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NQT Special: Pupils on what makes for effective teaching

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If you’re a new teacher, you will receive a wealth of advice from various experts – but what do the students themselves think? School leader Sean Harris asked some of his students to offer their view on what makes their lessons effective, and then signposts NQTs to further reading and ideas

If you are starting your NQT year in September, what are you expecting in your first year of teaching? Whatever your expectations, this will be a character-defining year that you will continue to look back on. For all of you, it will be an academic year filled with strengths, mistakes and learning. In this article, a group of students at my school, Norham High School in North Shields, share their top five tips for teachers, and I then recommend useful resources to help you get through your first year and become a great teacher.

“You know which teachers plan lessons well, they care about what they are teaching and know what is going to happen in the lesson.” Luke (year 9)

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