Two teachers discuss their NQT (newly qualified teacher) year working at different UK secondary schools. Topics this time include the role of the Trust, CPD (continuous professional development) and of course, the move to distance learning during the current pandemic.

Student Teachers Anonymous

NQT Year Review (so far).

It’s the first half-term of our newly qualified teacher (NQT) year. We catch up with a focus on the comical, and a good dash of reflection, as is custom. https://archive.org/download/s2e1welcomeback/S2%20E1%20welcome%20back.wav

Welcome back! The first half term of being newly qualified teachers

https://archive.org/download/Episode7_201906/episode%207.mp3 We discuss primary school experiences, making teaching interesting and how to help pupils build confidence in science.

What is a bee? And other important questions

On this episode we discuss our experiences interviewing for jobs. Spoiler: we got them. https://archive.org/download/Episode6_20190520/episode%206.mp3

The new teacher interview process

https://archive.org/download/Episode5Master/Episode%205%20Master.mp3

Relying on routines and teaching that works: The middle of teaching placement 2

https://archive.org/download/studentteachersanon_gmail_Ep4/ep%204.mp3

Routine teaching: teaching placement 2

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Taking a break: Christmas

Episode 2. This is the second episode and today we talked about out first few days back in a school. We discuss the first few lesson, confidence and the highs and the lows. We talk a bit about the professional-teacher role, all the new responsibility that brings and how this seems to be changing us … Continue reading The first few days in school: observations and teaching →

The first few days in school: observations and teaching

Episode 1 of the student teachers anonymous podcast. Today we talked about our induction into the programme, the interview process, the first few weeks of university and although we said we wouldn’t a little on how our personal philosophies on teaching are changing.   https://ia801501.us.archive.org/18/items/STA01/Episode1_final.mp3

The PGCE interview and induction

Hello and welcome the Student Teachers Anonymous podcast, a place where you can laugh at the dismantling of the fragile ego's of two wannabe teachers, find pleasure in embarrassing anecdotal teacher mishaps and occasionally gain insight into the university led teacher training process.