All Episodes

Ep 264: Andrew Gabriel Former NSW Public Guardian: Building Trust with Vulnerable Young People.

Ep 263: Amy Berry PhD: The Engagement Hub, learner agency and formative evaluation.

Ep 262: Benjamin Freud, Ph.D: The Green School Bali, Biomimicry and valuable lessons from nature.

Ep 261: Andrew Gray: The Power of Systems Leadership, Mentorship and Building Self-Awareness

Ep 260: Dr Adam Fraser and Bob Willetts: Helping Schools and Educators Flourish.

Ep 259: The Honourable Prue Car on Equity and the Future of Public Schools.

Ep 258: Rachael Lehr: Leading by Example, Sweeping Sheds, and Driving Change Through Instructional Coaching.

Ep 257: Dave Runge: What If Schools Were Designed Differently?

Ep 256: Damian Bebell Ph.D: Lessons from Seymour Papert, Meaningful Data and Small Shifts That Transform Schools.

Ep 255: Charlie Burley: Healthy Habits for Teacher Life and small changes to help teachers thrive.

Ep 254: Michelle Micheal: The story behind NSWEduChat and supporting one million learners through crisis and change.

Ep 253: Kerrie Quee: A 40-Year Commitment to Equity and Excellence in Public Education

Ep: 252: Olli-Pekka Heinonen: From Finland’s Minister of Education to Director General of the International Baccalaureate

Ep 251: Heidi Horne:The One-Minute Reset and how do find calm in the chaos.

Ep: 250: Natalie Towns: Being present, her favourite teacher and advice for new teachers.

Ep 249: Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s Strictest Headmistress on school culture and high expectations.

Ep 248: Jim Knight: The Impact Cycle, Instructional Coaching and how to have better conversations.

Ep: 247: Tim Bullard Leading AITSL, setting the standard and why great teaching will always matter.

Ep: 246: Natalie Kradolfer: Why Arts education matters more than we think.

Ep: 245: Professor Viviane Robinson: The power of student-centred leadership.

Ep: 244: John Goh: What does excellence in NSW Public Schools look like?

Ep 243: Casey Ellis: Trust, risk and why good systems always start with people.

Ep 242: John Skene: Is Inclusion Truly Inclusive?

Ep 241: Dr. Vanessa Urch Druskat: The Emotionally Intelligent Team.

Ep 240: Peter DeWitt (Ed.D.) and Michael Nelson: The Instructional Leadership Collective.

Ep 239: A (very honest!) conversation with Ash from Rainbow Sky Creations.

Ep 238: Dr William DeJean: What makes learning stick?

Ep 237: Nicole Dyson: How Future Anything empowers students to change the world.

Ep 236: Glenys Oberg: Trauma-aware practice, compassion fatigue and the cost of not caring.

Jeffrey Jordan: Innovation, equity, and the complex work of principals.

Amy Green: Wellbeing Leadership: a new approach for school leaders.

A conversation with Andrew Cornwell: On teaching, accreditation, and growing together.

Tom Mahoney: Teacher agency, educational ideologies and the power of curiosity.

Cameron Paterson: Harvard's Project Zero, leading learning and reimagining professional growth.

Jen Buchanan: THINK Global School - The World's First Travelling High School.

Amelia Martin: Helping every student feel seen, heard and valued

Dr Nathaniel Swain: How do we harness the science of learning?

Claudia Owad: Solution focused schools, adaptive leadership and coaching in complex times.

Dr Simon Breakspear: Elevated Conversations: Practical Tools to Make Teacher Collaboration Count.

Michael O’Keeffe: Lessons from The Arts, leading with purpose and the power of professional learning communities.

Jamie Gerlach: Deep learning, human agency and the power of play.

Dr Ange Rogers: PVAT, Building teacher expertise and the power of place value.

Brendan Yu: Championing rural and remote schools.

Dr Peter Lovatt: How pirouettes can literally change your mind.

Kiri Marschall: Strengthening pedagogy, building capacity and the power of connection.

Emma Mansfield: Building expertise and excellence in NSW education.

Melissa Kennedy: The Sustainable Teacher in a Digital Age.

Ariam Mogos: Reimagining the future of education through innovation.

