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NQT Special: Challenges of the chalkface

NQTs Staff wellbeing
There are a range of challenges that NQTs can face in their first year at the chalkface. Julian Stanley offers some coping strategies.

It is nearing the end of the first term, a term  during which you will more than likely have felt under pressure – the hard reality of not just controlling, but actually inspiring a class of fresh, young faces; getting on with the tidal wave of paperwork; and handling the one-too-many extra-curricular or additional tasks that you have probably said yes to. Every year, the Teacher Support Network helpline is inundated with calls from NQTs struggling to cope. Below, I share some practical advice from our counsellors who help these teachers to make the transition from trainee to fully fledged educator successfully.

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