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If you are just starting your teaching career, you’ll find guidance from PGCE and SCITT tutors, along with advice and support from experienced teachers and mentors on how to survive and thrive in your training and NQT years.

  • Purposeful starters and plenaries for training teachers

    Purposeful starters and plenaries for training teachers

    Published: 05/08/2019

    Lorna Smith, Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bristol, and Harry Dodds, a former subject tutor for the Buckingham Partnership SCITT, explain the role of starters and plenaries in effective lesson planning.

    By: Lorna Smith
  • Judging timings in a lesson

    Judging timings in a lesson

    Published: 01/10/2019

    Aly Spencer is Head of ITT for the Fylde Coast SCITT and teaching schools, and co-chair of a network of ITT providers across Lancashire. She has a special interest in the progress and wellbeing of early career teachers. Here she shares her ideas for how to manage lesson timings during your training year.

    By: Aly Spencer