Beyond Survival: The New Teacher Podcast
A weekly podcast to inspire and motivate teachers in the exciting first few years of their careers. Every week an expert guest will answer a central question to support new teachers to be the best version of themselves in the classroom. There is also a weekly 'Teacher Talk' which gives practical strategies for an aspect of teaching in fifteen minutes. Host Jamie Thom left the classroom in August of 2022 to run a new English PGDE at Napier University in Edinburgh. He is the author of four books on education, his latest come out in February 2023 and is called 'Talking To Teenagers: A guide to skillfull classroom communication.' He is passionate about supporting new teachers.
Beyond Survival: The New Teacher Podcast
How can teachers create psychological safety in their classrooms?
The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast' is Sarah Philip, back for her second appearance on the show. Sarah is a psychologist, coach and host of the Curious Conversations podcast. She also does a huge amount of work supporting schools and teachers.
In this interview Sarah answers the central question: how can new teachers create psychological safety in their classrooms? In answering that central question, we also explore the following:
1. How would you define psychological safety and why is it important?
2. How can teachers create a culture of belonging in their classrooms?
3. What role do mistakes have in creating psychological safety?
4. How can teachers encourage self-expression from young people?
5. What role does feedback have?
The workshop that we discuss in the interview is available to sign up for here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-psychological-safety-tickets-743651470567.
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