Teacher Takeaway Podcast

We’re bringing you a brand new episode this week and we are excited to have the incredible Dr Kylie Lipscombe from University of Wollongong as our guest for this thought provoking conversation about the relational work of middle leadership.

Aaron had the pleasure of unpacking some of the latest research that Kylie and her team are leading and what it means for middle leaders in schools, their teams and their senior leaders.

This is one for every teacher, aspiring leader and leader to deepen their understanding of the role, responsibility and demands of effective leadership in schools

You can listen by clicking the link in our bio of heading to https://linktr.ee/Teachertakeawaypodcast

This week we welcomed Trent from Cyber Safety Project back onto the podcast for an important conversation about teaching digital safety in an AI world

Bec had the opportunity to unpack this hot topic right now with Trent. They discussed:

💻 current uses of AI

💻 the risks

💻 practical ideas and strategies for teachers

💻 safe, responsible and ethical use in the classroom

Make sure you set aside some time to listen to this one because there’s so much to takeaway from it

Head to the link in our bio to listen or go to https://linktr.ee/Teachertakeawaypodcast

We’re excited to welcome back the wonderful Bonnie from Tipiac-Teaching Indigenous Perspectives in the Australian Curriculum for a yarn this week about Aboriginal Pedagogies and the 8 Ways of Learning

This is a wonderfully practical conversation about ways of being, learning and doing that educators can use to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives as we move on from NAIDOC Week celebrations in our schools

Take a listen by heading to the link in our bio or visiting https://linktr.ee/Teachertakeawaypodcast

This week we’re releasing the first episode of Term 3 with an insightful, deep and enriching conversation about teacher development and career progression with Tim Bullard

Tim is the CEO of and offered a rich conversation around the work his team does in guiding and leading the development of the teaching progression across Australia. He also shares some insights into the current review of the Teacher Professional Standards and how teachers can be part of the process

Visit the the link in our bio to find the episode or go to https://linktr.ee/Teachertakeawaypodcast

We’d love to hear your takeaways from this one as it’s an episode not to miss!

Another incredible milestone for our podcast this week coming in at Number 3 on the list of the Best 10 Teacher Podcasts in Australia by

It’s an incredible honour to be named in this list alongside so many other incredible podcasts for educators

We feel so privileged to facilitate the conversations we do each week with world leaders in education and we hope you get as much from listening as we do

Thanks to our incredible audience of listeners for using their precious tone to tune in each week and support us

Today we’re celebrating another huge milestone in our podcast journey - 300,000 plays of our episodes in more than 100 countries and 5000 followers of our show on Spotify

From a small little side project that we started during lockdown in 2021 to a growing community of educators that is passionate about pursuing excellence in teaching and learning through evidence informed practices that are supported by world leaders in education today.

We are so grateful to every single person who chooses to give up their time week in and week out to listen to the conversations that we share because for us it’s always been about helping and supporting educators in their classrooms each day through realistic, achievable and impactful takeaways that make a difference for your students

We’re grateful, humbled and privileged to be able to host these conversations and look forward to many more still to come

With thanks!

The Teacher Takeaway Podcast Team
Aaron, Alice, Beck & James

This week we are delighted to welcome back a very good friend of the podcast - Dr Tessa Daffern

Tessa and Aaron sat down for a rich conversation around the effective assessment of spelling in schools and how teachers can best meet the needs of their learners

Take a listen via the link in our bio or go to https://linktr.ee/Teachertakeawaypodcast to find the episode

We wanted to say a big well done and congratulations to two of our hosts Aaron .j.learning.space and Alice on being a part of this year in Sydney

They took to the stage in the Leadership, Critical and Creative Thinking & First Nations streams to share their knowledge, insights and expertise with so many others

We’re excited to bring you this week’s podcast episode with Toni Hatten-Roberts as our guest

Toni shares with us her insights, knowledge and expertise on the science of learning and the implications this research has on the way we teach mathematics in classrooms today. Toni provide a range of practical strategies that every teacher can use aligned to research and evidence, whilst busting some common myths and misconceptions we often come across

Don’t miss this one!

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What were your takeaways? We’d love you to share them in the comments ⬇️

We are so excited to share this week’s episode with you as we delve into to the future of schools and education with esteemed professor, writer, researcher and educator Andy Hargreaves.

Andy caught up with Aaron for this practical, insightful and deep conversation that matters to every educator now and into the future.

You can listen by clicking the link in our bio or visiting https://linktr.ee/Teachertakeawaypodcast