Shannon Kavanagh -Head of Senior School English - Hong Kong

 In this episode I’m talking with Shannon Kavanagh. Shannon is Head of Senior School English at King George V school in Hong Kong. 

In the episode we discuss

• One of the best texts she’s recently read, studied or taught

• An Introduction to her career to date and current position at KGV

• The recent review of diversity and inclusion at the school

• How planning is organised within the department and school as a whole

• The specific challenges KGV students face in English and how the department combats this

• The extent to which technology plays a part in delivering the English curriculum at KGV

• Shannon and the department’s approach to marking and what the school’s expectation is with frequency, turnaround time and nature of feedback

• And lastly, recommendations for resources that English teacher may find useful.

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Thanks again to Shannon for discussing life at KGV with me and for the variety of recommendations she makes around pedagogy and literature respectively.

Links:

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

IXL - Grammar and Language Skills Platform

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

Jared Horvath’s YouTube Channel

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