Intro: Welcome to The Educhange Podcast

John Hattie

Speaking with Laurate Professor John Hattie about impact and teaching practice.

Speaking with Laurate Professor John Hattie about impact and teaching practice.

Eddie Woo

Charles Fadel

Today we chat with Charles Fadel from the Centre for Curriculum Redesign at Harvard to explore 21st Century learning and the need for innovative teaching and learning in the face of technological disruption. 

Today we chat with Charles Fadel from the Centre for Curriculum Redesign at Harvard to explore 21st Century learning and the need for innovative teaching and learning in the face of technological disruption.

Steve Brophy

Steve is a leader in the digital learning space and is Director of ICT &amp; eLearning at Ivanhoe Grammar School. We chat with him about how he is using technology and leadership to evolve learning for kids. 

Steve is a leader in the digital learning space and is Director of ICT &amp; eLearning at Ivanhoe Grammar School. We chat with him about how he is using technology and leadership to evolve learning for kids.

Laura McBain

Ashanti Branch is an incredible educator and is the Founder and Executive Director of the Everforward Club. He works to change how men, especially those of colour, interact with their education and how their schools interact with them. Ashanti is an Education Fellow at the Stanford d.School and his transformational work was featured in the powerful documentary, The Mask You Live In. We chat with him about his work in schools, the #100kMasks initiative and how taking off our masks can help us all to be our authentic self. 

Ashanti Branch is an incredible educator and is the Founder and Executive Director of the <a href="https://everforwardclub.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Everforward Club</a>. He works to change how men, especially those of colour, interact with their education and how their schools interact with them. Ashanti is an Education Fellow at the Stanford d.School and his transformational work was featured in the powerful documentary, <a href="http://therepresentationproject.org/film/the-mask-you-live-in/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Mask You Live In</a>. We chat with him about his work in schools, the #100kMasks initiative and how taking off our masks can help us all to be our authentic self.

Ashanti Branch

Jan Owen

Today we speak with the amazing Jan Owen, CEO of the Foundation for Young Australians and YLab, the global youth futures lab. Jan is a highly regarded social entrepreneur, innovator, influencer and author who has spent the past 25 years growing Australia's youth, social enterprise and innovation sectors. She was awarded membership to the Order of Australia in 2000 and in 2012 Jan was named Australia’s Woman of Influence by the Australian Financial Review and Westpac. Jan’s lifelong mission is to unleash the potential of young people to lead positive change in the world and the Foundation for Young Australians continues to do brilliant work articulating and supporting the emerging future of work, education and social change.

Today we speak with the amazing Jan Owen, CEO of the <a href="https://www.fya.org.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Foundation for Young Australians</a> and YLab, the global youth futures lab. Jan is a highly regarded social entrepreneur, innovator, influencer and author who has spent the past 25 years growing Australia's youth, social enterprise and innovation sectors. She was awarded membership to the Order of Australia in 2000 and in 2012 Jan was named Australia’s Woman of Influence by the Australian Financial Review and Westpac. Jan’s lifelong mission is to unleash the potential of young people to lead positive change in the world and the Foundation for Young Australians continues to do brilliant work articulating and supporting the emerging future of work, education and social change.

Leon Hady

Leon Hady is a UK-based educator and entrepreneur. He has been an English teacher and a Head Teacher in some of England’s toughest schools achieving some phenomenal results with students and school communities. He is currently doing some fascinating work with online and just-in-time learning for young people and their teachers, through a platform called TuitionKit. Today, Maddie chats to Leon to dive into his experiences as an educator and now entrepreneur, and what we can learn about learning.

Leon Hady is a UK-based educator and entrepreneur. He has been an English teacher and a Head Teacher in some of England’s toughest schools achieving some phenomenal results with students and school communities. He is currently doing some fascinating work with online and just-in-time learning for young people and their teachers, through a platform called TuitionKit. Today, Maddie chats to Leon to dive into his experiences as an educator and now entrepreneur, and what we can learn about learning.

Matt Noffs

We speak with Matt Noffs, the co-founder of the Street Universities and CEO of Noffs Foundation, Australia’s largest drug and alcohol treatment service provider for young people under 25. Noffs Foundation works with young people for up to 5 years after leaving residential treatment. The Street Universities work with over 10,000 young people every year, focusing on issues related to drugs, mental health, employment, education and crime. Matt is currently balancing work with a Master’s in Criminal Justice at UNSW and the sleeplessness that comes with growing small children. He was trained in freestyle rap by the young people he works with but feels he is a poor student and that his rapping is sub par.

