Chloe explains: “What I enjoy about teaching is that you’re always bettering yourself and going through a process of being reflective. There's never a day where I do something and I think it worked by fluke because you’re always analysing and
And, you will need to get creative in the moment as Johnson explains: “Sometimes you need to adapt things or multitask. Just take every day as it comes. Sometimes the plan doesn't work so you must learn to deviate from it."
At first, like when starting anything new, some things will feel hard. Johnson remembers this from his experience as a trainee: “Challenge isn’t necessarily a bad thing and as a new teacher you do get extra time in the day outside of the
Many teachers agree that seeing children progress is the most rewarding part of teaching Johnson says: “The children are wonderful. I’ve always had the mindset that a child is probably looking forward to the day with you, that's why I went into
Johnson says: “It's not 8.30 to 3.30, it's a bit more than that, but with the Ofsted framework that's coming in teachers work-life balance is improving significantly. I see that myself.”