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Helping You Put Profit First in Your Business, with Profit First Certified Master, Susanne Mariga: Podcast Transcript
Dive into the world of Profit First, with Susanne Mariga: a Profit First Certified Master and author of ‘Profit First for Minority Business Enterprises’.
This conversation will 10x your business approach and the way in which you view profit in the framework of your business strategy.
Oh and Susanne is also the Founder of the hugely successful accountancy firm Mariga CPA, based in Houston.
Learning Languages from Home: Tips and Advice from the Experts on Self-Paced vs Teacher-Led Language Learning
In this collaborative article, we hear from 8 language experts about how they learn from home and what tips they have for studying and revising languages.
Thank you to all those who contributed to this collaborative piece.
Language Matters #3: The Principle of Total Communication
Jack is Back!
Blog #3 in Jack’s series on the importance of language covers the area of Total Communication. Never heard of it before? Neither had we – allow Jack the Master to expand your knowledge once more.
Advice Monsters and the Power of Thrilling, Important & Daunting: An Interview with Michael Bungay Stanier, Podcast Transcript
Jack Simmonds returns to transcribe his own episode!
Jack spoke to Wall Street Journal bestselling author on coaching, Michael Bungay Stanier, about Michael’s 7 Questions, his upcoming book and the life lessons that have guided him throughout his long and esteemed career. Not bad, ey?
Life is a Journey!
A deeply personal insight into the journey from teaching, through retail, and finally to tutoring taken by Victoria Burns, a cherished member of the QT Community.
Let this story inspire and encourage you to take the next steps that you need in your business, tutoring or otherwise.
Language Matters #2: Autism Spectrum Condition
Jack Simmonds returns for the second in his new blog series on the importance of language in our approach to Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND).
This piece focuses on the area of Autism Spectrum Condition, a new-and-improved attitude towards Autism Spectrum Disorder, and the history behind where our understanding of autism first came from.
Language Matters #1: Deficits and Disorders
In the first of a new series on the importance of the use of language in how we view our learners, Jack Simmonds will be taking us through the latest research and social developments in this area.
In this first piece, Jack looks into the language of deficits and disorders, and how one pioneering researcher is changing perceptions.
We Can’t Clone the Best Tutors, Unfortunately: Here’s How We Can Get Around This with Kirill Slavin, Podcast Transcript
If you think you’ve considered the future of tutoring and EdTech, think again.
Kirill has a vision for an AI-driven approach to private tuition that will challenge what you think of children’s learning.
Read on …
How do you go about recruiting your tutors?
The Director of TutorsPlus, a high-quality tuition agency based in Geneva, Switzerland, gives us a detailed insight into their recruitment process, including how they continually value and support their tutors right the way through the process … and beyond.
Thank you TutorsPlus!
Read Carefully, Write Clearly, Think Deeply: How to Master Knowledge-Rich Tutoring Podcast Transcript
Knowledge-rich tutoring. Are you familiar with it?
If not, have a read of the transcript of our episode with Lizzie Grace, Founder of Scholar’s Atelier. Lizzie’s humour and grace (excuse the pun) are infectious and demonstrate a masterful approach to teaching and tutoring. Have fun!
Positive Regard, and its Application to the Qualified Tutor Training
Inspired by his reading of American psychologist, Carl R. Rogers, Jack turns our attention to the area of positive regard.
Haven’t heard of it? Jack breaks it down into manageable steps, applying it to the teaching & learning that take place on QT’s four-part training course.
This is How Tutoring Can Play a Key Role in Reducing Educational Disadvantage, with Daniel Dipper Podcast Transcript
It’s time to stop and consider our approach to educational disadvantage. The pandemic has given us the opportunity to rethink our strategy towards support for those who need it most, in particular how we can deploy tutors in mainstream education.
This podcast goes a long way to explaining this. Access this transcript to find out more …
The Contextual Safeguarding Network – A Safer Approach to Child Protection
Struck by watching Dr Carlene Firmin’s 2019 TEDx Talk, Jack penned this crucial thought-piece on society’s approach to child protection and how we, far too often, attempt to treat the perpetrators of the crime, or worse, the victim themselves.
Dr Firmin calls on us to change our view on the location of abuse, and how it is essential to improving the safety of our children.
Redesigning the Primary English Curriculum, with the Founders of Bright Light Education Podcast Transcript
Your chance to read through the transcript of this incredible podcast episode with the Founders of Bright Light Education, Dani Okumura and Charlotte Badenoch.
Let us know what you learnt from the episode …
Exploring the Marvels of Emotional Wellbeing & Resilience in Children, with Karen Gibb Podcast Transcript
Ludo returns with the transcription of this wonderfully entertaining and informative episode with Karen Gibb, Founder of Mind Marvels.
Read on to find out how your Animal Brain works … oh, you didn’t know already?
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