In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth sits down with Peps Mccrea to explore motivation. Peps is currently Dean of Learning Design at Ambition Institute and Director of Education at Steplab, as well as being the author of the High Impact Teaching series of books. Peps explains what motivation is, how it work…

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth discusses Trauma in Education with one of our mentors, Suzi Lombardelli. Suzi explains what trauma is, the impact being seen following the pandemic, and what evidence tells us from studies of adverse childhood experiences. She also offers a range of practical approaches…

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth explores Mental Health First Aid with Matt Barnard and Donna Brunstrom. Listeners will hear why it is such an important strand of continuing professional development for teachers at the moment, as well as gaining an overview of what will be covered in Mental Health Firs…

Robbie Coleman, former Head of Policy at the Education Endowment Foundation and lead author on their Teaching and Learning Toolkit, has created Proxima, a new organisation applying the latest evidence and innovative technology to create powerful new ways of training teachers. In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training Podcast, Robbie and M…

In this episode, Mike Goves (CPLD Lead for the River Learning Trust) discusses metacognition, self-regulation and self-regulated learning with Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Matthew Coatsworth. Mike looks in particular at the EEF guidance report on Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning and the work of James Mannion and Kate McAllister, as well …

The latest episode finds Matthew Coatsworth discussing Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Principles for Teaching Effective Lessons with its Director, Patrick Garton. The Principles have been developed over a number of years and in this podcast, Patrick explains how they are not instructions and checklists, but an attempt to articulate as specifically …

Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Matthew Coatsworth discusses Assessment with the Head of Teaching and Learning at Evidence Based Education C.J. Rauch in this latest episode of our podcast. C.J. is also one of the authors of the Great Teaching Toolkit Evidence Review - regular listeners may remember episode 23 with Professor Rob Coe. This is a partic…

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth discusses the wonderful work of the NCETM - the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics - with NCETM Professional Development Leads and Oxfordshire Teacher Training Mentors Claire Shorrock and Crispin Hoad. Claire and Crispin outline some of the ke…

In the latest episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth sits down with Jade Pearce, Assistant Head Teacher at Walton High School in Stafford as well as Evidence Lead in Education and member of the EEF Expert Voices Group. They discuss effective CPD, the importance of a coherent approach to CPD and also the phenomenal f…

Welcome to the start of season 3 of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training Podcast. In this episode, Matthew Coatsworth discusses the latest book in the NASBTT/Critical Publishing Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers: Using Cognitive Science in the Classroom with its author Kelly Woodford-Richens. Kelly refers to the work of Daniel Willingham in pa…

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth meets Lynsey Hunter from Sheffield Hallam University along with her colleague and favourite guest of the podcast Sam Twiselton to discuss the Early Career Framework and their experiences during the early roll-out of the ECF this year in Sheffield. Regular listeners may …

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth discusses workload with Julie Greer: headteacher and author of the Essential Guide for Early Career Teachers on 'Workload - Taking Ownership of your Teaching'. Julie and Matthew explore balance, autonomy, professionally acceptable workloads and the role of mentors and o…

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training Podcast, Matthew Coatsworth sits down remotely with child clinical psychologist Dr Naira Wilson to discuss the importance of getting transitions right for children. In a first for the podcast, Matthew completes Naira's House Analogy, a reflection tool to facilitate transition. Listeners can choose…

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth sits down with education consultant and fellow of the UK National Association for Environmental Education Ben Ballin to explore climate education. In an inspiring interview, Ben talks about a message of hope and opportunity, gives many fantastic recommendations for how …

In this episode, Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Matthew Coatsworth discusses the Great Teaching Toolkit with Professor Rob Coe, as well as looking back over the past twenty years since Rob's Manifesto for Evidence Based Education was published. Regular podcast listeners might remember episode 1, which looked at the Sutton Trust report 'What Makes G…

In episode 22, Matthew Coatsworth discusses Oxfordshire Teacher Training's ITT curriculum with its Director Patrick Garton. They explore the curriculum's aims, how they have translated the ITT core content framework into a carefully sequenced curriculum of seven core areas, how subject specialist teaching aspects have been developed recently and th…

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training Podcast, Matthew Coatsworth talks with Claire Grimes about Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction and her fantastic workbook based on the principles and the work of Tom Sherrington. Back at the start of March 2020's lockdown, Claire produced a workbook as a CPD resource for Thamesview School in Ke…

Happy New Year! We start 2021 with a fantastic episode with Oxfordshire Teacher Training’s Matthew Coatsworth and Anita Devi exploring Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Matthew and Anita talk about some of the themes covered in her Essential Guide for Early Career Teachers as well as the impact of the pandemic on wellbeing. Do have a look…

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth continues his discussion with Tom Sherrington looking at the first volume of Tom and Oliver Caviglioni's Teaching Walkthrus book. Tom shares nuggets on questioning and feedback, on practice and retrieval methods, as well as considering Mode B teaching. Finally, Tom expl…

In this episode of Oxfordshire Teacher Training's podcast, Matthew Coatsworth talks with celebrated broadcaster and writer Afua Hirsch. Taking themes from Afua's important book Brit(ish): on race, identity and belonging, they explore some of the challenges and opportunities trainee and early career teachers should be thinking about. Afua and Matthe…

