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.

  • Planning with a purpose

    Planning with a purpose

    Published: 01/10/2019

    Sarah Longshaw leads the Cheshire and Stockport Science Learning Partnership. Here she shares her purposeful lesson planning ideas for training and new science teachers.

    By: Sarah Longshaw
  • Managing low-level disruption

    Managing low-level disruption

    Published: 21/10/2019

    Aly Spencer is Head of ITT for the Fylde Coast SCITT. Here she shares her creative approaches to managing low-level disruption successfully during your training year.

    By: Aly Spencer
  • Surviving your first teaching placement: 10 golden rules

    Surviving your first teaching placement: 10 golden rules

    Published: 21/10/2019

    Andy Sammons, Head of Department in a large secondary school and author of 'The Compassionate Teacher' outlines his advice on how to make the most of your first teaching placement.

    By: Andy Sammons
  • 20 tips for training geography teachers

    20 tips for training geography teachers

    Published: 13/08/2020

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

    By: Martin Sutton
  • Framing learning around historical enquiry questions

    Framing learning around historical enquiry questions

    Published: 13/08/2020

    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.

    By: Will Bailey-Watson