October is officially Hectic Month™️ (Black History Month, Mental Health Day, Halloween... all of it), but nestled in the mix is something super important: ADHD Awareness Month.

And look, if you’re thinking, “Well, I don’t have any diagnosed ADHD students,” think again. Not only is it likely that you do (diagnosed or not), but what helps ADHD students thrive is actually just good teaching for everyone.

In this episode, I’m giving you a front seat to 5 simple, powerful shifts you can make today to better support your neurodivergent students.

These are the real-deal takeaways from ADHD coach and teacher Andy Hayes’ masterclass inside The Behaviour Club, and they’re already making waves in classrooms across the club.

What you’ll learn:

• Why ADHD students hear 10,000 more negative messages than their peers, and how to change the story
• What task initiation actually looks like (and how to scaffold it without overhauling your lesson plans)
• Why novelty isn’t fluff, it’s fuel for the ADHD brain
• How visual routines support executive functioning and make your classroom calmer
• The high-impact way to celebrate strengths over struggles (no tokenism, no fluff)

Mentioned in this episode:

• 111 Printable Sticky Note Templates
• Celebration Cards
  
  

Have a question, comment, or just want to say hello? Drop us a text!

RESOURCES AND MORE SUPPORT:

• Shop all resources
• Join The Behaviour Club
• My book! It’s Never Just About the Behaviour: A holistic approach to classroom behaviour management
• The Low-Level Behaviour Bootcamp
• Free guide: 'Chats that Create Change'

Connect with me:

• Follow on Instagram @the.unteachables
• Check out my website

This episode is personal. Raw. Vulnerable. And honestly… one of the most important stories I’ve ever shared.

So if you’re a teacher who’s ever doubted the impact you’re having, especially with those students who seem like they couldn’t care less? This one’s for you.

Today, I’m taking you back to my own high school days. Not the shiny, well-behaved student success story, but the version of me who was skipping class, stinking like cigarettes, and seriously thinking about dropping out altogether.

And then… there was Miss Povey. My English teacher.
The one who saw me. Who actually saw me.

I’ve shared little bits of this before, but never like this.

Inside the episode, I’ll walk you through:

• What was really going on for me during those high school years
• The moment I nearly dropped out and the one thing she said that changed everything
• The ripple effect of her belief in me (spoiler alert: it’s why this whole Unteachables thing even exists)

This is for every teacher who's ever wondered if that one sentence you wrote on a kid’s paper, or that 30-second conversation you had, really mattered.

I’m here to tell you, it freaking does.

What you’ll learn:

• Why one teacher’s belief can be enough to change a life
• The impact of seeing a student beyond their behaviour
• How academic disengagement is often masking something deeper
• A powerful reminder that your presence, your consistent, persistent presence, is more impactful than any program or policy

Have a question, comment, or just want to say hello? Drop us a text!

RESOURCES AND MORE SUPPORT:

• Shop all resources
• Join The Behaviour Club
• My book! It’s Never Just About the Behaviour: A holistic approach to classroom behaviour management
• The Low-Level Behaviour Bootcamp
• Free guide: 'Chats that Create Change'

Connect with me:

• Follow on Instagram @the.unteachables
• Check out my website

This tiny tweak could change your whole classroom vibe.

If you’ve ever found yourself gripping onto those five students who always put their hands up while the rest of the class stares blankly out the window—or worse, starts low-key mutinies—you are NOT alone.

In this episode, I’m giving you a front seat to a game-changing shift I made in how I asked students to engage. It's a small upgrade that completely changed the energy in my classroom. And no, it's not a paddle pop stick in sight.

I’ll take you back to the chaos I experienced when cold calling backfired, why the same students always put their hands up, and what I realised was actually the goal when it comes to whole-class engagement (hint: it's not just getting more mouths moving).

You’ll hear practical ways to upgrade your questioning on the spot, why “write it on your sticky note and slap it on your forehead” can be pedagogical GOLD, and how micro tweaks like this can be low-effort but high-impact.

If your class is giving “two kids do all the work and everyone else is coasting,” this episode is your roadmap out of it.

Let’s roll the tape!

What you’ll learn:

• Why cold calling, name pickers, and paddle pop sticks might not be helping you build engagement (and what might work better)
• How to shift from passive invitations to explicit, all-in instructions
• Four easy ways to upgrade classic questions like “Who can find the simile?” and “What’s the main message?”
• Why shout-outs, whiteboards, and sticky notes beat raised hands any day of the week
• The sneaky ways we accidentally teach students it’s OK to opt out—and how to change that
• How to engage quiet processors and anxious students without triggering defiance or freeze responses
• One surprising tool for building rapport while building engagement

Resources & Links:

👉 Join the $1 Kickstart: https://www.the-unteachables.com/kickstart

👉 Waitlist for The Behaviour Club: https://www.the-unteachables.com/tbc

Have a question, comment, or just want to say hello? Drop us a text!

RESOURCES AND MORE SUPPORT:

• Shop all resources
• Join The Behaviour Club
• My book! It’s Never Just About the Behaviour: A holistic approach to classroom behaviour management
• The Low-Level Behaviour Bootcamp
• Free guide: 'Chats that Create Change'

Connect with me:

• Follow on Instagram @the.unteachables
• Check out my website