Andrea Downie: How do we design school systems that prioritise people and wellbeing?

Peter Howes: Rethinking leadership, building trust and authentic community engagement.

Dr Daniel T. Willingham: Why Don’t Students Like School?

Ashleigh Smith: Rainbow Sky Creations, influential books and memorable teachers.

Adam Larby: Thriving together, school culture and servant leadership.

Stef Thom: Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher pathways and the power of collaborative coaching

Professor Sugata Mitra: Unpacking Self-Organised Learning Environments and the enduring role of the teacher.

Sarah Nolan: Math-ish in action, teaching beyond content and embracing mistakes.

Bronwyn Ryrie Jones: Unlocking the power of high-impact teaching in every classroom

Alice Vigors: The Learning Classroom.

Melinda Phillips: Honest conversations about burnout, boundaries, and emotional literacy

Professor David Gurr: Educational leadership, serving others and global perspectives.

Dr Mitchell Gibbs: Teaching strength, changing our minds and the future of pain management.

Shane Hatton: Let's Talk Culture and how to develop remarkable people leaders.

Dr Phil Cummins: The Character Education Series, the Game Changers podcast and finding joy.

Tom Sherrington: Rosenshine's Principles in Action, WALKTHRUS and evidence informed instruction.

Matt Pitman takes over the mic as The Art of Teaching Podcast turns 200 🎉

Summer Howarth: The Eventful Learning Co and how to design and deliver great learning.

John Cleary: Beyond Voice: Students as Transformative Partners in Education

Steven Trotter: The Art of Skimming Stones and how to drive meaningful change.

Alison Bonhomme: The power of flourishing workplaces.

Aziza Green: The realities of being married to a teacher, managing stress and parenting school aged kids.

Scott O'Hara: Thinking differently, doing differently and building a strong school culture.

Dr William DeJean: How Schools Can Advance Teaching and Learning in the Era of Overwhelm.

Matthew Dodd: Leadership lessons, the transformative power of nature and his advice to new teachers.

Bernii Godwin: Misconceptions about behaviour, inner work and taking collective responsibility for school culture.

Professor Jo Boaler: Math-ish: a groundbreaking guide to finding joy, understanding and diversity in mathematics.

Dr Simon Breakspear: The Pruning Principle

Dr. Annie Agnew and Dr. Jonathon Mascorella: Unpacking the LANES Framework.

Kylie Captain: Public education, essential conversations and resilience through adversity.

Justine Toh: Achievement Addiction, redefining success and why we strive relentlessly.

Aaron Johnston: Transitioning from teaching to leading, being visible and building staff capacity.

Alice Leung: The power of public education, staying organised and how to stay curious.

Mark Parry: Unpacking the secrets of learning design.

Sam White: Moving into leadership roles, supportive work environments and how to have tough conversations.

Donna Wright: Australian Principal of the Year 2020, taking personal responsibility and driving school culture.

Dr. Nick Jackson and Matthew Esterman: The Next Word and the rapidly evolving landscape of education technology.

Dr. John Delony: Building resilience, mental health and navigating some of life's toughest challenges.

Dylan and Hayden from the Teach Sleep Repeat podcast; the reality of burnout, parenting and advice for new teachers.

Dan Rodgers: Sport, Oreos and plate tectonics and magical classroom moments

Moments with Dr Paul Kidson: Managing and keeping tension, self-care and post-critical theory.

Brad Gaynor: Forging positive organisational cultures, managing change, and developing high-performing teams.

Matt Pitman: The Connection Curriculum

Kerrin Smith: Positive Psychology, Empowering School Leaders and The Elevated Approach.

A conversation with Phil Murdoch from The Tattooed Teacher Podcast

Dr Jonathon Mascorella: The transformative power of family dinners, research enriched innovation and educational disruption.

Dr. Dion Tuckwell, Dr. Fiona Young and Jackie Vaughan: Making Space, Innovative Learning Experiences and how to build a school.

Mitchell Hemphill: Self-leadership, starting in a new school and the importance of embracing leadership diversity

Dr Tom Porta: How to differentiate, embracing diverse teaching approaches and inclusive education.

