Beyond Survival: The New Teacher Podcast
A weekly podcast to inspire and motivate teachers in the exciting first few years of their careers. Every week an expert guest will answer a central question to support new teachers to be the best version of themselves in the classroom. There is also a weekly 'Teacher Talk' which gives practical strategies for an aspect of teaching in fifteen minutes. Host Jamie Thom left the classroom in August of 2022 to run a new English PGDE at Napier University in Edinburgh. He is the author of four books on education, his latest come out in February 2023 and is called 'Talking To Teenagers: A guide to skillfull classroom communication.' He is passionate about supporting new teachers.
Beyond Survival: The New Teacher Podcast
What is training to be a teacher really like?
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Jamie Thom
Today's episode is fantastic conversation between Colin and Hayley Guy. Hayley just completed her PGDE (teacher-education/training) year in Scotland with us at Edinburgh Napier University. In this practical and helpful conversation Colin and Hayley discuss:
- What was the most important piece of learning during your PGDE?
- What advice do you have for managing the PGDE workload while raising a young family?
- What was the biggest challenges you faced during your PGDE and how did you overcome them?
- How has your PGDE year prepared you for being a probationer teacher?
- If you could go back in time to August 2023, what advice would you give yourself?
Thank you for listening, please do pass on the episode to others if you found it helpful.