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The Happy Teacher Pod

Welcome to The Happy Teacher Pod. Happy students need great schools and great schools need happy teachers (this last bit is backed up by scientific research, no less!) so join your hosts, Jenny, and Roxy, as we explore how to achieve these goals.

All too often the term “happy teacher” has been seen as a contradiction in terms. In 2023 in the UK, almost 9000 women our age (we’re in the aged 30-39 bracket in case our profile photo makes us look younger or older!) left the classroom but it doesn't need to be this way. We’re Happy Teachers now but we’ve been through hard times. We’re not afraid to open up in the hope that we can help others.

Between us, Roxy and I have been working in and with classrooms for 30 years; we’ve worked with 15 schools, tackled six different TLRs (that’s teaching and learning responsibilities for the non-teachers out there!), and taught six different subjects. Between us, we have a lot to say on great schools and what makes happy teachers and students!

We’ll delve into well-being, mental health, parenthood, workload… We’ll keep you up to date with the latest scientific research and classroom practices from across the globe, as well as education news. We’ll have an array of guests, some of the greatest minds in education giving their views on what schools need to do to keep happy teachers and to create happy students.

Teachers, parents, anyone with a vested interest in children getting the best education, THIS is your go to podcast.

Tune in on the school run, on your lunch break, or even when you’re avoiding paperwork…. Who knows, we might help you come up with a more efficient way to deal with that paperwork or at least put you in the right headspace for it!

We’re The Happy Teacher Pod. Happy students need great schools and great schools need happy teachers. Meet us here every week as we explore how to make these things a reality.

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