#22 with Obie Matin, English Teacher, St Martin in the Fields, Brixton, London - 'Back to School'
#22 with Obie Matin, Secondary English Teacher, St. Martin in-the- Fields, Brixton, London Interview with Obie Matin, Secondary English Teacher, St. Martin in-the-Fields, Brixton, London (3:00) • How to handle ‘back to school’ anxiety and renew the love of teaching whether its your first year as an NQT or 20 years in • The hidden role of student recruitment to your subject • English as a core subject - expectations of excellence • Supporting student transition to secondary school • Using lifelong learning and adult education to improve your own teaching practice • How education has shifted to become more personalised • Understanding Government and bureaucratic change is a constant and focusing on what you can affect - the students in your class • Slowing down or speeding up - what’s next for Obie Matin? • Plus shout outs to Teacher Toolkit, WomenEd, and City Lit SAMPLE QUOTES • ON THE FEAR OF BACK TO SCHOOL: ‘That anxiety and dread...the beginning of another school year.’ • HOW TO COPE: ‘It’s about finding strategies that bring the joy of teaching back to you.’ • SUMMER HOLIDAYS AND TEACHERS: ‘it’s impossible to explain in words the freedom that teachers have in summer holidays’ • EXAM RESULTS: ‘Every time it’s results day or results night i have the same feelings i had when i was opening my own brown envelope. you work with those students for so long and worked so hard with them...and they’ve worked so hard!’ • LIFE-LONG LEARNING: ‘Before I was a teacher, I was an adult education junky.’ • ON TEACHMEET: ‘‘It’s just an incredible movement’
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- 3. WHAT’S IN THIS EPISODE? @podcastedtech iTunes | Stitcher | TuneIn • Interview with Obie Matin, Secondary English Teacher, St. Martin in-the-Fields, Brixton, London (3:00) • How to handle ‘back to school’ anxiety and renew the love of teaching whether its your first year as an NQT or 20 years in • The hidden role of student recruitment to your subject • English as a core subject - expectations of excellence • Supporting student transition to secondary school • Using lifelong learning and adult education to improve your own teaching practice • How education has shifted to become more personalised • Understanding Government and bureaucratic change is a constant and focusing on what you can affect - the students in your class • Slowing down or speeding up - what’s next for Obie Matin? • Plus shout outs to Teacher Toolkit, WomenEd, and City Lit
- 4. SAMPLE QUOTES • ON THE FEAR OF BACK TO SCHOOL: ‘That anxiety and dread…the beginning of another school year.’ • HOW TO COPE: ‘It’s about finding strategies that bring the joy of teaching back to you.’ • SUMMER HOLIDAYS AND TEACHERS: ‘it’s impossible to explain in words the freedom that teachers have in summer holidays’ • EXAM RESULTS: ‘Every time it’s results day or results night i have the same feelings i had when i was opening my own brown envelope. you work with those students for so long and worked so hard with them…and they’ve worked so hard!’ • LIFE-LONG LEARNING: ‘Before I was a teacher, I was an adult education junky.’ • ON TEACHMEET: ‘‘It’s just an incredible movement’ @podcastedtech iTunes | Stitcher | TuneIn
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