Get Into Teaching Blog

Real teachers talk about their experiences, and our experts give tips on how to get into initial teacher training.

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Get Into Teaching Blog

Real teachers talk about their experiences, and our experts give tips on how to get into initial teacher training.

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1. From teaching internship to assistant head of maths

   Published 5 July 2021

   By Get Into Teaching

   

   Within three years Ben Breen went from a teaching intern to the assistant head of maths.

   1. teaching internships
   2. career progression

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2. How to ace a video interview

   Published 6 April 2021

   By Anna Shirley

   

   From logistics to presentation, Sheffield SCITT communications manager Anna Shirley shares her top tips for video interviews.

   1. becoming a teacher
   2. interviews
   3. applications

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3. Overcoming challenges to become a teacher — Hearing impairment

   Published 22 March 2021

   By Habiba Cabdi

   

   Habiba Cabdi offered to speak to Teacher Training Adviser, Jane Wilkinson, about the challenges faced by someone who lives with additional needs and their progress towards achieving the dream of becoming a teacher.

   1. mentors
   2. deafness
   3. support

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4. Why I became a teacher

   Published 1 February 2021

   By Giorgio Rubbo

   

   Giorgio Rubbo talks about what inspired him to become a teacher, his application process, concerns he had, and why you should become a teacher if you're thinking about it.

   1. becoming a teacher
   2. advisers

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5. Being myself in the classroom

   Published 15 October 2020

   By Get Into Teaching

   

   Early Career Teacher (ECT), Olivia Lee, did her teacher training in Drama with the Outwood Grange Academies Trust. Here she explains how being herself in the classroom has made her the teacher she has become.

   1. teacher training
   2. applications
   3. becoming a teacher

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6. Managing behaviour in the classroom

   Published 9 October 2020

   By Get Into Teaching

   

   Teacher training adviser Jane Wilkinson answers some common questions from aspiring teachers about behaviour management

   1. behaviour
   2. classroom concerns

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7. Transferring my skills to teaching

   Published 1 February 2020

   By Will Fordham

   

   Teaching trainee Will Fordham was working as a communications manager, when he realised that teaching was what he loved.

   1. changing career to teaching

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8. Financier's future in maths

   Published 27 January 2020

   By Peter Bassett

   

   Peter Bassett shares how he switched his role in finance for the classroom.

   1. changing career to teaching

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9. No two days are the same

   Published 13 January 2020

   By Gavin McIntyre

   

   Assistant headteacher Gavin McIntyre shares his journey to become a teacher.

   1. life as a teacher

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10. Salaried teacher training and classroom learning

    Published 16 December 2019

    By Nathan Sproule

    

    The option of salaried teacher training meant that Nathan Sproule could earn while he trained to be a teacher.

    1. teacher training

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