The Journal for Executive and Governance Leaders
The Journal for Executive and Governance Leaders
Topic - Teacher recruitment and development
We know we need to be attracting great people into the teaching profession, and that we want to retain and develop that talent. This was true well before most of us had heard the term ‘coronavirus’. There are longer term issues around the demand for and retention of great teachers,…
COVID-19 has brought so many different challenges in so many shapes and levels of stress for everyone working in the education sector. Those who are about to become Newly Qualified Teachers represent not only a specific group for us to worry about but also a group in whom (if we…
School closure due to COVID-19 has reduced the training time for those on ITT courses by over one third. Not surprisingly, feedback is suggesting that many trainees are feeling less confident than they would have been about their new role as an NQT from September. This comes at a time…
The government continues to find it challenging to meet its recruitment targets for teachers – not least in shortage subjects. Meanwhile, a significant increase in the secondary school pupil population is expected over the next few years, which will create additional pressures. Since 2010, overall teacher numbers have been static,…
Teaching is stimulating. You use your brain in numerous ways: as an academic, a communicator, a parent and an actor. Teaching makes your synapses fizz and crackle like a sparkler. Those at the beginning of this exciting career have a lot of information to absorb: in addition to knowledge of…
It’s good timing to be writing for Trust as new teachers are very much on my mind right now. I have recently started chairing the DfE expert group that has been asked to help develop guidance for ITE providers as to how to amend their curricula so that they align…