Knowledge for Teachers

This is the second episode of the Knowledge for Teachers Podcast, which focuses on Marsden Road Public School. In the previous chat, Brendan Lee spoke with Marsden Road’s Principal, Manisha Gazula. Her story has inspired thousands of educators around the world. In this conversation, you will hear from Deputy Principal, Troy Verey. He is a highly respected educator in his own right and is also a shining example of Manisha’s ability to support the development of her staff. Throughout the conversation, Troy details the Core Program and describes what it looks like in the classroom.

Resources mentioned:

www.training247.com.au/

Get Reading Right

Pr1ME Maths

Doug Lemov

John Sweller

Daniel Willingham’s Why Don’t Students Like School

Rosenshine’s Principles

Ybarra and Hollingsworth’s Explicit Direct Instruction

Lorraine Hammond

Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO)

Castles, A., Rastle, K., & Nation, K. (2018). Ending the reading wars: Reading acquisition from novice to expert. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 19(1), 5-51.

You can connect with Troy:

Twitter: @TVtheTeacher

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

In this episode of the Knowledge for Teachers Podcast, Brendan Lee had the opportunity of visiting Marsden Road Public School and then speaking to the Principal, Manisha Gazula. Marsden Road has recently featured in a number of reports from the Grattan Institute on role-model schools from around the country. This is the first of a two part series on the school. In the next episode, you will hear from Deputy Principal Troy Verey.

Manisha’s leadership style has been compared to Katherine Birbilsingh from Michaela Community School in the UK. However, in this conversation you will hear how Manisha’s clear vision, high expectations and relentless care have turned the schools results and culture around. Manisha also details their behaviour curriculum called The Marsden Way and their whole school curriculum - the Core Program.

Resources mentioned:

Joanne Dooner - www.training247.com.au/

Dan Willingham

Mark Seidenberg

The Grattan Institute - Jordana Hunter and Amy Haywood

How to implement a whole-school curriculum approach

Ending the lesson lottery: How to improve curriculum planning in schools

You can connect with Manisha:

Twitter: @manisha_gazula

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

In this episode of the Knowledge for Teachers Podcast, Brendan Lee speaks to Kieran Mackle. Kieran is a primary mathematics specialist teacher from the UK, an author and is currently working with Complete Maths. He is also the host of Thinking Deeply about Primary Education, a podcast that should be on your playlist, and this episode is actually the second part of our conversation. In the first part, Kieran quizzes me for his podcast. However, in this episode you will get an in-depth look at how deeply Kieran has thought about primary mathematics. We look at a number of topics including:

• Concrete, context, pictorial, abstract, language
• Threshold concepts
• Depth and Challenge
• Storytelling
• Word problems

In this episode, Kieran also analyses the lesson structure that I recently proposed.

Resources mentioned:

• Christopher Such
• Neil Almond
• www.thinkingdeeply.info/threshold-concepts
• Jonathan Hall - mathsbot.com
• Gareth Metcalfe - https://garethmetcalfe.wordpress.com/
• Dan Willingham
• Nick Hart

Part 1 of the conversation: Episode 120 Thinking Deeply about Primary Education - In search of the Science of Mathematics (Teaching) with Brendan Lee

• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/thinking-deeply-about-primary-education/id1546748470?i=1000609050064
• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6De7GSKd2DlEoTxUFI4w0m?si=1RmPR-P3S6aYE54CsV1aDQ&fbclid=IwAR0yZzIAvzTgDrP3aN8_myL-3ZLBDi6KpAmJBYEfrGii2ObTkr1ABqplfhY&nd=1

My original blog post on A Systematic and Structured Approach to Teaching Primary Mathematics:

https://www.learnwithlee.net/a-systematic-and-structured-approach-to-teaching-primary-mathematics-part-1/

You can connect with Kieran:

Twitter: @Kieran_M_Ed

Website: thinkingdeeply.info

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

In this episode of the Knowledge for Teachers Podcast, Brendan Lee speaks to Karen Tzanetopoulos, a trained speech and language pathologist. Karen tells us about how she started working out of an office that was like a janitor’s closet to quietly do her own structured literacy with students and how her interest in math began while working in the public schools, as she observed that many of her students with language disorders also struggled to learn math and then she made a connection between the two.

In this conversation, Karen goes through everything from the fundamentals that students need automaticity in, common misconceptions, the importance of language to maths, how to approach word problems and much much more.

Resources mentioned:

How Children Learn Math The Science of Math Learning in Research and Practice (Nancy Krasa, Karen Tzanetopoulos, Colleen Maas)

sternmath.com

You can connect with Karen:

mathandlanguage.com

Email: [email protected]

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

In this episode, Brendan Lee speaks with Dr. Ray Boyd, the Foundation Principal of Dayton Primary School. Throughout the interview he shares his journey into education leadership and the pedagogic shift he led at his previous school West Beechboro P.S. He reflects on the mistakes made and lessons learned during his time there and discusses the surprises and challenges of starting a new school.

Dr. Boyd also explains the vision and mission of Dayton Primary School and how he communicates it to the community. Dr. Boyd underscores the vital role of fostering success and creating robust support systems within schools. He stresses intentional communication with parents and the cultivation of a positive school culture. Ray delves into strategies for nurturing staff well-being, employing tools like playbooks and coaching. He highlights the importance of revisiting priorities and setting precise goals for professional development. As the discussion concludes, Ray provides valuable tips for a strong start to the school year and recommends resources such as cognitive load theory and educational research books.

Listen to this episode for profound insights and guidance tailored for school leaders.

Resources mentioned:

• James Nottingham
• Luke George
• Rachael Lehr
• Steph Le Lievre (features on S01E02 Of the Knowledge for Teachers Podcast)
• James Clear - Atomic Habits
• Greg Sullivan
• John Fleming
• ED Hirsch
• David Wanstall
• Lorraine Hammond
• Ken Rowe
• John Hollingsworth
• Joe Ybarra
• Louisa Moats
• Simon Sinek
• Spelling Mastery
• Peter DeWitt
• John Hattie
• Joel Birch
• Seth Godin - Song of Significance
• Jim Knight

Twitter: @RayBoyd007

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/rayboyd007/

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

https://www.patreon.com/KnowledgeforTeachersPodcast

Dr Ray Boyd, DipT., MSL., Ed.D.. FACELWA., FACEL is the foundation principal of Dayton Primary School. Prior to this he led a school that achieved remarkable improvement, resulting in his team mentoring WA school personnel as a part of the Centre for Excellence in Literacy initiative. Ray’s world is dominated by the need to improve teaching and learning in schools, having done considerable work with state and interstate schools in developing highly effective teaching models alongside their leadership teams. Prior to his career as a school leader, Ray competed at an international level, representing Australia at the World Cross Country Championship, in the marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Athens, and was a member of the Australian Team that won the International Ekiden Relay Championships in 1995.