I'm Mark Taylor and I interview educators from around the world so that I can enable you to support your children to live, learn and grow to their full potential
Latest Podcast Episodes
232: International Student Coaching with Dr. Norrine Russell
Dr. Norrine Russell is the founder and owner of Russell Coaching for Students, an international student coaching practice that provides support for typical and atypical students in the areas of executive functioning, social and emotional skills, academic and study skills, and other life skills.
With twenty years of experience supporting healthy youth development and conducting parenting education, Dr. Russell has extensive knowledge of child and adolescent development, learning styles, special needs, and positive parenting philosophies.
Read More231: Academic Consulting with Dr. Shirag Shemmassian
Dr. Shemmassian is the Founder of Shemmassian Academic Consulting and one of the world’s foremost experts on medical school admissions, college admissions, and graduate school admissions.
For nearly 20 years, he and his team have helped thousands of students get into medical school and top colleges using his systematic and proprietary approach.
Read More230: MathCodes and Coaching with Kohila Sivas
Kohila Sivas is the creator of the revolutionary MathCodes Method™, a unique system designed to recover learning loss in math. Kohila blended the math hacks she discovered to demystify math and merged them with a coaching methodology that can transform any struggling student.She developed the system over 22 years working one on one with over…
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Most Recent Blog Posts
Special Educational Needs CPD
I will be hosting an online zoom CPD focusing on 3 areas of Special Educational Needs to help you support your pupils: – English as an Additional Language (EAL) – How to identify children who may also have dyslexia or another SPLD – Common speech, language and communication needs Co-occurring challenges Do you ever worry…
Read More6 Online CPD Events in 2021/22
Following the success of the National Association for Primary Education online conference in March 2021 ‘Towards a balanced and broadly based curriculum’ NAPE have planned 6 new online CPD events for the new academic year. 5 starting points for Primary Music Special Education Needs EdTech EYFS Mental Health/Wellbeing Climate & Ocean Plastic To find out…
Read MoreMy new audio course is live on Listenable
I’m so excited to let you know my new audio course ’10 Pieces of Advice You’d Like to Have as a Child’ has been published on Listenable. Listenable is just like an audio version of Netflix. You pay a small monthly fee and get access to hundreds of courses in a variety of categories. I was…
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National Association for Primary Education
Our aim is to achieve a higher priority for the education of children from birth to 13. High quality learning in the early years of life is vitally important to the creation of an educated society. Young children are not simply preparing for the future, they are living a never to be repeated time of life and the best way to learn is to live.