This year I have achieved one of my short term teaching goals: to train a new teacher in the profession. This has been on my list since I was trained; I had two amazing mentors who pushed me to take risks and encouraged me to improve my practice. I still meet up with both theseContinue reading “Mentoring”
Category Archives: ITT
A Level Teaching
Are you nervous about A Level teaching? Are you an NQT who feels as though you are no more than a sixth former dressed slightly smarter, with a degree and a year of teaching under your belt, and that you are definitely blagging this teaching thing? Never fear, you are not alone. Teaching A LevelContinue reading “A Level Teaching”
As I am
Y’all gonna hate me. (Probably for that opening sentence). But oh well here it goes. Let it go. Yes the song is annoying and yes once it is in your head, it is stuck there forever. But we can learn a lot from this song. And despite the repetition, the annoyance, it can actually helpContinue reading “As I am”
Teacher Training
One of the best perks of the new job is helping guide a new teacher into their career. The best thing about it isn’t having them take some of my lessons (even though that is nice) it is watching our trainee this year grow as a confident and excellent practitioner. In history we have aContinue reading “Teacher Training”