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Preparing for term 2: How to be a happy NQT in 2013

NQTs
After a tough first term and a hopefully relaxing Christmas, SecEd's resident CPD expert Margaret Adams considers how NQTs might prepare for 2013 and beyond.

The time for making New year’s resolutions is coming. When it arrives you will probably make the usual resolutions. You want to lose weight. You want to learn to touch-type. You want to get fit. How about also making some resolutions that will help you succeed in school and enjoy life more?

If making that sort of new year’s resolution sounds like a good idea, all you need is a single resolution. What is it? To wear different shoes. 

You already know that every one adopts different perspectives – or standpoints – when reviewing different elements of their lives. It is as if you are wearing a different pair of shoes as you think about each part of your life. You see things differently when you wear different shoes. 

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