NQT Special: Diary of an NQT – Term 1

I have set myself the challenge of sharing some of my successes to date. This is quite a push as I still very much feel like a novice and I think the transition from ITE to NQT will take some while yet. I feel surrounded by those who have been teaching for longer, seem to plan with such accuracy, and deliver every class so seamlessly and with precision.

Having said this, on reflection, there are a handful of aspects to my teaching that, after my first term, I believe I can demonstrate more naturally.

I feel I do a relatively respectable job of differentiating  in order to make learning accessible to pupils – mainly through seating plans and planning learning using Bloom’s Taxonomy. Through engaging initial stimuli, like short pieces of reading, film clips, carousel activities, pictures and card sorts to obtain knowledge then using appropriate methods of analysis, comparison and evaluation to apply, stretch and challenge. I feel I am able to engage and facilitate progress for the majority of pupils.