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After the Bell

Connex Education Academy


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  • 6. After the Bell - Ideas for Supervision: E6 S11

    14:29||Season 11, Ep. 6
    Welcome back to After the Bell brought to you by Connex Academy. We are committed to ensuring that schools and their staff are supported with as much training as possible to ensure children in their care are kept safe and are supported.Today's guest is Debbie Innis Turnill – Debbie has been a teacher for 30 years, a lecturer at Birmingham University and an independent safeguarding consultant.Today we are discussing Supervision or Reflective Practice and how this can support safeguarding in school, which is quite a new area for most schools in the UK. It comes from clinical supervision and supervision in social work which have been in place for a long time to support professional practice.

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  • 5. After the Bell - Harmful Sexual Behaviours: E5 S11

    20:36||Season 11, Ep. 5
    Welcome back to After the Bell brought to you by Connex Academy. We are committed to ensuring that schools and their staff are supported with as much training as possible to ensure children in their care are kept safe and are supported.Our guest today is Debbie Innis Turnill – Debbie has been a teacher for 30 years, a lecturer at Birmingham University and an independent safeguarding consultant.**Some of the topics we are discussing today may act as a trigger, please look after yourself and take time out if you need to. You can also visit samaritans.org or call 116 123 for free to talk to someone.**Today we are going to be discussing how schools think about Harmful Sexual Behaviours – what they are, why they happen and what schools can do to prevent them and manage them if and when they happen.
  • 4. After the Bell - Reflections on Identity: E4 S11

    22:52||Season 11, Ep. 4
    Welcome to this episode of "After The Bell’ the podcast from Connex Academy where we dive into the world of education and bring you valuable insights. We are delighted to be joined in this episode by Neil Hopkins and Carol Thompson authors of Reflections on Identity, which was published in January. Neil and Carol are both lecturers at the University of BedfordshireReflections on Identity brings Educators and leaders from a variety of settings to explore their professional experiences and the impact these have had on forming values in their professional roles.The book takes an interesting narrative approach, and this allows a conversation about this topic. Drawing on personal experience, individual chapter authors have considered some of the challenges they have encountered as part of their identity formation.It also focuses on the importance of organisational cultures, the impact of frequent changes imposed through government initiatives and the social perception of education professionals when compared to other professional roles.
  • 3. After the Bell - Oracy as part of culture: E3 S11

    22:09||Season 11, Ep. 3
    Welcome back to a brand new series of "After The Bell’, the podcast from Connex Academy where we dive deep into the world of education and bring you valuable insights. This brand-new series will focus on Confidence in the classroom, oracy and effective spoken communication. I'm your host, Georgie McIntyre, Managing Director here at Connex Academy and today we're going to explore oracy as a part of school culture, with today's special guest Simon Day, an award-winning speaker and presentation coach.
  • 2. After the Bell - Oracy in the Classroom: E2 S11

    22:15||Season 11, Ep. 2
    Welcome back to a brand new series of "After The Bell’, the podcast from Connex Academy where we dive deep into the world of education and bring you valuable insights. This brand-new series will focus on Confidence in the classroom, oracy and effective spoken communication. I'm your host, Georgie McIntyre, Managing Director here at Connex Academy and today, we're going to explore oracy in the classroom, with today's special guest Simon Day, an award-winning speaker and presentation coach.
  • 1. After the Bell - Teachers as Public Speakers: E1 S11

    13:28||Season 11, Ep. 1
    Welcome to back to a brand new series of 'After the Bell' the podcast from Connex Academy, where we dive deep into the world of education and bring you valuable insights. This brand new series will focus on Confidence in the classroom focusing on oracy and effective spoken communication. I'm your host, Georgie McIntyre, Managing Director here at Connex Academy and today, we're going to explore teachers as public speakers with today's special guest Simon Day, an award-winning speaker and presentation coach.
  • Transitioning Guidance for Schools for Gender Questioning

    14:38|
    Welcome back to After the Bell brought to you by Connex Academy. We are committed to ensuring that schools and their staff are supported with as much training as possible to ensure children in their care are kept safe and supported.Today's guest is Debbie Innis Turnill – Debbie has been a teacher for 30 years, a lecturer at Birmingham University and an independent safeguarding consultant.Debbie is joining us today to discuss how schools can support children and young people who are gender questioning – especially with the publication, just before Christmas of the Government’s non-statutory guidance ‘Gender Questioning’ which has caused quite a furore!