Simon Smart: The End of Men?, the selflessness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and lessons in healthy masculinity.

Dr Tim Sharp (aka Dr Happy): Lost and Found, lessons from failure and the transformative power of awe.

Oyelola Oyetunji: Phrased with Purpose, career pivots and how to lead with empathy.

Rohan Dredge: Pragmatic Thinking, identifying blind spots and the tensions that all leaders need to manage.

Dr Ray Boyd: Small decisions each day, The Air Force One Approach and knowing when to quit.

Paige Carmody: The privilege (and burden) of leadership, being seen and the Region Beta Paradox.

Leah Grant: The transformative nature of art, the wonder of colour and giving yourself room to breathe.

Oliver Burkeman: 4,000 Weeks, relinquishing control and confronting our radical finitude.

Andrew Oberthur: The Leadership Juggle, remembering your core business and having a life outside of school.

Moments with Dr Ray Boyd: Small decisions each day.

Ricky Kradolfer: The power of music to unite us, Amplify and lessons from building a startup.

Professor Guy Claxton: A dinner party with J. R. R. Tolkien, radically redefining intelligence and preparing young people for a learning life.

Dr Deborah Netolicky: How to listen, work-life integration, and transformational professional learning.

Lael Stone: Creating education systems that value emotional awareness and prioritising connection and compassion

Dr. Shyam Barr: How to listen, focussing on the learning and fostering students’ self-regulated learning.

Moments with Santos Gonzalez Verardo: How to build cohesive school communities, the power of authentic relationships, and how to create the right conditions for students to thrive.

Moments with Ray Boyd: Developing foundational leadership skills, a leader that shaped him and the power of hindsight.

Moments with Chris Buswell: Building a school, establishing culture and leadership lessons from Lionel Messi.

Moments with Professor Andy Hargreaves: What truly matters, the wonders of childhood and embracing change.

Moments with Ian Timbrell: Life transitions, remembering where you’ve come from and the power of hard work.

Grant Lewis: Curriculum Design, cultivating engaging learning experiences and why we must invest in people before programs.

Phil Murdoch: Artificial intelligence, embracing failure and the future of schooling.

Jackie Vaughan: Leadership lessons from heavy metal, sacred ground and (literally) building a school from scratch.

Dr Kylie Lipscombe: The importance of taking professional risks, the challenges of middle leadership and having a life outside of school.

Matthew Bentley: The importance of marginal gains, the privilege of our profession and new models of professional learning.

Moments with Hugh van Cuylenburg: Honest conversations about being a dad.

Moments with Richard Gerver: His thoughts on the current educational landscape and the differences between management vrs leadership.

Moments with Hugh van Cuylenburg: Lesson from childhood and why his mum taught him to label his emotions

Amy Green: Helping individuals and workplaces define, create and implement their own version of wellbeing.

Richard Gerver: Learning to love change, developing mental toughness and why education will always be about human interaction.

Hugh van Cuylenburg: The Resilience Project, embracing imperfection and being present for those that matter most.

Moments with James Nottingham: Insights from pig farming and how a trip to South Africa changed the course of his life.

Matthew Esterman: Serious fun, the power of Generative AI and new approaches to teacher training.

Andres Trujillo: The transformative power of arts education, the importance of pastoral care and his favourite teacher.

Leon Furze: How becoming a parent has changed him and navigating the practical and ethical implications of Generative Artificial Intelligence.

Chris Higgins: The MacKillop Institute and fostering social inclusion and cohesion in Australian schools.

Don Wettrick: CEO of the STARTedUP Foundation and why education should be about solving interesting problems and developing the leadership capacity to get it done.

Melanie Macmillan and Danielle Porter: The Public Education Foundation, lessons from Harvard and the power of public education.

Stephanie McConnell: Assuming best intent, reimagining leadership and how to create a village with low floors, wide walls and high ceilings.

Dr Simon Breakespear: The Pruning Principle, energy flows, and how to make your highest contribution.

Dr Paul Kidson: Delusions of grandeur, understanding the human condition and caring for ourselves so that we can care for those entrusted to us.

Matt Pitman: Middle Leadership, creating a culture of continuous improvement and building connected school communities

Moments with Professor Jo Boaler: Her favourite mathematics lesson.

