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    • About
    • Testimonials - training
  • Blog
    • Overview
    • So you want to be a teacher
    • Behaviour for Learning
    • Learning and Progress
    • Questioning and Collaborative Learning activities
    • Assessment
    • Lesson planning
  • Training
    • Behaviour Management strategies for the non-specialist drama teacher
    • Primary >
      • Drama teaching in the primary classroom
    • Secondary >
      • An Eye on Learning - video
  • Contact

So you want to be a teacher

A series of blog posts to help develop your teaching practice

So you want to be a teacher

An introduction to the teacher training year. This blog is designed to support the trainee teacher step by step, giving regular advice for what you need, when you need it!
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​How to make the most of observing as a trainee teacher

Regular suggestions for observation topics, and how to make the most of what you see!
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It's all firsts! 

If things go wrong - give yourself and your pupils a chance to start again!
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​The different phases of a trainee teacher

Understanding the phases a trainee teacher will go through makes it easier to manage the ups and downs of the training year!
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​Using video to increase the power of your mentor meetings

How video observations can make the feedback meetings you have with your mentor so much more productive.
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Time management

Tips for busy teachers!
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​How to keep on top

This quick-read post looks at how to keep on top of: 
  • your second term as a teacher
  • lesson planning
  • behaviour
  • managing your time
  • your work life balance
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​Establish routines for you and your students - and have a calm week!

How routines for you and the students can help maintain a calm learning atmosphere
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​Student routines - another step towards becoming a good teacher

Students like routine. That is not to say that there is no place for exciting lesson plans with surprises and discovery. It just means that having basic routines in place lets students know what you expect. ​
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