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NQT Special: Workload, behaviour, CPD and technology

We ask three middle leaders and a former headteacher to share their advice across four vital areas for NQTs

Brian Heavisides, former headteacher and Teaching Leaders coach

To the daunted eyes of many experienced teachers, let alone NQTs, “workload and wellbeing” simply do not go together. Yet workload and wellbeing can and should be managed in order to maintain teacher effectiveness and provide the best support for pupils. In my experience, the secret to achieving both of these rests in one overwhelming skill that has to be mastered right at the start of the role. To ensure an effective balance in life, teachers need to be expert planners. The best tips to making this happen revolve around the art of real and effective time-management.

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