Starting Out Guide For Newly Qualified and Trainee Teachers

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Working relationships

Good communication skills are central to the teacher’s role. The relationships you form with staff, students, parents and governors can make all the difference in the early stages of your career. Make it a priority to build and develop these relationships from the outset. The following factsheets  will give you tips on developing communication skills and things to avoid:

The staffroom
In the school environment, you will have to interact with many different kinds of personalities. Building positive working relationships with colleagues takes time and effort. However hard you try, it isn’t always possible to get along with everyone you work with and there may be times when you don’t see eye to eye. Check out our factsheet to help improve communication in the staffroom.

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  1. Jan 6th, 2009

    kirsty said:

    I felt my mentor – also my head of department – was over-critical, always trying to pick holes in me. I’d often go home in tears. After yet another lesson observation where she’d torn my teaching apart, I decided I’d had enough. I requested a meeting with her and asked for a senior colleague to sit in, as a neutral party. I told her how her behaviour was making me feel, how it was affecting my confidence. She looked horrified. I don’t think she even realised what she was doing. Things were a bit frosty for a while but she definitely made the effort to be more positive after that.



  2. Jan 6th, 2009

    will said:

    When I first started teaching, my mentor was one of the senior management team. She was overloaded with work and seemed far too busy to give me much time. I tried to tackle her, but she couldn’t seem to even spare the time to discuss it. Eventually, I had a confidential chat with another senior teacher.

    She had a tactful talk with my mentor and offered to take over the mentoring, which meant I finally got the support I needed.

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