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NQT Special: Marbles and other top tips for NQTs

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NQT mentors are a crucial support during your first year. As part of SecEd's NQT special edition, Emma Lee-Potter speaks to three experienced mentors to get some handy ideas and key advice for new teachers everywhere.

 

As the end of term approaches, this year’s NQTs will no doubt be feeling a range of emotions – from relief that they have completed their first term as fully fledged teachers to apprehension about the gruelling two terms that still lie ahead.

They will not be short of advice, guidance and support though. NQT mentors up and down the country are all too aware of the challenges new teachers face and are keen to share their own expertise and experience.

Eileen Crawshaw has mentored NQTs at The Warriner School in Oxfordshire for eight years and is described by headteacher Dr Annabel Kay as “the best professional tutor in the UK”. 

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