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Teacher Resilience & Work/Life Balance

Dive into the topic of teacher resilience and work/life balance, in collaboration with our expert podcast guest Dr Steph Ainsworth. Learnings, tips, resource recommendations and more, all included. Here at TTS, we recently had the privilege of hosting 4 podcast episodes with Dr Steph Ainsworth (Series 5, Episodes 5 – 8), education researcher and educator,…

Byimogensmith28 June 20240Comments

Early Years Podcast Podcast Series 5

Episode 11: Supporting Changes at Home with Richard Knight & Julie Pearson

In this episode of the TTS Talking Early Years podcast, Alistair Bryce-Clegg continues the conversation around transitions with Richard Knight and Julie Pearson. Practical tips for practitioners They delve into how to approach difficult transitions and bigger life events with children. Whether it’s answering questions about death, or simply acknowledging the fact that it’s okay…

Byimogensmith27 June 20240Comments

Early Years TTS

Common Play Behaviours and Skill Progression in the Water Play Area by Dr Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Reading Time: 6 minutes Alistair Bryce-Clegg dives into the topic of common play behaviours & skill progression when it comes to the water play area.

Byimogensmith26 June 20240Comments

Early Years Podcast Podcast Series 5 TTS

Meet Podcast Guest: Ruth Swailes

Ruth Swailes joins our host Alistair Bryce-Clegg on Series 5 of the TTS Talking Podcast to chat all things to do with Curriculum in the Early Years. Ruth is an award- winning Early Years specialist with more than 30 years’ experience working in Education. She has taught children from aged 2 – 11. A former…

Byimogensmith24 June 20240Comments

Early Years Podcast Podcast Series 5

Episode 10: Supporting Big Changes with Richard Knight & Julie Pearson

Alistair Bryce-Clegg is joined once again by Julie Pearson and Richard Knight from the Early Years Alliance. In this episode, they cover some of the bigger changes children tend to experience, and what practitioners can do to support them through these. Practical tips for practitioners They emphasise the importance of making transitions exciting, whether that’s…

Byimogensmith20 June 20240Comments

Early Years Podcast Podcast Series 5

Episode 9: Supporting Everyday Changes with Richard Knight & Julie Pearson

Alistair Bryce-Clegg is joined by Julie Pearson and Richard Knight from the Early Years Alliance. In this episode, they discuss the topic of supporting children through everyday changes. Practical tips for practitioners The conversation covers examples of smaller, horizontal transitions that happen throughout a child’s day. Whether it’s transitioning in and out of play, or…

Byimogensmith13 June 20240Comments

Early Years Podcast Series 5 TTS

Exploring Funding for Early Years Education

Dive into the topic of Funding for Early Years Education, in collaboration with our expert podcast guest, Neil Leitch. Learnings, tips, resource recommendations and more, all included. Funding for Early Years education is a crucial topic that greatly impacts the future of children in the UK today. Adequate funding means better quality education, well-supported teachers,…

Byimogensmith29 May 20240Comments

Podcast Series 5

CPD Topic 1: Funding in the Early Years

Course content: This topic has been developed with Neil Leitch. Neil has been a strident leader of the largest early years membership organisation in the country, overseeing its rebrand to the Early Years Alliance in 2019 – a change that reflected its ambition to give a united voice to all involved in caring and educating…

Byimogensmith14 May 20240Comments

Dr Steph Ainsworth Early Years Podcast Podcast Series 5

Episode 8 | Working together to enact change for Early Years educators with Dr Steph Ainsworth

Alistair Bryce-Clegg and Dr Steph Ainsworth return for a final episode covering their discussion so far on teacher resilience and work/life balance. Practical tips for practitioners Alistair and Steph look at the broader policy context of what we can do to help teacher resilience. They discuss the idea of a more flexible curriculum, where teachers…

Byimogensmith14 May 20240Comments

Dr Steph Ainsworth Early Years Podcast Podcast Series 5

Episode 7 | Boosting Resilience in your Team & Setting with Dr Steph Ainsworth

In this episode of the TTS Talking Early Years podcast, Alistair Bryce-Clegg continues the conversation around teacher resilience in the Early Years with Dr Steph Ainsworth, an education researcher and teacher educator. Practical tips for practitioners Steph and Alistair delve into ways resilience can be boosted by working on solutions collaboratively as a team. Whether…

Byimogensmith14 May 20240Comments

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Teacher Resilience & Work/Life Balance

Episode 11: Supporting Changes at Home with Richard Knight & Julie Pearson

Common Play Behaviours and Skill Progression in the Water Play Area by Dr Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Meet Podcast Guest: Ruth Swailes

Episode 10: Supporting Big Changes with Richard Knight & Julie Pearson

Episode 9: Supporting Everyday Changes with Richard Knight & Julie Pearson

Exploring Funding for Early Years Education

CPD Topic 1: Funding in the Early Years

Episode 8 | Working together to enact change for Early Years educators with Dr Steph Ainsworth

Episode 7 | Boosting Resilience in your Team & Setting with Dr Steph Ainsworth

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