“Daddy, come quickly – LOOK!!!”
It was the sort of yell that makes you drop your coffee. I leapt up to my 4-year-old son’s room. […]
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The 3rd stage of transition from Early Career Teachers to QTS.
Now are a real teacher but as you are discovering, your first year in the profession as an ECT is
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Leaving the classroom behind? How to use your teaching transferable skills.
For many teachers thinking of leaving education, the concept of what else to do instead is often a huge barrier
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Are you a cat, dog, or parrot in your career change from education?
If there’s one thing teachers like (apart from stationary selections) is a jolly good quiz. Here is a fun way
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I stood frozen to the spot – I knew I’d die right there in a school cookery class.
Perhaps I should explain… As a kid growing up in poverty, food was limited. And cheese was always economy mild
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10 tips to knock out your fear so you can chase your dreams.
Fear has us up against the ropes, another blow and we’ll be down. Isn’t it time you delivered the knock-out
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Teacher and School Leaders, do you need an effective and fast intervention to support your career change?
Leaving a career in education isn’t easy. And that’s before you face the new process of applying for roles outside
Why looking ahead in your career is better than looking back.
There are times in your career that looking in the rear-view mirror and reflecting back is a good thing, particularly
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How to avoid career change panic and the shiny bandwagon approach.
If you work in education, you will be familiar with the constant pace of change. You will probably have experienced
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The most important lesson in life is to let go…
Let go of people who aren’t ready to love you. This is the hardest thing you will ever have to
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Teacher Main Scale to Upper Pay Scale: things you might want to consider.
As part of normal career progression in education, you will at some point reach the top of main pay scale
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Why being a Smartie is better than a Pick n Mix approach to teacher career change.
You’ve made the leap. You have handed in your notice and exit the classroom at the end of the academic
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