Deconflections & Pedagogy

28/04/2022

https://www.deconflectionsandpedagogy.com/episodes/s02e03-mandarin-matters
Back again with another interview: This time it's Tan Wei - our incredible Mandarin coordinator.

This week we were graced with the presence of Tan Wei, our Mandarin coordinator. She was a great guest to have, and it was great to get her perspective on what the Mandarin department at our school is able to achieve in all sorts of ways.

26/10/2021

https://www.deconflectionsandpedagogy.com/episodes/episode-9-succint-instruction

The boys are back, quickly, to talk (on their new microphone setup) about succinct instruction. David reflects on being told he talked too much, Carlos shares some strategies to help with that, then they talk about a few ideas for teachers to use to be briefer, and for leaders to be more honest.

19/08/2021

Oh, peeps. Back after a summer with some great ideas to kick of your year right.

This week, Carlos and Dave have a surprise special guest. Surprise in that we didn’t tell him he was on the episode. Brian Rotunno is the Principal of Boston International School and has joined us to talk about “The First Days of School” by Harry and Rosemary Wong. It’s a really good book to...

20/06/2021

www.deconflectionsandpedagogy.com/episodes/cso8lk2en95j9s47nludiwezq40sjb
David Bremner and Carlos Arboleda share some of their thoughts about having difficult conversations as school leaders.

10/06/2021

www.deconflectionsandpedagogy.com/episodes/episode-4-week-without-walls

05/06/2021

Quality space for recording episode 5 today, talking about difficult conversations. And, of course, a good meal afterwards because why not.

23/05/2021

Check out Episode 3 where we talk about initiatives from our latest leadership course.

David, Laura, and Matt have been taking part in some really good training from NoTosh. The course is called “Leading from the Middle” and took part over three weeks, spread out enough for us to design and work on our projects in between. For the assessment piece, the team was required to explain...