In today’s episode, Katie Rose speaks to Nicola Arkinstall and Stacey Jordan. Nicola and Stacey are the director and research lead respectively at the Staffordshire Research School, which is the mobilisation arm of the Education Endowment Foundation. The topic for discussion today is the new implementation guidance - what it is, what the recommendations are and how leaders can apply it in their settings.

Watch the TeachMeet 'How to Lead change for Subject Leads' with the Staffordshire Research School here.

In today’s episode, the Leaders Team speak to Nathan Burns, also known as ''Mr Metacognition''. Nathan is a metacognitive researcher, and author who works with schools and ITT provision around the UK, providing high-quality CPD, curriculum development support and further consultancy. The topic for discussion today is the importance of metacognition for teachers and leaders and how it can be implemented in everyday practice.

The Leaders Team's Claire and Education Support's Gemma speak to Ashley Callard, the Communications and Engagement Manager at Governors for Schools. She's also Vice Chair of Governors for a local authority maintained primary in North West Durham. The topic for discussion today is community building and culture development.

Building culture in the school community from Education Support

The Leaders Team's Claire and Education Support's Gemma speak to Faye McGuinness, the Director of Programmes at Education Support. Today’s topic is building connections in schools, and how connection can help middle leaders build great cultures.

Leader in the middle: The power of talking from Education Support

Behaviour management with Athir Hassan The Leaders Team's Claire and Education Support's Gemma speak to teacher, author and coach Athir Hassan. The topic of discussion is wellbeing in the face of challenging behaviour.

Discover these Education Support resources to help with this topic.

Dealing with the stress of behaviour management

A positive behaviour playlist

Staying Well in Behaviour Hell

The Leaders Team's Claire and Education Support's Gemma speak to David Thompson to discuss the issue of feedback and why it can be so difficult to give. David is an experienced teacher and KS1 phase lead with extensive experience of subject leadership. Listen to some of David’s top tips on how to do this purposefully as a middle leader.

The power of conversations from Education Support

In this special episode, Twinkl’s Leaders Team chats with Richard Sykes, MD of Elevate Supply about what the future holds for supply teaching.

They discuss the challenges faced when ensuring effective cover, innovative strategies for career development, and how Elevate is set to transform the supply teaching landscape.

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In today’s episode, Daisy Cave and Katie Rose are joined by Nicole Ponsford, founder of the Global Equality Collective.

The GEC is a multi-award-winning ‘collective’ of inclusion and well-being experts and the creators of the “world’s first inclusion and wellbeing platform”, the GEC Platform. Nicole has also worked for 20 years as a teacher and school leader, is a Harvard-published author, doctorate researcher, Fellow of the RSA and IESE and Co-Head of Microlink Education. Recognised as one of Europe's top 50 women in tech, Nic was recently awarded as a finalist for ‘Role Model of the Year’ 2023 by Computing magazine.

The topic for discussion today is cultural health checks - what they are, why they are important and how leaders can apply them in their settings.