Initial teacher education

 

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.

  • 20 tips for supporting students' learning

    20 tips for supporting students' learning

    Published: 17/08/2020

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

    By: Lorna Smith
  • Mentoring a training teacher

    Mentoring a training teacher

    Published: 17/08/2020

    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.

    By: Lorna Smith
  • Behaviour for learning: key principles

    Behaviour for learning: key principles

    Published: 17/08/2020

    Lorna Smith is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bristol. Here she shares 20 principles of behaviour for learning for training and new teachers.

    By: Lorna Smith
  • Surviving as an ECT

    Surviving as an ECT

    Published: 17/08/2020

    We’ve drawn on the collective wisdom of Teachit’s editors, all seasoned teachers, to share some of their advice for getting through the challenges of your ECT years.

    By: Teachit's editorial team
  • 10 ideas for new MFL teachers

    10 ideas for new MFL teachers

    Published: 10/09/2020

    10 tried and tested language learning activities that never fail to engage students, brought together by Languages editor and experienced MFL teacher Sheena Newland.

    By: Sheena Newland