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Head of languages and MFL consultant, Isabelle Jones, shares her approach to teaching translation skills, with 20 creative and flexible classroom activities.

Martin Sutton is the subject leader for Secondary Geography ITT at the University of Reading and a former head of department. Here he shares his ideas for championing fieldwork during your training year.

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

20 quick, fun and engaging icebreakers to help you and students get to know each other. Whatever your subject, there's an idea that will work in your classroom. Perfect for training, newly qualified and experienced teachers alike!

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.

Here’s our guide to help you to avoid some of the professional pitfalls of your training and ECT years. With nearly 125 years of experience in the classroom between them, Teachit’s editors share their experiences of coping with everything from sleep deprivation and keeping healthy to unexpected knickers and stolen mugs.

Joe Dale is an independent languages consultant and an expert in using digital tools to support teaching and learning. Here are his tips for using technology to give feedback.

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.

Teacher and author, Jake Hunton, offers eight evidence-based suggestions for highly effective revision strategies, based on proven techniques from cognitive science and psychology.

Jake Hunton is a teacher and author. Here he provides his innovative ideas for highly effective, evidence-based revision techniques.

Katherine Muncaster is passionate about growth mindsets and metacognition. Here she shares her ideas on developing a growth mindset.

Reduce your marking workload and give meaningful feedback to your students. We share our tried and tested strategies to help training teachers, NQTs and experienced teachers.

Parents' evenings can be a bit daunting or even stressful when you are a training or early career teacher. We share our top tips for effective feedback and communication with parents.

Learning all your students' names can be challenging, particularly at the beginning of a new school year during transition, but it's essential for positive classroom management and strong relationships. We share our favourite, tried and trusted strategies to help you.