Your NQT year is in full swing by now. Hopefully you will be settled and happy in your new school and by now the staff and students should have stopped looking at you as if you’re an intruder.
Enjoy that feeling of belonging. Remember what it was like when you were a student teacher?
When it always felt like you were in the way or struggled for respect because you were “just” a student teacher? Take a moment now to remind yourself of how far you’ve come. You are a qualified teacher.
A year ago I was in the same position, about to reach the end of my first term as a qualified teacher. Here follows some advice based on my experiences last year.
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