Surviving to thriving as a new teacher

A practical guide to your first two years in teaching. It offers lots of time saving tips and advice on managing your work life balance, while also progressing with your career.

I have been a teacher for over twelve years, and I worked in both pastoral and academic leadership positions. I have not done everything right, but over the years I have found ways to work that allow me to feel like I can be a great teacher, as well as being a good mum, partner, friend and not neglecting myself. If you want teaching to be a longterm career option, you need to work smart and hard.

Early years teaching is tough and I hope this guide can give you some useful guidelines and bit of optimism.