The Unteachables Podcast
Welcome to 'The Unteachables Podcast', your go-to resource for practical classroom management strategies and teacher support. I’m your host, Claire English, a passionate secondary teacher and leader turned teacher mentor and author of 'It's Never Just About the Behaviour: A Holistic Approach to Classroom Behaviour Management.' I'm on a mission to help educators like you transform your classrooms, build confidence, and feel empowered.Why am I here? Not too long ago, I was overwhelmed by low-level...
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Episodes (162)
#162: How to Turn Your Teaching Into a Classroom Management Machine
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#161: What we get wrong about classroom management, low-level disruption, crafti...
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#160: The 10 quick community builder activities that will become your classes fa...
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#159: The 5 routines that are non-negotiable for teachers wanting to reduce low-...
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#158: How to build the most beautiful, positive, connected class community brick...
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#157: "What if I just realllly don’t like a student?!" How to teach a kid you fi...
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#156: Why forced icebreakers don’t build trust or community (and what does)
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#155: The first-week moves that’ll save you months of behaviour work down the tr...
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#154: How to build back confidence and credibility after a tough year with behav...
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#152: So it's December, and your students won't stop talking... Now what?
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#151: What to do when your class is bringing the 'checked out, apathetic, can't...
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#150: Students pushing your buttons? These 6 one-liners will save you!
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#149: 3 Thanksgiving activities to beat the November behaviour wobbles
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#148: If I had a totally unmanageable class, I'd do these 4 things immediately.
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#147: Why your classroom transitions are chaotic (and how to fix them)
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#146: Why classroom compliance isn’t the win you might think it is
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#145: The Halloween classroom management mistakes that turn your class into a ho...
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#144: How to actually support students with additional needs... in a mainstream...
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#143: 5 powerful (and doable) ways to support ADHD students. October is ADHD Awa...
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#142: My English teacher saved my life (and she will never know it). The episode...
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#141: Tired of blank stares and the same 5 hands up? Here's how to get whole-cla...
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#140: If you've ever been told (or felt) you need to "be stricter" for classroom...
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#139: The exit routine your class [and you] desperately needs
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#138: Brain breaks that secretly boost behaviour (and help us reclaim a bit of t...
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#137: Feel like you need to split into 30 trying to support the whole room? This...
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#136: The entry routine that is magic for low-level disruption! The power of lea...
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#135: Is your teaching presence undermining your classroom management?
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#134: Bullying in the classroom?! 😖 How to talk to your students about it in a...
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#133: Flipping your lid! The concept that changed everything about the way I res...
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#132: The No-BS Back to School Breakdown! Exactly what I do lesson-by-lesson in...
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#131: 4 sobering statistics that prove that teaching is the hardest, and most im...
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#130: Dealing with defiance? You don't need to say a word - you just need these...
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#129: The exact one-liners I use in the classroom when responding to defiant or...
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#128: 4 ways imposter syndrome shows up for teachers in the classroom (and what...
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#127: I met the King, and he asked me a question about the work I do with classr...
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#126: How to support staff mindset shifts around behaviour approaches
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#125: Q&A: Dealing with the class clown, when students gang up on you, and motiv...
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#124: What to do when you’ve tried it all (and behaviour is STILL a battle).
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#123: How to stand tall and confident in front of your class (even in the midst...
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#122: “Miss, that deserves a detention!!” When students tell you how to do your...
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#121: 4 steps to building confidence in your classroom management
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#120: Your teaching IS your classroom management. Here are 3 ways to make it wor...
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#119: Are calm corners worth having in secondary classrooms?
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#118: The number one reason you’re finding behaviour tough right now
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#117: What to prioritise when big behaviours bubble up in the lesson.
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#116: Quick Win Challenge! 5 brilliant behaviour reflection strategies you can s...
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#115: Brain breaks are my secret sauce for student engagement. Here are my 3 I c...
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#114: Quick Win Challenge! Use this technique for smooth, stress-free, and energ...
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#113: 1 powerful shift to make in your behaviour chats to create more change
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#112: Quick Win Challenge! How to get students to care about the consequence (an...
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