Teacher confidence
Our teacher confidence hub is packed with Tes tools, tips and advice from current and former teachers as well as education experts – helping you to build or maintain your confidence in teaching.
Finding your confidence in the classroom can have a positive effect on many areas of your teaching; from enabling you to push boundaries, try new teaching methods and better support student progress, to increasing your enjoyment of the job and your longevity in the profession too.
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Free guide: Finding your confidence when teaching
From building your own confidence in the classroom, to discovering ways to help your students become more confident, our free guide is packed with tips, advice and support.
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Lit in Colour Teacher Conference
Watch all the sessions from our Lit in Colour conference, packed full of practical advice and support to build your confidence in teaching texts by authors of colour to create positive change in your classroom.
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Secondary Halloween resources
Explore and celebrate Halloween with your students with this spooktacular selection of hand-picked whole-school and subject specific resources.
Tips, resources and training to develop your classroom confidence
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How new teachers can build confidence in the classroom
Andy Taylor explains how adopting a different persona can fool your students into thinking you're brimming with confidence.
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Does teacher confidence improve student learning?
Marc Smith explores the research that sheds some light on how children respond to confidence in adults.
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Tes Resources
Find inspiration, save time and create great lessons with tried and tested resources created by teachers, for teachers.
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Tes Institute
Develop and progress at every stage of your career with flexible, personalised teacher training and CPD.
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Tes Magazine
Get digital access to the latest education insight, analysis, and teaching and learning knowledge – anytime, anywhere.
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Teacher confidence stories
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This primary headteacher shares how confidence affects his role
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This former headteacher shares her advice to build teacher confidence
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What can you do when you do not feel confident in the classroom?
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This former teacher discusses how important teacher confidence is
More support to boost or maintain your confidence
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Finding your confidence
Build your confidence in teaching, leading and safeguarding.
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Leading with confidence
Get support with leading your colleagues and students with confidence.
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Safeguarding with confidence
Feel confident that you're up to date with the latest safeguarding best practice and guidance.
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