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A note for your NQT briefcase

NQTs
SecEd's CPD expert Margaret Adams offers her advice on how you can prepare for year number two.

You are ready for the summer and you are ready for a holiday. There may be only six weeks between the end of the summer term and the start of the new school year, but you will be amazed at how much you will forget about your first year in teaching during that time.

That is a pity because the NQT perspective you have brought to your work during the past year is valuable. It is also a perspective that has helped you to achieve a lot. Now, as the end of the year approaches, you may be keen to leave your NQT status behind, but it would make a lot of sense to try to hold on to the NQT mindset.

To help you to do this, write yourself a note from your current NQT standpoint. Use the following prompts to help you. Put your note in your briefcase and look at it again when you come to prepare for the autumn.

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