In this special episode, Ashleigh and Simeon give their best tips and advice to help you have a happy and productive first week as an ECT.

Good luck to all the ECTs out there for your first week!

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In this episode, Ashleigh and Simeon give an overview of what you can expect on your teacher training year and offer some sage advice.

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In this episode, Ashleigh and Simeon discuss ways trainee teachers and ECTs can reflect on and celebrate all of their achievements at the end of the year. There is also a lovely montage of messages from the team at the end. Congratulations to all the trainee teachers and ECTs out there!

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In this episode, Simeon and Ashleigh discuss what teachers can do to prepare if they have found a job for September and what they can do if they haven't. They also interview Alisha, a teacher who started her career by doing supply teaching.

Here is the link to the episode we mentioned: https://redcircle.com/shows/267430fb-5cbe-49ff-9bb9-ec4126cfba84/episodes/6a5e1806-cd62-480e-a1ac-2fecfb6f2047?_ga=2.244877829.1041577009.1653307616-334379120.1653307616

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In this episode Ashleigh and Simeon discuss the role of trainee teacher and ECT mentors. We give some ideas for avoiding potential issues and advice on getting on with your mentor. We also take a look at the mentor's side of things and have a fantastic interview with our guest mentor Josh (who has over 1.4 million views on TikTok).

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In this episode, Ashleigh and Simeon share their tips for writing personal statements and explain how you can send your statement to us for feedback. They also discuss our recent Job Hunting week and give away a free mock interview.

After listening to the epsiode, you can send us your statement here: https://forms.gle/jmZgC9ih1iad6wqC6

Here is the blog we mentioned: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/blog/personal-statement-writing-tips-for-teaching-positions

The live session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBKcPm7y6tk

And the free resource we mentioned: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/executive-summary-t-tp-2679737

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Good luck with your job hunt! 😀

In this episode Simeon and Ashleigh talk about the important first steps of your job hunting journey. They discuss where and when to start looking for jobs and how to find out if a school is right for you. They are also joined by Twinkl Digest’s Sophie, who gives her own top tips and advice on how you can feel equipped to start the process of finding that elusive first teaching position.

Job Hunting Mega Pack: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/job-hunting-mega-pack-for-trainee-teachers-and-ects-t-tp-2683339

Sophie's Job-Hunting Series: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/blog/securing-a-job-part-1-choosing-a-school

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/blog/securing-a-job-part-two

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/blog/securing-a-job-part-three-tackling-the-interview-day

On today’s episode Simeon and Ashleigh discuss all of the little opportunities in the day where you can save yourself some much needed time. They are also joined by current ECT, Chloe, who gives an insight into her life at school and they play a time saving game that you can play along with at home.

If you feel you never have enough time, then this is the podcast for you!

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In this fun episode, the team discuss their favourite things about Christmas in school, play a teacher-y Christmas game (which you can join in with at home) and share their top tips for recovering over the festive period. Merry Christmas! 🎄🌟

Warning: We discuss the existence of Santa Claus a little bit, so it would be best not to listen with children present. 😉🎅🏽

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In this episode, Simeon, Hannah and new team member Donna clearly define and explain the process of differentiation. They also discuss how you can plan for differentiation and how differentiation can happen spontaneously in your classroom.

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