Mitchell Hemphill: Finding your purpose, learning to listen and developing a cohesive school community.

Gary Stager, Ph.D: The transformative power of jazz, unpacking the art of teaching and life-changing lessons from Seymour Papert.

Professor Jo Boaler: Developing mindsets, embracing failure and mathematics as a way of ’seeing’ the world in front of us.

Diana Pastora Carson: Lessons from Joaquin, presuming competence and how to advocate for all students.

Dr Mark Williams: The Connected Species, the neuroscience of learning and creating brain healthy schools.

Moments with Dr Lyn Sharratt: Faces on the data, a lifetime of commitment to her students and how she stays passionate.

Moments with Dr Catherine Attard: Finding pedagogical relationships and bridging the gap between research and practice.

Stephanie McConnell: Lindfield Learning Village, changing educational landscapes and why we must question everything.

Brendan Lee: Starting with the evidence, building a culture of trust and the complexities of school improvement.

Professor Michael Anderson: Transformative learning, education as an infinite game and the CREATE Centre at the University of Sydney.

Sally McGrath: Burnout, exhaustion and other essential conversations.

Emma Gentle: The Grad Guide, behaviour as communication and leading from within.

Mary Featherston AM: Designing great spaces for children, adaptability over flexibility and why rich pedagogy requires rich environments.

Dave Reardon: Vulnerability, being an example worth following and lessons from a YouTube empire.

Tammy Anderson : NAIDOC 2023, honouring culture and bridging the gap by being the best educators we can be.

Dr Nathaniel Swain: Musical theatre, the science of learning and why his mum was right all along.

Dr Karl Sebire: The intersection between art and technology, beauty in the little things and why focus is the new superpower.

Dr Bernie Moreno: Measuring impact, ensuring success during principal transition and why we must adopt a kaleidoscopic approach to leadership.

Dr Hugh Chilton: ScotsX - Reinventing education, honourable traditions and why leaders need both deep humility and fierce resolve.

Dr Adam Fraser: How to thrive in a world of impossible demands, being a dad and “showing up” for those that matter most.

Peter Hutton: His experience at school, how to reimagine education and achieve incredible student outcomes.

Dr. Keith Heggart and Steven Kolber: Empowering Teachers and Democratising Schooling Perspectives from Australia.

Jeremy Otto: Lessons from leadership, what makes a great mentor and how to protect your calendar so that you can focus on what matters most.

Rydr Tracey: The difference between data and evidence, cognitive load theory and lessons from the world’s biggest brands.

Santos Gonzalez Verardo: Building school communities, outcomes vrs conditions, and how to manage transition.

Valentina Caputo: Early childhood education, how to create those magic moments with your students and power of play-based learning.

Dr Kevin House: The perils of industrial scale education and credential capital, building a culture of reflective practice and why he was ”invited to leave” school.

Daniel Bradford: The power of trust, the role of authentic partnerships and what having daughters has taught him about raising young men.

Dr Laura Tuohilampi: Contextualising mathematics and why we are all ”maths people.”

Chris Buswell: Winning teacher awards, lessons from the International Baccalaureate and student agency through STEM. .

Alice Vigors: Small bites chewed well, The Thinking Classroom and how to develop students’ metacognitive strategies.

Lauren Sayer: Twitter proposals, forging trusted networks and best practice in learning technology and digital literacy.

Ian Timbrell: His mission to create more inclusive schools, the power of diversity and his painful experience as a student.

Tracey Ezard: Ferocious Warmth, how to say no to good opportunities and why organisations must create collaborative and thriving learning cultures

Amy Green: Teacher wellbeing, creating margin and how to protect what matters most.

Ray Boyd: Lessons from long distance running, getting comfortable with being uncomfortable and how to disagree privately and move forward with one voice.

Professor Jioji Ravulo: How to be your authentic self, lived experience and why you’re not different until someone treats you that way.

Liam Bassett: Leading change in education, fostering student agency and how we can re-think traditional learning environments.

Dr Timothy Hawkes OAM: 30 years as a headmaster, leading self, leading others and how to make meaningful contributions to society.

