Education Heroes

Welcome to the Education Heroes Podcast, spotlighting educators who make a difference to learn as every day. Hosted by Paul Sibson, Hero Co-founder and CEO, this special episode brings you the highli…

In this episode of the Education Heroes Podcast, Paul is joined by Joe Mitchell. A seasoned educator in the UK, Joe has moved through the ranks as a Pupil Achievement Lead, Deputy Head, Head Teacher …

In this episode of the Education Heroes Podcast, Paul Sibson welcomes not one, but two remarkable guests – sisters and primary principals, Kerry McConaghy and Jenny Washington.

Follow Kerry and Jenny'…

In this episode of the Education Heroes Podcast, Paul is joined by Dr Phil Cummins, Managing Partner at a School for Tomorrow, an Associate Professor of Education and Enterprise at Alfacrucis Univers…

In this episode of the Education Heroes Podcast, Paul is joined by Doug Bailey. A student-centred educator, Doug's passion is in cultural change and championing kindness and restorative practices. Ov…

Get ready for a twist in the Education Heroes Podcast as our host, Paul Sibson, Co-founder and CEO of Hero, steps into the guest seat for a special episode. 

From a milk monitor with a childhood passi…

In this episode of the Education Heroes Podcast, Paul is joined by Shelley Parkes, Deputy Principal, Professional Culture and Junior School at Oakleigh Grammar in Melbourne.

Shelley applies her unwav…

Today’s guest is Karla Hull, Principal of Te Puru School. Karla has a strong connection with her community and this really shines through in her leadership and drive to make a difference for her lear…

Today’s guest on the Education Heroes Podcast is Ben Witheford, Principal of Shotover Primary School in Queenstown. With over 25 years in the education game and the last 16 as a Principal, he has a k…

Today’s guest on the Education Heroes Podcast is Nikki Bonus, the Founder and CEO of Life Skills Group. Nikki is a powerful storyteller with a message of leadership, compassion, hope, kindness and co…

We’re kicking off Season Two of the Education Heroes Podcast with guest Jase Williams.  Paul chats with Jase, Principal of Henry Hill school in Napier, New Zealand, winner of the the 2021 Prime Minis…

Our guest today is Chris Panther.

With 20 years of experience as a teacher and school leader, Chris is currently in his 8th year as a Deputy Principal of a contributing school in Canterbury. Chris’ fo…

My guest today has over 20 years of experience as a teacher and school leader and will soon celebrate 7 years as the principal of Myross Bush School in the South of New Zealand. He recently enjoyed a…

I have known Michael guest since the late 1990s when we first taught together in London and studied together for our Masters's degrees. We even spent a month working in Mozambique supporting secondar…

With 20 years of experience as a teacher and school leader our guest, today is currently in his 4th year as deputy principal of a New Zealand secondary school. 

Jack Goodfellow is a dedicated and thou…

Our guest today is Lisa Dillon-Roberts. Lisa has over 20 years of experience in schools in the UK and New Zealand including an impressive range of principal positions. As she approaches 11 years in h…

Our guest this week is Sean Bailey. Sean spent 25 years teaching and leading schools in New Zealand. 

In 2015, he was appointed Principal of a foundation school in Canterbury specialising in designing…

This week Paul spoke with Luke Norman, the Principal of Oxley Vale Public School in NSW.
 They talked about how Luke developed from a nervous student who suffered disappointment along the way to becom…

This week’s episode featured Paul Dolan an educator with over 30 years of experience as a teacher, leader and school principal most recently at Ilam School in Christchurch where he has just stepped d…