Joining us for Episode 58 is Geraden Kennedy, founder of Gudjela, an Indigenous corporation based in Alice Springs! Gudjela delivers programs to schools that reconnect disengaged students, teaching them to reconnect with who they are, and important skills of self-regulation, resilience and more. Geraden teaches us trauma informed, Indigenous-led strategies, and also exactly what NOT to do in the classroom.

TW: Geraden kicks off the episode with his own personal story, which involves triggering subjects like addiction and suicide.

What’s Mentioned:

Books:

• The body keeps the score - Bessel van der Kolk
• Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari
• The Mountain is You - Brianna West

Kings Narrative Organisation (Alice Springs)

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Flexi-wellbeing public schools, EAL refugee schools, student agency schools, you name it... we're covering them all!

Of course, this episode is not to diss mainstream schooling (it does suit a certain lifestyle/learning style), but to show what other options exist that have identified issues many people find in those institutions!

Schools mentioned:

Language specific:

• Blackburn english language school
• River nile school

Re-engagement/wellbeing:

• saints (north melb)
• hester hornbrook
• berry street
• Fitzroy high
• sydney road brunswick
• collingwood alternative
• Berengarra
• Prace

Independent/alternative:

• Montessori
• Steiner
• Alia College
• Preshil

Learning centres:

• celebrate learning (Amy Damant Ready to Redo episode 35)

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New year, new practical lessons learnt from the classroom! Today I've compiled the top tips from my recent teaching placement, all of which help you become a better teacher

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Some of you might not know that Sal Khan (Khan Academy) actually has a PHYSICAL SCHOOL in California! Aaaand you guessed it, today we're incredibly lucky to be joined by Brandon Lee, director of Project Based Learning at Khan Lab school. We deep dive into the importance of project based learning, the fun curriculum and launch days that Brandon and KLS staff work hard to organise, and how that's changing the education sphere! So much to unpack, so let's jump into it :)

Find Khan Lab school here! https://www.khanlabschool.org/

Find the podcast version here!

ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ready-to-redo/id1519949665

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Khan Academy Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuX7nPBqDts&t=2s

First of all, an INCREDIBLY HUGE SORRY for the unexplained silence. May fizzle now rest in peace, and the podcast live on (even while I'll be immersing myself in good ol' traditional education!)

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Prisma isn't teaching kids WHAT to learn, but HOW to learn.

It's personalised, practical, teaching essential 21st century skills, and basically solving a lot of what i've ranted about on this podcast! We're joined by CEO and founder Victoria Ransom to discuss:

- How her own children inspired the creation of Prisma

- Why learners' academic outcomes have grown 150% (compared to the 'expected' rate) DESPITE not having grades and mandatory curriculums

- Why (and how) they carefully select Prisma mentors & coaches

And much much more of course!

Find Prisma here!

https://www.joinprisma.com/

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If a student sees an F on their test, they'll think many things. One of them being "I'm a failure"... How toxic is that? Today's episode is all about psychology, conditioning, and ways to UNDO a student's beliefs around grades, enjoy!

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