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Grow Your Flow & Glow - Teacher Podcast

Grow Your Flow & Glow - Teacher Podcast

De : Kurt Walker
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Welcome to Grow Your Flow & Glow, a podcast where educator and Assistant Principal Kurt Walker explores the real heartbeat of learning: belonging, self-regulation and those powerful moments when students lose themselves in their work.
Through practical examples, honest reflections and research that actually makes sense in a classroom, Kurt helps teachers understand how to build environments where students feel capable, motivated and deeply connected to their learning.
Simple ideas. Real stories. Better learning. Every episode.

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    • Identity, Belonging, and Equity — Who Learns the Rules of School (and Who Is Left Guessing)
      Jan 25 2026

      What if the most powerful thing a teacher leaves behind isn’t a lesson — but a sentence?

      In this episode of Grow Your Flow & Glow, I reflect on how learner identity is shaped long before students realise it’s happening — and how teachers play a far bigger role in that process than we often acknowledge.

      Through personal stories from school, work, and teaching, I explore how identity forms in micro-moments: a comment on a report, a throwaway remark, or a quiet moment of belief that keeps a student’s future open rather than closing it down.

      Drawing on Flow Theory, NSW Department of Education priorities, and ideas popularised by Sir Ken Robinson, this episode reframes equity as possibility — not sameness — and challenges us to think about the long shadow our words and expectations cast beyond the classroom.

      Because every teacher leaves an identity residue.
      The question is: what kind are we leaving behind?

      connect with me and Join the conversation at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurt-walker-a148643a6?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app

      Think about a sentence you still remember from school.
      Not a lesson — a sentence.

      What did it teach you about who you were allowed to be as a learner?

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      26 min
    • Assessment, Feedback & Motivation — When Measurement Hurts Learning
      Jan 18 2026

      What if assessment isn’t neutral — and never has been? In this episode, I unpack how grades, rubrics, and feedback can either build student confidence… or quietly teach kids to fear learning. Through a personal story from my own school years, I explore what happens when students stop asking “What can I learn?” and start asking “How do I not fail?”
      We’ll look at the shift from grades to goals, how rubrics can act as maps (not verdicts), and what feedback sounds like when it actually fuels progress and flow. This is an episode about designing assessment with students — so learning becomes clearer, safer, and more empowering.

      connect with me and Join the conversation at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurt-walker-a148643a6?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app.
      What changed when you redesigned the task, the feedback, or the way success was made visible?

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      31 min
    • Designing for Flow: Why Entry Points Matter More Than Perfect Lessons
      Jan 11 2026

      In this episode of Grow Your Flow & Glow, we move to the practical heart of the work: learning design.

      Drawing on personal experiences from high school mathematics — where worksheets, worked examples, and “you should already know this” replaced explicit teaching — this episode explores how students become lost in learning when tasks are designed without clear entry points.

      We unpack why flow doesn’t happen by accident, and how self-regulated learning, cognitive load, and explicit teaching shape whether students can begin, persist, and succeed.

      Framed within the NSW Department of Education context, this episode reclaims design as a core professional skill — even within mandated Units of Learning — and challenges the idea that teaching is simply about delivery.

      You’ll hear why:

      • learners disengage when they don’t know where to start
      • independence is not confidence, but successful transfer
      • task design must offer challenge without shame
      • and why designing for flow protects both student dignity and teacher wellbeing

      This episode is an invitation to rethink “perfect lessons” — and redesign learning so more students can enter, stay, and grow.

      💬 connect with me and Join the conversation at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurt-walker-a148643a6?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app
      What’s a learning moment that made you feel lost — and how does it shape your teaching today?

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      29 min
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