In Episode 3 of The Staffroom we were privileged to speak with Ross McGill, known online and world-wide as @TeacherToolkit.
We want to thank Ross McGill for being an excellent guest and sharing his expertise with us. We’re so excited to broadcast his ideas and perspectives to educators in Australia and worldwide. Being a new podcast, it’s a credit to him that he didn’t ask for listener figures or turn a blind-eye. He simply wanted to chat about education and his passion for having common sense approaches that reduce workload, save time and have a big impact on learning.
Ross’ new book, Mark. Plan. Teach is built on research and psychology and evolved through social media connections and ongoing discussions. The book has been a huge success in the UK and offers punchy practical advice for teachers who are looking to keep it simple! In the podcast, Ross speaks at length about why working smarter, not harder is important for teachers in the current climate of accountability and increasing workload.
In our 40-minute chat, we covered a lot of ground. Here’s a break-down complete with time-stamps:
I hope you enjoy this episode of The Staffroom and find Ross’ words as inspirational as we did. At the end of the episode, we reflect on some takeaways which resonated with us from our conversation – like us, I’m sure you’ll have lots to ponder!
Please, pick up a copy of Ross’ book, Mark. Plan. Teach which is available now on Amazon. It’s a fabulous ‘hand-book’ to share with your department and is practical enough to be used for professional development sessions. We wish Ross all the best for 2018 and the growing success of teachertoolkit.co.uk.
Until next time!
Jamie, Michael and Tessa.
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