We all know the importance of teaching 21st century skills to our students to prepare them for the constantly evolving workplace they will enter as adults. In this conversation, my guest is Mandi Randell, who started the Central West Leadership Academy - A 21st Century School.

Project based learning is a teaching method but with a real difference! A real world life difference. In this episode I talk with Kel, who has done some amazing work in this area. She is the contact person for PBL Global, an organisation that teaches teachers about how to teach Project Based Learning.

What a privilege to teach kids skills so they learn not only academically, but also socially, physically, emotionally and mentally. It also comes with a unique responsibility! In this episode with Elizabeth we discuss how important it is to educate the whole child and also overcoming the challenges that can make it so unique.

There is something for everyone in this conversation about casual teaching. In this episode I talk with Kel, who just started casual teaching in 2020 and we discuss the pros and cons, tips and tricks that have worked for us and we even talk about a casual teacher's toolkit on what to bring with you next time you're called up to work a casual day.

In this episode, I talk with Trudy Hanson (outgoing CEO of NALAG NSW and we discuss how children, who are often the 'forgotten mourners', cope with grief quite differently to adults. We also talk about in this sombre, but very real topic, how as teachers what we can do to help these kids build coping skills and see that there is hope on the other side!

In this episode, I talk with my big sister Ce, co-owner of Centric Pilates, Dubbo, NSW.

A lifetime ago Ce started her high school teaching career. Due to continued high stress levels as a teacher, and struggling to find the work / family life balance, her health deteriorated terribly. As a result she left the teaching profession to pursue Pilates. Ce has now learnt to plan better, simple things like diet and exercise, to ensure she now has more good days than bad days!

In this episode I talk with Dennis who is a motivated teacher and learner of all things to do with technology. He generously shares his knowledge and honest stories of what he has tried in the classroom - activities that have taught students, engaged students and given enjoyment to students.

In this episode I talk with Emma Parkes, who is a speech pathologist in our community. She has some amazing and useful strategies that teachers can incorporate into their everyday teaching, if they are not already doing it.

Learn who Libby Campbell is and why she started her very first podcast, for teachers just like you