Beyond Survival: The New Teacher Podcast

About Beyond Survival: The New Teacher Podcast

A weekly podcast to inspire and motivate teachers in the exciting first few years of their careers. Every week an expert guest will answer a central question to support new teachers to be the best version of themselves in the classroom. There is also a weekly 'Teacher Talk' which gives practical strategies for an aspect of teaching in fifteen minutes. Host Jamie Thom left the classroom in August of 2022 to run a new English PGDE at Napier University in Edinburgh. He is the author of four books on education, his latest come out in February 2023 and is called 'Talking To Teenagers: A guide to skillfull classroom communication.' He is passionate about supporting new teachers.

Publisher

Jamie Thom and Colin McGill

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Jul 2022

Latest episode

26 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

104 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Jun 2025

   How to thrive in the early years of your career

   Kirsty Hair of the University of Strathclyde discusses the biggest challenges facing early career teachers and the importance of resilience, interviewed by Colin McGill.

2. 

   28 Feb 2025

   Book release day: The Essentials in Learning to Teach

   Today is the publication of Colin and Jamie's new book 'The Essentials in learning to Teach'. The book is all about how you can thrive and succeed in your year of learning to teach. In this episode they discuss what motivated them to write the book, and begin to share some practical strategies from the ten essentials that the book is made up of. If you would like to order a copy of the book it is available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Essentials-Learning-Teach-Thriving-secondary...

3. 

   21 Feb 2025

   Cheat Codes for New Teachers

   In this episode Colin McGill interviews Kirsten Colquhoun to explore some top tips for teachers at the start of their careers. Kirsten is an education consultant, author, and Pastoral Lead with nearly two decades of experience working in schools. The questions they explore in this interview are: What do you think are the biggest challenges facing early career teachers? What advice do you have for planning lessons? How can novice teachers manage their classroom environment? How should no...

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

1,194

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

4.8 / 5

44 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100

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Quality

55

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

85

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