Tara Elie talks to EAL teacher, consultant and resources creator Kamil Trzebiatow who shares his extensive experience and expertise supporting students with English as an Additional Language in mainstream subject classes. He gives us many practical approaches to try out. Kamil’s blog has been created specifically to help subject teachers who have not had specific …
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Pivotal Podcast
The Pivotal Podcast is a free Podcast for teachers and other adults working in Education hosted by Pivotal’s own of Head of Trainers Ollie, Principal Trainer Tara, and fellow podcaster, Kevin Mulryne.
The Pivotal Podcast was in the top 5 for Best Educational Use of Media in the 2014 Edublog Awards and in the top 3 in the Best Education Podcast category of the first UK Podcasters Awards in 2015. It has regularly appeared at number 1 in its Apple Podcasts category 2016-18. Thank you for all your support.
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Adora Svitak’s youth empowerment inspiration and Russell’s back! PP224
Tara Elie recently spoke to the inspirational Adora Svitak. You may have seen the TED talk she gave when she was 12: Adora is now a writer, speaker, and advocate for causes including feminism, youth empowerment, and literacy. She began delivering writing workshops at local schools after publishing a collection of short stories. Later, she …
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Bill Rogers Part 3 – PP223
In the final of three episodes, Paul concludes his remarkable conversation with the world’s leading authority on behaviour management, Dr. Bill Rogers. Bill Rogers is an education consultant. A teacher by profession, Bill now lectures widely on discipline and behaviour management issues; classroom management; stress and teaching; colleague support; developing peer-support programs for teachers and …
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A blast of behaviour with Bill Rogers – Part 2 – PP222
In the second of three episodes, Paul continues his conversation with the world’s leading authority on behaviour management, Dr. Bill Rogers. Bill Rogers is an education consultant. A teacher by profession, Bill now lectures widely on discipline and behaviour management issues; classroom management; stress and teaching; colleague support; developing peer-support programs for teachers and developing …
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This is Episode Number..
This week’s blog post is written by our very own Principal Trainer and Creative Lead Tara. This week she talks about her involvement in the Pivotal Podcast: “The Pivotal Podcast has been many peoples’ first introduction to Pivotal Education. For those who aren’t familiar, the podcast is a free CPD resource for teachers and other …
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A blast of behaviour with Bill Rogers – Part 1 – PP221
Paul was delighted to have the opportunity to speak at length to the world’s leading authority on behaviour management, Dr. Bill Rogers. They sat down for afternoon tea together and this is the first part of their conversation. Bill Rogers is an education consultant. A teacher by profession, Bill now lectures widely on discipline and …
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4 Courses, 3 Guests and a Mobile Phone – The First Pivotal Podcast Dinner Party! PP220
Tara Elie hosts the first ever Pivotal Podcast Dinner Party where three guests get to discuss the education topics of the moment: Callum Wetherill Mark Goodwin Zuzanna McClintock Join us with a beverage of your choice and see if your opinions on the courses match our guests: Starter: ‘Teachers work too many hours’ says education …
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Laura McInerney Encourages Teachers to Tapp Here! PP219
Tara Elie spoke to Laura McInerney this week. Laura is a former teacher and education journalist who currently writes a regular column for The Guardian and for the weekly newspaper Schools Week. Laura begins by explaining what Teacher Tapp is. This data-focussed phone app encourages teachers to take a few seconds per day to share their …
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Carrie Grant – Having children with SEN is a real ‘Boon’ – PP218
It was such a joy to welcome Carrie Grant onto the Pivotal Podcast this week. Carrie is married to David and together they are well known to TV audiences internationally as judges and vocal coaches, on the massively successful TV talent shows, “Pop Idol” (ITV) and the BBC flagship programme “Fame Academy”. They are current judges …
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Introducing our new Headteacher Audio Diarist, Russell Ingleby! PP217
This week, Ollie went to speak to Headteacher of Hightown Junior, Infant and Nursery School, Russell Ingleby. Russell is going to be sending audio diary entries into the podcast over the coming months so, in this introductory episode, Ollie finds out more about Russell, his school and his philosophy around ‘The Hightown Way’. Hightown School …
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