Teaching as a Career Choice: Is Teaching Right for Me?
Teaching is an enormously diverse field that attracts people from all walks of life, whether you’re a fresh, young graduate or a career-changer becoming...
Students as Teachers: Empowering, Encouraging, Enlightening
As a result of my teaching timetable last year, I started to involve my students more at the front of the class. I had...
NQTs: How to Handle Criticism
This one is really tough. You're going to devote so many hours to planning lessons, making resources and working hard to establish yourself and...
Teachers: How to Use the Christmas Break Wisely
As we move in to the last weeks of winter term, teachers will be looking forward to a well-earned rest over the Christmas break....
10 Amazing English Lesson Ideas to Inspire Your Class
Looking for some inspiration for your English classes or need some new ways to engage uninterested students? English is a wonderfully varied subject to...
Top Ten(ish) Tips for Teacher Training
As I write this post from the comfort of a secured place at an incredible school for my NQT year, it's easy to forget...
Best Books for Teachers
School’s out for summer and there’s no better way to relax than put your feet up and get stuck in to a great book....
NQTs: have reasonable expectations of yourselves
A lot of teachers I know are perfectionists; it’s not entirely surprising. We have high expectations of ourselves. We have an idea in mind...
A New Chapter… in a New School!
After spending a few years at a school, becoming confident in teaching and following the procedures, as well as being within a happy, caring...
How to Plan a Lesson
Over my next few posts I'm going to offer some (hopefully) helpful advice on teaching. I know some of you may not have taught...