Russell John Cailey: Dynamic voice and student choice, the school that travels the world and why age-based cohorts should be obsolete.

Natasha Mitchell: Finding the right mentors, advice to new leaders and how to keep students at the center of everything we do.

Dr Phil Cummins: A school for tomorrow, Game changers and The Pathway to Excellence.

Nick Jackson PhD: Authentic learning communities, schools as circular economies and students as learning leaders. .

Jen Buchanan: Future schools, alternative schools as the new mainstream and how to ignite the creative potential in each young person as they navigate their education path.

Daniel Yong: Innovative ways to engage your students, Kaizen, Hodinkee and writing poetry.

Kathryn Garforth: What to do when you feel as though a school system has given up on you, why success is the best revenge and her hopes and dreams for dyslexic kids.

Kathryn Morgan: Effective collaboration, relational trust and why we need a new approach for professional development.

Bill Conway: Montessori Education, meaningful assessment and the importance of teacher identity.

Chad Ferris: ideatED Founder and Consultant, Hexagonal Curriculum mapping and leadership development.

Dr Tim O’Leary: How to measure what matters most and how to build better student and staff outcomes through evidence-based professional development.

Ashley Keith Pratt: Conversations around the dinner table, the richness of teaching history and why the cult of busyness needs to be addressed.

Greg Atwells: Challenging entrenched beliefs, addressing the underrepresentation of women in tech and how to build skills that students need to navigate a complex future.

Michael Fauteux: Being a new dad, why feeling seen and appreciated is essential for learning and why he loves a good thank you note

Dylan Wiliam: Assessment, the benefits of speaking Welsh and the role that others play in our success.

Professor Julie Schmidt Hasson: The remarkable ways teachers shape students’ lives, Chalk and Chances and Mrs Russell.

Professor Andy Hargreaves: Wellbeing, legacy and how having children and grand children has changed his life

Adriano Di Prato: Tradition, transformation and why radical thinking is essential when thinking about the future of schools.

Keishia Thorpe: Winning The Global Teach Prize, the power of representation and why we all need someone that believes in us.

Ryan Estrellado: The beautiful world of data and how to empower educators to drive school improvement.

Dr Jane Burn: Creating psychologically safe work places, mental well-being and how to use machine learning to help kids identify their emotions.

Alex Wharton: Developing deep connections across school communities, building cohesive teams and how to protect what matters most.

Beth Taylor-Jones: The teacher that changed my life, student voice, caring classrooms and 367 marathons later.

Dr Hugh Chilton: Reinventing Education, building expert teaching and learning communities and the power of encouragement.

Moments with Dr. Lyn Sharratt: Putting faces to the data and global literacy rates.

Moments with Michelle James, PhD: The power of public education and the teacher changed the direction of her life.

Moments with Megan Dredge: The privilege of our profession and teachers that changed our lives.

Carolyn Blanden: Being a school principal, grace and the power of second chances.

Professor Craig Hassed OAM: Smiling Mind, mindfulness as our natural state and how to be present.

Debbie Lowe: GenerationLEAD: helping leaders unlock hidden value and the power of people-centred leadership.

Eddie Woo: Australia’s favourite (and unlikely) maths teacher and why maths is for everyone.

Dr. Shyam Barr: Self-regulated learning and the motivational, cognitive and metacognitive factors that influence learners.

Distinguished Prof Viviane Robinson (PhD Harvard): The difference between change and improvement, psychological safety and why engaging in constructive problem talk is essential.

Dr Bo Stjerne Thomsen: Chair of Learning through Play and Vice-President at the LEGO Foundation, the power of play and why he built a house with a tree inside of it.

Dr Scott Alterator: Uniting the education and design narrative and why great spaces matter.

Rohan Dredge and Mike Hardie: How to build leaders worth following and cultures worth reproducing, Jim Rohin and John Maxwell and why self-awareness is everything.

Moments with Dr Heather Michel: My experience at school.

Dr Fiona Young: Innovative learning environments and why spaces matter.

Aaron Johnston: Building online communities, the challenges of school leadership and what he would do differently if he had his time again.

Moments with Dr Tim Sharp: Positive psychology myths, The Happiness Institute and his own struggles with mental health.

