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NQT special: Moving from trainee to NQT

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SecEd’s current NQT diarist reflects on her first year at the chalkface and offers advice to trainee teachers who are preparing to begin their careers in September.

My year as an NQT is nearly over. I cannot believe it has gone so fast. I have been asked to reflect on lessons learnt, how I am preparing for the year ahead, and key successes.

Perhaps it is because as trainee teachers we are taught to continually reflect upon and improve our practice, but I find the first two much easier to do than the third. 

So these are the things I am going to write about here, in the hope that a look at my lessons learned and how I plan to prepare for my next year might be of some small help to any trainee teachers about to embark on their own NQT journey.

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