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NQT Special: Advice from the second year

NQTs Workload
Last year, SecEd readers followed the trials, tribulations and successes of our NQT diarist. Now in her second year of teaching, she offers her advice for this year’s NQT cohort

You are almost one full term into your NQT year. Compared to your training, this is a year of further freedom and autonomy within your classes and departments – but of course this comes with continued assessment and development.

This year, the pace of paperwork and observations is significantly less and this should only get better as you progress. I hope you are all feeling more independent and able to explore your own teaching style, creativity and influence over your own groups. Based on my first year at the chalkface last year, here are some hints to help you all manage your NQT year effectively.

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