Teaching as a Second Language
Episodes
How to communicate University options for High School students
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Stew and Mark discuss ways that teachers, and the education system as a whole, needs to improve in order to best prepare High School s...
What we love about teaching - 2025 recap and looking forward to 2026
22 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Stewart and Mark recap the year that was (2025) and discuss the 7-month hiatus from the podcast. We look forward to 2026 and discuss w...
How to Issue Consequences to Students WITHOUT any Pushback - Behaviour Bites Ep 2
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Behaviour Bites Ep 2 Mark and Stew outline how teachers can effectively apply consequences to student actions without getting any pushback. Student...
SILENCE - Why it's MANDATORY for teachers - Behaviour Bites Ep 1
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the first installment of our mini-series "Behaviour Bites" Stew and Mark discuss the importance, nay, imperativeness (that's definit...
How to Teach/Learn a new Language - with Language Expert Gio
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast Stew and Mark get a lesson from colleague and language expert Gio who shares his secrets for teaching languages to students. We go on ...
How Experienced Teachers Prepare for a New School Year
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Stew and Mark discuss how they prepare to be the best versions of themselves at the start of a new school year. They discuss strategie...
Primary vs Secondary teaching? What's the difference?
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Stew and Mark get to chat with Deb about her teaching career, in particular swapping between Primary and Secondary teaching. A very ey...
2024 is OVER - What happened?
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark and Stew as they discuss the year that was, 2024.
Is Suspending Students Actually Effective?
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is the traditional approach to student suspensions truly effective, or are we just offering students an unintended break? Join us as we unpack this co...
What is a guidance officer, and what do they do?
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Stew and Mark sit down to chat with Guidance Officer Roxy. We ask the hard hitting questions like "What even is a guidance office...
Neurodivergent Students - How we as teachers can help (ft. Kasey)
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Stew and Mark are joined by Kasey, a psychologist who has a lot of experience working with children. Neurodivergent students ...
Are you caring too much as a teacher?
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Stew and Mark discuss the importance of "giving a shit" as a teacher, but focus on the fact we have a limited number of &quo...
High School Behaviour Management 101
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Mark and Stew discuss the ins and outs of behaviour management for high school teachers. We discuss the importance of building relatio...
How education has changed in the last 50 years
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Mark and Stew sit down for a chat with Graham Lee (Stew's dad). We discuss how education has changed over the last 50 years, what...
The Hardest Year of Teaching (spoiler: it's not what you think)
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Mark and Stew are joined by second year teacher Georgia. We discuss why being a second year teacher is much harder than the first year...
Co-Teaching is the Future of Inclusion
17 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Mark and Stew dive into the concept of co-teaching. The co-teaching model is one which involves two teachers being responsible for a c...