Starting Out Guide For Newly Qualified and Trainee Teachers

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Teacher Support Network is an independent charity dedicated to providing vital support to teachers like you.

Finding a job

If you are training or a trainee it is a good idea to start looking out for jobs at the beginning of the spring term.

Your first steps into teaching

As part of your assessment to achieve Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) you will be required to submit coursework and complete assessments.

Back to school

Everyone says that your school days are the best of your life. Whether you agreed with this when you were sitting in the library revising for an exam on a Friday afternoon or running cross-country in a blizzard, you obviously liked the place because you’re going back!

Looking after yourself

Schools can be pressurised places at the best of times. But you may find some times in the school year are particularly hectic, when you may have to contend with report writing or marking coursework in addition to your usual workload.

Career Development

Although you will be assigned a school mentor, you will be responsible for managing your own performance and training needs.

Money, money, money

Managing your cash is like another job after your job. We help you get organised with this section of our guide.

Routes into teaching

This section of our Starting Out Guide contains a good amount of information from the Training and Development Agency for Schools.

Useful contacts

Here we have put together a toolkit of useful resources, organised by country.






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