Beard.Ed Chat

On the show today we have Gavin Oattes; a descendant of Mary Poppins, the only person I know who can make dairy products into a motivational metaphor, a qualified primary teacher, an award winning comedian, best selling author, keynote speaker and managing director of the Tree of Knowledge. 

I chat with Aaron Calder, a music teacher, teacher who shares his teaching journey, memorable moments and reflect on the reasons why he became a teacher.

In this episode we chat wit Kerry Abercrombie, an English & Media teacher currently on secondment. We hear about Kerry's journey through teaching, her digital secondment and engage in professional dialogue around embedding digital strategies can improve the learning experience of our young people. 

In this episode I chat with Kathryn Corrie, a primary teacher in East Lothian Council. We speak about the addictive nature of teaching, Kathryn's journey so far, the challenges of the pandemic and share good practice with each other. 

I speak with Yasmin Erginsoy, a student teacher from the University of Strathclyde who shares her journey in to teaching, highlights good practice from her placement school as well as explore the various responsibilities of a teacher. 

We speak with Jade Hebdon, a primary teacher in Tranent who shares her teaching journey, memorable moment and qualities of highly effective practitioners. 

We speak with Gary English, a maths teacher who shares his teaching journey, memorable moments and reflect on the reasons why he became a teacher.