We speak with Matt Noffs, the co-founder of the <a href="https://noffs.org.au/street-uni/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Street Universities</a> and CEO of <a href="https://noffs.org.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Noffs Foundation</a>, Australia’s largest drug and alcohol treatment service provider for young people under 25. Noffs Foundation works with young people for up to 5 years after leaving residential treatment. The Street Universities work with over 10,000 young people every year, focusing on issues related to drugs, mental health, employment, education and crime. Matt is currently balancing work with a Master’s in Criminal Justice at UNSW and the sleeplessness that comes with growing small children. He was trained in freestyle rap by the young people he works with but feels he is a poor student and that his rapping is sub par.

The Educhange Podcast is for the doers in schools, people who are coming up with ideas to make things better for kids

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Shanaj Begum

2020 is the most disruptive year learners have had to endure in decades. Overnight, teachers and students switched to remote education and all of a sudden parents are really key to facilitating learning. In this Educhange podcast mini series, we talk with six experts in keeping learning going. Today, our guest is Shanaj Begum. Shanaj is a mother of three children, two in secondary and one in primary. Shanaj is also currently completing her final year of a law degree. In this episode, we talk about the role of parents in facilitating learning from home, what has been great, and what has been challenging. 

2020 is the most disruptive year learners have had to endure in decades. Overnight, teachers and students switched to remote education and all of a sudden parents are really key to facilitating learning. In this Educhange podcast mini series, we talk with six experts in keeping learning going. Today, our guest is Shanaj Begum. Shanaj is a mother of three children, two in secondary and one in primary. Shanaj is also currently completing her final year of a law degree. In this episode, we talk about the role of parents in facilitating learning from home, what has been great, and what has been challenging.

Keeping Learning Going Mini Series - Shanaj Begum

Lindsa McIntyre

Dr. Lindsa McIntyre is currently the inspiring headmaster of the Jeremiah E. Burke High School, located in the heart of the “promise neighborhood” of Boston. As a school leader, she has helped transform the Burke into a positive learning environment of love, becoming the first high school in Massachusetts to exit Turnaround status. In 2011 she was honoured by the Freedom House as a Champion of Freedom. She will be delivering one of the keynote for our EC18 conference in Melbourne on October 2nd.

Dr. Lindsa McIntyre is currently the inspiring headmaster of the Jeremiah E. Burke High School, located in the heart of the “promise neighborhood” of Boston. As a school leader, she has helped transform the Burke into a positive learning environment of love, becoming the first high school in Massachusetts to exit Turnaround status. In 2011 she was honoured by the Freedom House as a Champion of Freedom. She will be delivering one of the keynote for our EC18 conference in Melbourne on October 2nd.

Laura McBain is the co-director of the K12 Lab at the Stanford University d.school. She is an accomplished educator, having led deeper learning approaches in education through her contributions at High Tech High, a network of 14 schools based in San Diego, California. In this recent conversation with Nicole Dyson at EC18, she shares how educators can use the process of design and empathy to enable powerful learning for students, especially by deploying a project-based approach that engages and empowers.

Laura McBain is the co-director of the K12 Lab at the Stanford University d.school. She is an accomplished educator, having led deeper learning approaches in education through her contributions at High Tech High, a network of 14 schools based in San Diego, California. In this recent conversation with Nicole Dyson at EC18, she shares how educators can use the process of design and empathy to enable powerful learning for students, especially by deploying a project-based approach that engages and empowers.

Laura McBain: EC18 Session on Project Based Learning

Dr. Lindsa McIntyre is currently the inspiring headmaster of the Jeremiah E. Burke High School, located in the heart of the “promise neighborhood” of Boston. As a school leader, she has helped transform the Burke into a positive learning environment of love, becoming the first high school in Massachusetts to exit Turnaround status. In 2011 she was honoured by the Freedom House as a Champion of Freedom. At EC18, she sat down with our CEO and co-founder Dave Faulkner to talk through her inspirational work.

Dr. Lindsa McIntyre is currently the inspiring headmaster of the Jeremiah E. Burke High School, located in the heart of the “promise neighborhood” of Boston. As a school leader, she has helped transform the Burke into a positive learning environment of love, becoming the first high school in Massachusetts to exit Turnaround status. In 2011 she was honoured by the Freedom House as a Champion of Freedom. At EC18, she sat down with our CEO and co-founder Dave Faulkner to talk through her inspirational work.

