Even though NQTs receive extensive guidance and support as they progress through their first year as fully fledged teachers, taking charge of your own classes, managing heavy workloads and making a good impression on staff, pupils and parents can be a daunting prospect.
But there is plenty of advice to guide you through the year, including an inspiring new book of teaching tips gathered together by Rachel Jones, e-learning co-ordinator at King Edward VI School in Southampton.
Don’t Change the Light Bulbs is a compendium of expertise from 71 teachers, educators and leaders from across the UK.
Ms Jones, who teaches classics and IT, got the idea for the book after winning a place at the Google Teaching Academy last year. During the two-day event she had to develop a pedagogy-based project that would have an impact beyond her own education community, so she decided to produce an e-book about teaching.
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