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
How to thrive in the early years of your career
In this episode, Colin talks to Kirsty Hair of the University of Strathclyde about her fantastic contribution to The Essentials in Learning to Teach by Jamie Thom and Colin McGill.
Kirsty gives excellent answers to the following questions:
- What do you think are the biggest challenges facing early career teachers?
- In your contribution to Essentials in Learning to Teach you talk about resilience - can you tell us a bit more about why resilience is important?
- You've written about the importance of professional dialogue. Why is it important that early career teachers get involved in professional dialogue with colleagues?
- Most student and early career teachers struggle with curricular knowledge. How can ESTs go about developing and strengthening their curricular knowledge?
- What advice do you have about getting involved in the wider life of the school?