Dr Lindsa McIntyre: EC18 Session on Leadership

Joanne McEachen

Joanne McEachen is the Global New Measures Director for New Pedagogies for Deep Learning and has led the development of a system of tools to measure “deep learning”. In this episode we unpack how we can better measure the components of learning we truly value, rather than the learning that is easiest to measure. Joanne is also the CEO and Founder of The Learner First, her organisation which privileges the lens of the least-served learners to revolutionise the measurement, assessment, teaching and learning across whole system change. She has worked with schools and districts to both design learning that works for each individual learner and to know how it works. Joanne has been a teacher, principal, super-intendant and national change leaders in New Zealand and around the world, and has co-authored five books, including her latest, ‘Measuring Human Return - Understand and Assess What Really Matters for Deep Learning’.

Joanne McEachen is the Global New Measures Director for New Pedagogies for Deep Learning and has led the development of a system of tools to measure “deep learning”. In this episode we unpack how we can better measure the components of learning we truly value, rather than the learning that is easiest to measure. Joanne is also the CEO and Founder of The Learner First, her organisation which privileges the lens of the least-served learners to revolutionise the measurement, assessment, teaching and learning across whole system change. She has worked with schools and districts to both design learning that works for each individual learner and to know how it works. Joanne has been a teacher, principal, super-intendant and national change leaders in New Zealand and around the world, and has co-authored five books, including her latest, ‘Measuring Human Return - Understand and Assess What Really Matters for Deep Learning’.

Joanne McEachen: Measuring what we value

Melissa Moore

Melissa Moore is Deputy Principal at Rototuna Junior High School in Waikato, New Zealand, a state school that is pushing boundaries with integrated learning design. In this episode we explore the development of their integrated learning framework, the importance of Maori culture in informing the design and Rototuna Junior High School's commitment to measuring the learning they value.

Melissa Moore is Deputy Principal at Rototuna Junior High School in Waikato, New Zealand, a state school that is pushing boundaries with integrated learning design. In this episode we explore the development of their integrated learning framework, the importance of Maori culture in informing the design and Rototuna Junior High School's commitment to measuring the learning they value.

Melissa Moore: Creating an integrated learning framework

Jonathon Cook

Jonathon Cook is currently an advanced skills teacher at Austins Ferry Primary School in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Apart from being a 5/6 teacher, he is also in charge of transition, career focused learning and STEM at the school. He’s in the early part of his career having been teacher for 10 years, with experience teaching in the Kimberly region, rural parts of Tasmania and in Hobart. Passionate about bringing equity to all kids in the state, we discuss what it takes to lift engagement in schools.

Jonathon Cook is currently an advanced skills teacher at Austins Ferry Primary School in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Apart from being a 5/6 teacher, he is also in charge of transition, career focused learning and STEM at the school. He’s in the early part of his career having been teacher for 10 years, with experience teaching in the Kimberly region, rural parts of Tasmania and in Hobart. Passionate about bringing equity to all kids in the state, we discuss what it takes to lift engagement in schools.

Jonathon Cook: Engagement and Transition in the Primary Years

Larry Rosenstock

Larry Rosenstock is President, CEO and Founding Principal of High Tech High, a network of thirteen incredible public charter schools K-12 in California. With a remarkable career in education receiving the Ford Foundation Innovations Award, an Ashoka Fellowship, and the McGraw Prize in Education, he has also served as an attorney at the Harvard Center for Law and Education and as a visiting professor at UC Berkley. We explore the philosophy of HTH that has lead to quality learning and outcomes for students.

Larry Rosenstock is President, CEO and Founding Principal of High Tech High, a network of thirteen incredible public charter schools K-12 in California. With a remarkable career in education receiving the Ford Foundation Innovations Award, an Ashoka Fellowship, and the McGraw Prize in Education, he has also served as an attorney at the Harvard Center for Law and Education and as a visiting professor at UC Berkley. We explore the philosophy of HTH that has lead to quality learning and outcomes for students.

Jamie Stekart

Think Global School is a travelling high school where students live in four countries every year, making unforgettable connections between their education and the world around them. In this episode, we talk to Jamie Stekart, Head of School, about the role of project-based, place-based and mastery learning in a constantly changing world. Jamie has been a teacher, principal, superintendent and Outward Bound Expeditionary Learning Instructor, and has a passion for collaborative leadership and listening to the voices of students.

Think Global School is a travelling high school where students live in four countries every year, making unforgettable connections between their education and the world around them. In this episode, we talk to Jamie Stekart, Head of School, about the role of project-based, place-based and mastery learning in a constantly changing world. Jamie has been a teacher, principal, superintendent and Outward Bound Expeditionary Learning Instructor, and has a passion for collaborative leadership and listening to the voices of students.

