Classroom Management Strategies: How to Control Your Noisy Classroom
You’re stood at the front of the classroom, ready to begin your lesson that you spent hours preparing, making resources for and differentiating materials....
Teacher Training and Tiredness
As a PGCE student, you are prepared for every type of teaching eventuality; from behaviour management, collecting evidence in order to meet Teaching Standards,...
Five Ways to Avoid Teacher Burnout
Stress is a big problem for teachers, with workloads increasing and greater accountability measures, many are struggling to cope. The first thing to know...
How to Establish Yourself in the Classroom
The second in my 'How To' series, this post looks at how you establish yourself in those first few lessons at school. Here are...
How to Set a Seating Plan That Works For You
It’s that time of year again. The school gates have opened, and teachers and students are heading back in to the classroom. And with...
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...
Top Teaching Interview Tips
Job interviews of any kind are nerve-wracking and we’ve all had interview experiences we would be happy to forget. Interviews for teaching posts can...
12 Teacher Residential Essentials
It’s that time of year again! The school residential trips are coming up and you’ve been asked to come along. The residential trip is...
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...
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...