Ash from Rainbow Sky Creations: How to support and quip the next generation of teachers.

Moments with David Allen: Why it‘s all about efficiency, not productivity.

Stephen Heppell: Contemporary learning spaces, online education and why we must keep ”eyes on the horizon and feet on the ground”

Dr Marian Mahat: Innovative learning spaces, co-designing curriculum and pedagogy and what it is really like to be a woman in academia.

Phil Roberts: The new era of principal leadership, how and why we should take calculated risks and why leading is about others.

Dr Adam Fraser: The importance of asking great questions, challenging assumptions and why he loves working with school leaders.

Steven Kolber and Bec West: Being two of the 50 finalists in the 2021 Global Teacher Prize, teacher networks across borders and sharing expertise.

Professor Stephen Fogarty: Transformational leadership, intellectual stimulation and how to remain constantly curious.

Moments with Anne Knock: Challenging assumptions and why questioning things that were once considered immovable, is a really really great idea.

Mundanara Bayles: Generational trauma, truths and conversations that need to be had.

Andrea Stringer: Why professional learning must be personalised and how to bridge the gap between practice and educational research..

Moments with Ben Hammersley: Inventing the word podcast and time travel.

Doug Thomas: Why visionary leadership matters now (more than ever), innovative school design and creating a culture in which all people thrive

Moments with Pasi Sahlberg: What is knowledge, how he would change the system and significance of teacher collaboration.

Professor Richard M. Ingersoll: teacher turnover and retention and the importance of teacher voice and autonomy.

James Nottingham: The Learning Pit, cognitive conflict and our primary role as educators.

Moments with Nigel Marsh: What do you really want out of life, and why we need to be honest about work/life balance.

Professor Alma Harris: Why schools must now embrace distributed, collaborative and network practices.

Professor Stephen Dinham: Teacher satisfaction, dissatisfaction, and resignation; and the ever changing role of school  leaders.

Moments with Professor Yong Zhao: His failure as a Chinese farmer and how this changed his life and the perils of implementing outdated pedagogy.

John Hattie: Understanding learning through the eyes of our students, what really makes a difference and some fascinating COVID-19 research.

Moments with Richard Gerver: Conversations that change our lives: President Obama and Sir Ken Robinson.

Ron Beghetto Ph.D: The role uncertainty and creative risk-taking, why all students need to be creative thinkers and and how – or if – we should assess creativity in schools (18)

Gabbie Stroud: Brutal honesty, letters that she wished she could have written to parents and her heartbreaking decision to leave teaching (#17)

Prof. Dr Anantha Duraiappah: Directing UNESCO’s Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable development (MGIEP) and why we need education for human flourishing (#16)

Simon Breakspear and Bronwyn Ryrie Jones: Teaching Sprints How Overloaded Educators Can Keep Getting Better (#15)

Dan Haesler: How can leaders learn to reflect on framing failure and setbacks and what are some of the essential components of teacher training?

Dr. Catherine Attard: Maths anxiety, misconceptions about this beautiful subject and student engagement (#13)

Dr. Lyn Sharratt: A teacher that had a significant impact on her life, why it's important to put faces to data and her new book "Clarity." (#12)

Assistant Professor Michelle James PhD: Why science education is essential, vampires and staying curious (#11)

Megan Dredge: Deciding to stay passionate, tackling apathy and how to get a life. (#10)

Heather Michel, EdD: The importance of personal experience, dedicating your life to something that will change the world and why liking kids is just not enough (#9).

Dr Tim Sharp: The importance of happiness, the role of gratitude and why you need a life outside of work (#8)

David Allen: The Getting Things Done (GTD) the art of stress free productivity (#7)

Anne Knock: The Beauty of a Complex Future and how we can embrace the messiness of change in school environments (#6)

Ben Hammersley: Inventing the word podcast, Moore’s Law and preparing young people for a future that we can’t even imagine (#5).

Pasi Sahlberg: Embracing collective responsibility for student learning, teaching autonomy and why change is so hard (#4)

Nigel Marsh - What do you really want out of life? (#3)

Professor Yong Zhao - The lessons all schools must learn from COVID-19 (#2)

Richard Gerver: Why it's time to take bold risks in education (#1).