Jamie Stekart: Head of School for the world’s first travelling high school

Jake Plaskett

Jake Plaskett is an innovative, self-confessed project-based learning evangelist who has been living in Australia since 2013. In his time here he has worked at MLC School in Sydney at a PBL Specialist Teacher, with the Department of Education in NSW, as the Coordinator of Innovation and Learning at Rosebank College, and at the time of interview, was the Director of Learning Innovation at Ruyton Girls’ School in Melbourne. Jake’s experience as a former student at High Tech High and then a teacher of Maths and Music at High Tech High ignited his passion for PBL pedagogy, and in this episode we unpack the benefits and a few of the challenges involved in project-based teaching and learning.

Jake Plaskett is an innovative, self-confessed project-based learning evangelist who has been living in Australia since 2013. In his time here he has worked at MLC School in Sydney at a PBL Specialist Teacher, with the Department of Education in NSW, as the Coordinator of Innovation and Learning at Rosebank College, and at the time of interview, was the Director of Learning Innovation at Ruyton Girls’ School in Melbourne. Jake’s experience as a former student at High Tech High and then a teacher of Maths and Music at High Tech High ignited his passion for PBL pedagogy, and in this episode we unpack the benefits and a few of the challenges involved in project-based teaching and learning.

Jake Plaskett: Former student and teacher at High Tech High

Welcome to Season 5 of the Educhange Podcast. We're looking forward to dropping our first episode for the season on Saturday!

Welcome to Season 5 of the Educhange Podcast. We're looking forward to dropping our first episode for the season on Saturday!

Season 5 Preview

Glenn Savage

Dr Glenn Savage is a Senior Lecturer in Education Policy and Sociology of Education at the University of Western Australia. His current research examines the development of national schooling reforms and how policies in systems impact on ideas and practices in schools. He is also a Senior Honorary Fellow in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne. In this interview we unpack the Australian education report, Gonski 2.0, and its implications for teachers and school leaders, along with the relationship between policy and practice globally. 

Dr Glenn Savage is a Senior Lecturer in Education Policy and Sociology of Education at the University of Western Australia. His current research examines the development of national schooling reforms and how policies in systems impact on ideas and practices in schools. He is also a Senior Honorary Fellow in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne. In this interview we unpack the Australian education report, Gonski 2.0, and its implications for teachers and school leaders, along with the relationship between policy and practice globally.

Dr Glenn Savage: Gonski 2.0 and other education policy reform

Brad Milne

Hamish Barclay

Brad Milne and Hamish Barclay are Assistant Principals at St Thomas of Canterbury College in New Zealand. They are working to evolve learning approaches for their school by focusing on shifting pedagogy and  implementing innovative practice. They share their insights with Maddie Scott-Jones on how gamification and inquiry learning can be used to engage and empower, changing what learning can be for students. Both Brad and Hamish have completed Post Grad studies in Applied Practice and Digital Learning.

Brad Milne and Hamish Barclay are Assistant Principals at St Thomas of Canterbury College in New Zealand. They are working to evolve learning approaches for their school by focusing on shifting pedagogy and <a href="http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Teaching/Snapshots-of-Learning/Gamification-at-St-Thomas-of-Canterbury-College" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> implementing innovative practice</a>. They share their insights with Maddie Scott-Jones on how gamification and inquiry learning can be used to engage and empower, changing what learning can be for students. Both Brad and Hamish have completed Post Grad studies in Applied Practice and Digital Learning.

Brad Milne & Hamish Barclay: Gamifying inquiry learning in NZ

A quick preview of our some of our season three episodes as well as our annual learning Event, Educhange 2018. Held in Melbourne on October 2nd, it'll see hundred of educators come together to learn, connect and innovate. To find out more, head to educhange.com.au

A quick preview of our some of our season three episodes as well as our annual learning Event, Educhange 2018. Held in Melbourne on October 2nd, it'll see hundred of educators come together to learn, connect and innovate. To find out more, head to <a href="http://educhange.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">educhange.com.au</a>

Season 3 Preview & Educhange Events 2018

Samaira Mehta

Samaira Mehta is a 10 year old entrepreneur from California in the US. At the age of 7, Samaira invented a coding board game which she has taught over 2000 children to play so far. Samaira has started an initiative to teach coding to underrepresented girls called ‘Girls U Code’, and to recognise her important work has received letters from The White House. She is passionate about helping everyone to be excited about coding, programming and STEM, and through her work she helps to bridge the gender gap in technology.

Samaira Mehta is a 10 year old entrepreneur from California in the US. At the age of 7, Samaira invented a coding board game which she has taught over 2000 children to play so far. Samaira has started an initiative to teach coding to underrepresented girls called ‘Girls U Code’, and to recognise her important work has received letters from The White House. She is passionate about helping everyone to be excited about coding, programming and STEM, and through her work she helps to bridge the gender gap in technology.

