10 tips for NQTs (and maybe experienced teachers too 😉)
A thread for an #NQT
1. Keep it simple.
You probably won’t get through everything you’ve planned. Don’t worry about it and move on.
2. Schedule how you will use your PPA.
Don’t lose your PPA chatting about nothing with whoever is nearby.
3. Learn some essentials.
Get to know the office staff, the caretaker, work the guillotine and photocopier.
4. Figure out who are the lemon suckers - and avoid them.
5. Value your LSA.
They’re worth their weight in gold.
6. Acceptance.
At some point you will teach a crap lesson.
Don’t let it define you.
Accept it, learn from it, grow from it - and move on.
7. Try to prioritise.
The simplest way is decide what is essential and what is optional.
(Sounds easier than it is!)
8. You won’t please every parent.
Seek support from leaders when dealing with tricky conversations.
9. Stuff will go wrong - but probably not as much as you think.
10. Look after yourself.
Decide in advance when you will/won’t work - and stick to it.
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