Welcome to 'Teachers supporting teachers'. The podcast sharing insights into being and becoming a teacher. I’m your host Narelle Lemon, a Professor of Education in Australia. I’m curious and love to use this strength to find out more, so what better way to support others than to create this podcast series to be able to gain insights and perspectives from colleagues and friends. Make a cup of tea and find a comfy place to sit as you listen to various guests talk about being and becoming a teacher.
We are curious about a number of topics. Each series does something a little different. Enjoy the exploration.
Welcome to this episode where I chat with Ruby and Ellen and we continue to unpack becoming a teacher and graduating in a pandemic...aka via email! We talk about unexpected expression of gratitude and how this positive emotion has become more meaningful as an act of self-care, as well as the power of 'going with the flow'. Enjoy this mini episode with your cup of tea or coffee.
Read MoreWelcome to this episode were we hear from 6 pre-service teachers about their experience of working together over 5 days for an online simulation professional experience. Say hello to Ashley Toth, Kayla Fioritti, Lauren Hevey, Manami Menich, Natasha Rahilly, and Nina Mossop who are primary and secondary education students at Swinburne University of Technology. In this episode we discuss the impact from planning curriculum together, working as a collaboration, and teaching in the online space. As a celebration of this time together, and as a contribution back to the sector, a series of tips have been generated on the themes of engagement, supporting inclusion, wellbeing, supporting culture and indigenous perspectives, collaboration, and possibilities. Enjoy these unique insights as these PSTs adapt and embrace the continual changes as a result of Covid.
Read MoreWelcome to this episode where we hear from Claire, Breanna and Chrystal who are secondary pre-service teachers who are getting ready to graduate. They join me to reveal their insights of undertaking a professional experience placement in the secondary context during a Covid remote and flexible learning directive. Head’s up, this episode is honest, raw and insightful with moments touching on disappointment, isolation and a sadness that has been 2020 for some of us.
Read MoreWelcome to this episode where we dig deeper into the remote learning experience with Lisa Mandeltort, and teacher of Chemistry, Science and Digital Technologies plus Head of Science at Nossal High School in Berwick, Australia and Wendy Goff the Professional Experience Liaison Officer at Swinburne University of Technology. In this episode we have a three way conversation about Lisa’s experience as a teacher of science in the remote learning space with senior secondary students while also supporting a pre-service teacher's as a mentor.
Read MoreKelsey Chandler and Kathryn Pudney are final year Masters of Education (Primary) students from Swinburne University of Technology about the enter into their final ready to teach professional experience placement. In this episode they join me to share their tips, tricks and insights into how they navigated their previous remote and flexible placement. Their sharing offers great insights especially for those who have not experienced this way of working as yet.
In this episode Nadine Crane returns and we are focusing on the mentor teacher and our relationship with them as pre-service teachers. This is a great topic to explore as it can be one of the most critical relationships but also most stressful relationship during our studies. In this episode we talk about how to develop a relationship – some key dos and don’ts are discussed, while we also offer some insights into how you can develop a relationship that flourishes. We do touch on what happens’ when it does go wrong as we reflect on some of the commonly reported situations where a mentor teacher and pre-service teacher relationship goes slightly pear shaped. And thought this episode we pose great questions for you to consider no matter what stage you are at in your development as a teacher.
Read MoreWelcome to series 2, episode 1 of Teachers Supporting Teachers. In this episode Professor Caroline Mansfield joins me. I am so excited to introduce you to Caroline as she introduces us to her journey of being an educator. I was first introduced to Caroline a few years ago and have been a huge fan of her work and approach to teacher resilience ever since. In this episode we talk about the BRITE modules which stands for Building Resilience in Teacher Education. This project focuses on embedding resilience skills and strategies in teacher education programs and developing contextually responsive curriculum and resources.
Read MoreSay hello to Wendy Goff, an academic who has been supporting pre-service teachers and mentor teachers undertake professional experience in the remote and flexible mode during COVID-19. Wendy shares her insights into the experience and offers a wealth of tips about wellbeing, the place of relationships, and just how resilient and ambitious the profession has been during this dynamic time.
Read MoreWe welcome back Thana and Emma to Teachers Supporting Teachers Podcast from Episode 8 who we now speak to at the end of week three of a four week block of professional experience during COVID-19 flexible and remote learning. We discuss insights into the reality of this time for the profession of education who have been required to be dynamic and flexible.
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