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S02E04 A day in the life of A Maths & Science Educator with Gemma Spalding

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S02E04 A day in the life of A Maths & Science Educator with Gemma Spalding

Welcome to Season 2 of the UK Educators Community Podcast, where you'll get a sneak peek into Educator's diaries, as Syd asks her guests to run through one of their typical days.  On this episode, you'll meet Gemma Spalding

Gemma launched "Spalding's School of Science" in June 2019.  Unlike many of the educators Syd's spoken to on these podcasts, Gemma hasn't ever worked in a traditional schooling environment.  You'll hear a great conversation between two educators, who's values really align, but their approaches and businesses are quite different.  Here are some useful messages that came out of today's chat:

• A focus on your own well-being is of massive importance to your business.  Always ensure you have "me time" in every day, (even if it's just an hour of book reading before bed). 
  
  
• The UK science curriculum is pretty dull, more interesting subjects and approaches need to be taken to really inspire learning.
  
  
• In order to scale up your business, it's so important to delegate work to trusted team members and spend time on growth plans, marketing and sales.

 
Find out more about Gemma's business here: https://spaldingschoolofscience.com/about-gemma-spalding-private-tuition/

For full show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/

To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators

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More about Syd.

Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!

She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.

Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade.  Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.