#22 with Obie Matin, Secondary English Teacher, St. Martin in-the-Fields, Brixton, London
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‘Back to School’
What’s included in this episode?
- 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
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’
Further Reading:
St. Martin in-the-Fields, Brixton, London: http://www.younglambeth.org/organisation/st-martin-in-the-fields-school-for-girls.html
Teacher Toolkit: http://www.teachertoolkit.me/
WomenEd: http://www.womened.org/
Teach Meet London Boat: https://storify.com/PodcastEdtech/teachmeet-london-boat-tmlondonboat
City Lit: http://www.citylit.ac.uk/
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