What advice could a PGCE tutor offer other trainee teachers and school mentors?
As we start the new academic year, I wanted to jot down some notes publicly for others to read a) if you are a trainee teacher reading this or b) if you are a new mentor or tutor.
I've supported new teachers in the profession for as long as I can remember, working as a subject mentor in 2000s, and strategically as a whole-school lead for CPD from 2007 to 2017. For the last seven years, I have been working as a PGCE tutor for