how it works" ~ Steve Jobs Episode Snapshot  Kelly Long chats with Martin Huntbach an expert in online business and founder of Jammy Digital.  Martin teaches organisations how to improve their online presence via online training programs & live in-person workshops.  Martin is a registered contributor to the Huffington Post where he shares his knowledge on running a business and entrepreneurship. Together Martin and Kelly dive into why it is crucial for your organisation to showcase the brand's philosophy via a website.  They disseminate how you can build and create an online community around your website and use it to engage with all of your stakeholders.  Martin highlights the importance of good website design and shares his most valuable strategies for creating

Episode Snapshot Kelly Long chats with Mark Williams, the founder and Managing Director of ETN LinkedIn Training.  Mark continually seeks to find new ways to use LinkedIn to help others to become more successful.  Together Mark and Kelly dive into how you can maximise your visibility on LinkedIn, why creating the perfect profile is important for maximizing your presence, how to use LinkedIn to listen and engage with peers, the mistakes to avoid and the future of LinkedIn. In the third episode of the Social Media Marketing for School and Teachpreneurs series, Kelly and Mark uncover the power of LinkedIn and how it can be used to establish your brand as an influencer.  

"My formula to branding is: something you love to do with something other people need!" ~ Phil Pallen Episode Snapshot Kelly Long chats with Phil Pallen.  Phil creates the best of beautiful branding and effective digital strategies for clients.  His sweet spot is making brands look incredible for the public eye. Phil builds brands for TV personalities, experts and businesses. His expertly crafted digital strategy campaigns include TV programmes like The X Factor, American Idol, Project Runway, MasterChef Junior and many others. Together Phil and Kelly are going to bring you the best advice about harnessing the power of Twitter to craft engagement.  They’ll be teasing out game changing strategies from his book Shut Up and Tweet, to help turn you into a Twitter Rock Star!! In the second episode of the Social Media Marketing for School and Teachpreneurs series, Kelly and Phil will dive into how to harness the power and capitalise on the free mediu