Samaira Mehta: Kid entrepreneur and coding advocate

Chonny James

Chonny is the Director of Wellbeing at Presbyterian Ladies' College in Perth, Western Australia. In her role, Chonny has been charged with leading the work of the groundbreaking PLC Lighthouse, a $10.5 million health and wellness center for students from pre-kindergarten to Year 12. The Lighthouse is made up of three floors, each with a distinct purpose and focus and seeks to fully embed personalised wellbeing and positive education into the core work of the school.

Chonny is the Director of Wellbeing at Presbyterian Ladies' College in Perth, Western Australia. In her role, Chonny has been charged with leading the work of the groundbreaking PLC Lighthouse, a $10.5 million health and wellness center for students from pre-kindergarten to Year 12. The Lighthouse is made up of three floors, each with a distinct purpose and focus and seeks to fully embed personalised wellbeing and positive education into the core work of the school.

Chonny James:  Building a Lighthouse for Wellbeing

Jon Soong

We've partnered with Catholic Education South Australia to bring you this mini series on STEM education. In this episode, we speak with Jon Soong, the CEO and Co-founder of Makers Empire, a company in Adelaide that helps K-8 educators teach Design Thinking, STEM and 21st-century learning skills using 3D printing and 3D design. We chat to Jon about the role 3D printing and design can play in STEM education and STEM careers, and about his professional experiences in STEM and entrepreneurship.

We've partnered with Catholic Education South Australia to bring you this mini series on STEM education. In this episode, we speak with Jon Soong, the CEO and Co-founder of Makers Empire, a company in Adelaide that helps K-8 educators teach Design Thinking, STEM and 21st-century learning skills using 3D printing and 3D design. We chat to Jon about the role 3D printing and design can play in STEM education and STEM careers, and about his professional experiences in STEM and entrepreneurship.

CESA Mini Series - Jon Soong - Unpacking the T in STEM

Sarah Dohl

2020 is the most disruptive year learners have had to endure in decades. Overnight, teachers and students switched to remote education and all of a sudden parents are really key to facilitating learning.  In this Educhange podcast mini series, we talk with six experts in keeping learning going.  In this episode, our guest is Sarah Dohl. Sarah is the Middle School Leader of Katherine School of the Air. Kathrine School of the Air has over 50 years of experience in designing and delivering remote learning. 

2020 is the most disruptive year learners have had to endure in decades. Overnight, teachers and students switched to remote education and all of a sudden parents are really key to facilitating learning.  In this Educhange podcast mini series, we talk with six experts in keeping learning going.  In this episode, our guest is Sarah Dohl. Sarah is the Middle School Leader of Katherine School of the Air. Kathrine School of the Air has over 50 years of experience in designing and delivering remote learning.

Keeping Learning Going Mini Series - Sarah Dohl

Daniel Flynn

Daniel Flynn is the co-founder of Thankyou. Starting in social entrepreneurship at the ripe old age of 19, he continues to drive Thankyou’s vision to see global poverty eradicated with the goal to help millions of people in need. An ‘ideas man’ through and through, Daniel is a big advocate for living out your dreams. In this recent conversation with our co-founder Aaron Tait at EC18, he discusses why social entrepreneurship is so important and how teachers make a difference. 

Daniel Flynn is the co-founder of Thankyou. Starting in social entrepreneurship at the ripe old age of 19, he continues to drive Thankyou’s vision to see global poverty eradicated with the goal to help millions of people in need. An ‘ideas man’ through and through, Daniel is a big advocate for living out your dreams. In this recent conversation with our co-founder Aaron Tait at EC18, he discusses why social entrepreneurship is so important and how teachers make a difference.

Daniel Flynn: EC18 Session on Social Entrepreneurship

Adrian Piccoli

Professor Adrian Piccoli was the NSW Minister for Education between 2011 and 2017. During these six years, he led significant education reform in NSW and nationally. His advocacy for quality teaching, needs-based funding for schools and improving the performance of rural and remote students see him regarded as one of the best education ministers in Australia. He holds degrees in economics and law and is now the director of the Gonski Institute for Education at UNSW, and Professor in the School of Education.

Professor Adrian Piccoli was the NSW Minister for Education between 2011 and 2017. During these six years, he led significant education reform in NSW and nationally. His advocacy for quality teaching, needs-based funding for schools and improving the performance of rural and remote students see him regarded as one of the best education ministers in Australia. He holds degrees in economics and law and is now the director of the Gonski Institute for Education at UNSW, and Professor in the School of Education.

Adrian Piccoli: Enabling equity and student success

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