Five things you need to know on your first day of school – as a teacher

Williams, Rachel 2016. Five things you need to know on your first day of school – as a teacher. The Conversation 2016 (3 Aug)

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Abstract

As the new school year approaches, many newly qualified teachers will be eagerly preparing for their first proper teaching post – with nerves and lesson planning aplenty. But despite those first day butterflies and the new-term excitement, my research has found that many teachers actually find their first teaching job to be much more difficult than they expected. Government statistics show that in 2015, over 10% of teachers left the state sector. At a time when the routes into teaching are changing, more than 107,000 teachers who completed their training last year never actually taught in a school. This is worrying considering that many teacher vacancies remain unfilled. As part of my research, I’ve identified some of the things that cause stress for new teachers and looked into the support that is available to help them cope. I’ve discovered that the greatest challenges were caused by a high work load, disruptive pupils, teaching pupils with different abilities in the same class and the worry of having their lessons observed.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
Publisher:	The Conversation Trust
ISSN:	2201-5639
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	4 November 2024
Date of Acceptance:	30 August 2016
Last Modified:	05 Mar 2025 12:21
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/173635

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