Omar Akbar's guest appearances

Omar Akbar

Naylor's Natter Podcast
'Just talking to Teachers'

Hamin Media Group

Teachers of Tomorrow

Michael Young

Kat Howard

Tom Bennett

Doug Lemov

John Simpson

Shannen Doherty

Gary Jones

Patrice Bain

Mark Roberts

Craig Barton

Paul Dix

Becky Allen

Scott Fletcher

Sam Strickland

Matt Pinkett

OwlTail

We all know the education system has its flaws, but they shouldn't stand in the way of providing the very best learning experiences for your pupils. This book presents a ground-up approach to help you manage the obstacles you might encounter and implement day-to-day methods to maintain your love for the profession, teach effective lessons and ensure pupil progress. Omar Akbar, author of The (Un)official Teacher's Manual, offers a wealth of hard-won practical advice for avoiding frustration and developing teaching techniques that have a real impact in the classroom. Full of hilarious anecdotes and exploring hot topics such as pupil apathy, enriching the curriculum, Ofsted, data and behaviour, this book is a refreshing and uplifting take on what NQTs can do to have a happy, healthy and successful career in education – starting now. Contents:  Introduction Why teaching is the best job in the world How to make the curriculum work How to overcome pupil apathy How to make paper work How to manage all things data How to survive against the Ofsted odds How to manage behaviour policies How to use rewards effectively How to build positive relationships with your pupils How to get the support you need How to be a happy teacher

We all know the education system has its flaws, but they shouldn't stand in the way of providing the very best learning experiences for your pupils. This book presents a ground-up approach to help you manage the obstacles you might encounter and implement day-to-day methods to maintain your love for the profession, teach effective lessons and ensure pupil progress. Omar Akbar, author of The (Un)official Teacher's Manual, offers a wealth of hard-won practical advice for avoiding frustration and developing teaching techniques that have a real impact in the classroom. Full of hilarious anecdotes and exploring hot topics such as pupil apathy, enriching the curriculum, Ofsted, data and behaviour, this book is a refreshing and uplifting take on what NQTs can do to have a happy, healthy and successful career in education – starting now. Contents: <ol> <li>Introduction</li> <li>Why teaching is the best job in the world</li> <li>How to make the curriculum work</li> <li>How to overcome pupil apathy</li> <li>How to make paper work</li> <li>How to manage all things data</li> <li>How to survive against the Ofsted odds</li> <li>How to manage behaviour policies</li> <li>How to use rewards effectively</li> <li>How to build positive relationships with your pupils</li> <li>How to get the support you need</li> <li>How to be a happy teacher</li></ol>

Teaching for Realists with Omar Akbar

For our latest podcast episode we were joined by secondary science teacher and author Omar Akbar to discuss his brilliant first book 'The (Un)official Teacher's Manual'. We talk to Omar about the reasons behind him writing the book, how it covers important areas of teaching that aren't taught through your training years and he gives us an exclusive insight on what he's currently writing! We hope you enjoy! Don't forget to Rate, Review and Subscribe!

For our latest podcast episode we were joined by secondary science teacher and author Omar Akbar to discuss his brilliant first book 'The (Un)official Teacher's Manual'. We talk to Omar about the reasons behind him writing the book, how it covers important areas of teaching that aren't taught through your training years and he gives us an exclusive insight on what he's currently writing! We hope you enjoy! Don't forget to Rate, Review and Subscribe!

The (Un)official Teacher's Manual with Omar Akbar

This weeks I am in conversation with Omar Akbar; Teacher, Author- The Unofficial Teacher's Manual: What they don't teach you in training; Bad School Leadership (and what to do about it) .  We are nattering about  school leadership, the good and the bad! This is a very positive podcast with some great takeaways. The natter From the introduction of the book , tell us a little bit about you and your 15 years teaching across 4 schools?   You say this book is about the mismanagement of the system , what do you mean by this and what can we do about this ?   You kick off the book with relationship building and Rick astley ....tell us how important relationships, empathy and communication are for leaders  Observations can be controversial but also useful , what are your www and Ebi here ?   Learning walks , deception walks and urine tests . How can we ensure visits to lessons are beneficial for all ?  Book scrutiny and deep dives , what is a secret dossier and how can leaders be more transparent?   Behaviour - when in doubt blame the teacher for not engaging the learners . Is this common and how do we support teachers with behaviour so they are empowered and not undermined ?   Meetings - what is a Botox meeting ?    How do we support NQTs so they end up like the one on that recruitment advert How important are unions and why should we stand by our unions ?    How does shift happen ? What can we do to achieve a new normal ? Let’s finish as you do with some myth busting! Share a couple with listeners ?   Where can we find out more ?   Useful links   https://theunofficialteachersmanual.blog/  John Catt sponsorship   Here is a code for the first week: POD30. If listeners enter that where prompted on the SHOPPING CART page (not the CHECKOUT - people often slip up with that!), they will get 30% off any order from JohnCatt.com until the next week’s show.

This weeks I am in conversation with Omar Akbar; Teacher, Author- The Unofficial Teacher's Manual: What they don't teach you in training; Bad School Leadership (and what to do about it) .  We are nattering about  school leadership, the good and the bad! This is a very positive podcast with some great takeaways. The natter From the introduction of the book , tell us a little bit about you and your 15 years teaching across 4 schools?   You say this book is about the mismanagement of the system , what do you mean by this and what can we do about this ?   You kick off the book with relationship building and Rick astley ....tell us how important relationships, empathy and communication are for leaders  Observations can be controversial but also useful , what are your www and Ebi here ?   Learning walks , deception walks and urine tests . How can we ensure visits to lessons are beneficial for all ?  Book scrutiny and deep dives , what is a secret dossier and how can leaders be more transparent?   Behaviour - when in doubt blame the teacher for not engaging the learners . Is this common and how do we support teachers with behaviour so they are empowered and not undermined ?   Meetings - what is a Botox meeting ?    How do we support NQTs so they end up like the one on that recruitment advert How important are unions and why should we stand by our unions ?    How does shift happen ? What can we do to achieve a new normal ? Let’s finish as you do with some myth busting! Share a couple with listeners ?   Where can we find out more ?  Useful links <a href="https://theunofficialteachersmanual.blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://theunofficialteachersmanual.blog/</a> John Catt sponsorship  Here is a code for the first week: POD30. If listeners enter that where prompted on the SHOPPING CART page (not the CHECKOUT - people often slip up with that!), they will get 30% off any order from <a href="http://johncatt.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JohnCatt.com</a> until the next week’s show.

Bad School Leadership with Omar Akbar (aka Teacher's Manual) 