Initial teacher education

Martin Sutton is the subject leader for the Secondary Geography ITT course at the University of Reading. Here are his top training year tips.

Will Bailey-Watson is Subject Lead of PGCE History at the University of Reading. He shares his ideas for a best-practice approach to enquiry questions for training history teachers.

Use lesson observations and root cause analysis, the 'Five whys', to help you to become a more reflective practitioner during your training year. Lorna Smith, Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bristol, shares her expert guidance.

Lorna Smith is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bristol. She shares some fundamental tips for lesson planning to help with effective classroom management during your training year.

Lorna Smith, Senior Lecturer in Education, considers some of the ways training and newly qualified teachers can support students with their learning.

Mentoring a training teacher can be extremely rewarding and will help you to grow as a practitioner too. Lorna Smith, Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bristol, shares her advice on how to get the most out of the relationship for both mentor and mentee.