It's our first birthday! To celebrate, here's a quick look back over the past twelve months... When we started the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast we had no idea that we would be welcoming such a high calibre of guest, both within our partnership and nationally, or having such fantastic conversations. We hope that you have found these episodes…

In this episode, Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Matthew Coatsworth discusses Professional Learning Conversations with ITT consultant Kim Francis, winner of the outstanding contribution to Initial Teacher Training award last year at the NASBTT awards. This is an essential listen for anyone interested in ITT, not just those working within Oxfordshire…

In Oxfordshire Teacher Training's latest podcast episode, Matthew Coatsworth talks with Prof Sonia Blandford, one of the country's foremost experts on social mobility and author of 'Born to Fail: social mobility and the working class'. At the time of recording, Sonia was preparing to speak with our trainee Associate Teachers as part of our Social J…

In this episode, Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Matthew Coatsworth and Director of Secondary Education at the River Learning Trust Tom Boulter discuss effective teaching approaches with a particular focus on vulnerable children. Tom has recently led professional learning sessions with our Associate Teachers to great acclaim, and this episode is per…

Teaching Walkthrus - Five-step Guides to Instructional Coaching is a fantastic new book by Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioni. In our latest episode, Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Matthew Coatsworth talks with Tom about the writing process, how key thinkers and key texts were chosen, and then delves in more deeply to explore the first three sec…

Welcome to the second season of Oxfordshire Teacher Training's podcast for those interested in Initial Teacher Training, and especially for those involved in mentoring. Episode 13, recorded online during lockdown, is an exploration of the new Ofsted Inspection Framework for ITE with HMI Janet Pearce and Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Matthew Coatsw…

In this, the final episode of this season, Matthew Coatsworth talks to Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Director Patrick Garton, as he gives us a sneak preview of material from his forthcoming book on Behaviour. We hope you have enjoyed listening this year - we'll be back in September with some fantastic guests. Don't forget that you can subscribe by…

In this episode, Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Matthew Coatsworth meets Kat Lygate, NQT Induction Coordinator at The Cherwell School. They discuss the importance of high quality training for the mentors themselves, what a typical early career teacher might receive during their NQT year, and in particular what happens after the first year of teachi…

In this episode, Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Matthew Coatsworth and Louise Border discuss the new EEF guidance report on Special Educational Needs in Mainstream Schools ,which was published just as schools closed in March 2020. Matthew and Louise explore the five recommendations from the report and look at the range of material EEF has produced …

In this episode, Oxfordshire Teacher Training’s Matthew Coatsworth and Sally Price discuss a range of practical ways to help cope with the challenges everyone is facing, but particularly educators. Listeners may remember Sally discussing her book on wellbeing and self-care in episode 3 of this podcast, so who better to give advice. Keep safe! The G…

In this episode, recorded before social isolation, Oxfordshire Teacher Training's Matthew Coatsworth discusses the ITT Core Content Framework with Professor Sam Twiselton, the Chair of the DfE Initial Teacher Education content group. This is an essential listen for anyone interested in the development of initial teacher training and also for those …

Enjoy the latest episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast as a respite from the challenges of covid-19. Matthew Coatsworth talks with Will Reeves, Deputy Head at Eynsham Primary School, about developing the history curriculum. Eynsham Primary was the first school in Oxfordshire to be inspected under the new Ofsted framework, and was prai…

Oxfordshire Teacher Training's latest podcast episode features an interview with the Executive Director of NASBTT, Emma Hollis. Emma discusses the vital role of the mentor with Matthew Coatsworth, and gives a sneak preview of exciting material that will be part of the relaunched NASBTT website later this month. This episode is essential listening f…

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training Podcast, Matthew Coatsworth discusses the Education Endowment Foundation's Teaching and Learning Toolkit with Tuition Fee Programme Leader Jen Fiddaman. The EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit is an essential online resource for teachers: an accessible summary of the international evidence on teachi…

In this episode, Matthew Coatsworth talks with David Gumbrell, author of 'Lift!', about resilience and some practical advice for teachers, whether they are at the start of their career or have many years of experience. David spoke to Oxfordshire Teacher Training's cohort of Associate Teachers in January 2020 as part of a day focused on wellbeing an…

In this episode of the podcast, Matthew Coatsworth sits down with Oxfordshire Teacher Training's very own Sally Price to discuss her new book on wellbeing, which is one of Critical Publishing's essential guides for Early Career Teachers'. Sally's work on wellbeing has gathered national significance over the past few years, and this book allows even…

In this episode of the Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast, Matthew Coatsworth and Tom Boulter (Director of Secondary Education at the River Learning Trust) investigate themes from 'The ResearchED guide to Education Myths' - a new book published by John Catt. What is an educational myth? What happens when the underlying reason for teaching in a pa…

Welcome to the very first Oxfordshire Teacher Training podcast! In this episode, Matthew Coatsworth and Elaine Li-Koo discuss one of the key questions in education: ‘What Makes Great Teaching?' and in particular the Sutton Trust review of the same name. Of interest to all in education, but especially for mentors and colleagues working to train the …