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After term one, are you an A* NQT?

NQTs
SecEd CPD expert Margaret Adams helps new teachers to reflect on their first term at the chalkface.

Are you top of the NQT class? Are you a grade A NQT, or might you even be an A* NQT? It is too early in your career for you to call yourself an excellent teacher, although you may be on the way to becoming one. 

However, an A* NQT is a different proposition. Do you think you might have earned your A* for the progress you have made to date? Do you think you have done pretty well this term? Consider the following success criteria and make your judgement. 

You may not have seen it happening in your school, but quite a few people start their first term in teaching and do not make it through to the Christmas holiday. For whatever reason, they decide that teaching is not for them. They come to the conclusion that they have made a bad career choice. They then cut their losses and leave quickly.

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