My PGCE

My PGCE is finished! I talk about: 

• QTS (Qualified Teacher Status) 
• ECT (Early Career Teacher) 
• Advice for new trainees: 
• - Go with the flow 
• - Focus on what matters, namely: 
• -- Good explanations (self-ef…

I talk to fellow podcaster Miss Ruddick (https://linktr.ee/hattyeru) about our experiences of the PGCE: 

• Introductions 
• Picking battles 
• Overcoming a host of challenges 
• Mental health 

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I talk about the last few weeks of my PGCE: 

• Overview 
• From Year 6 to Year 7 
• Intellectual need 
• Mental health 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mypgcepod
Email: mypgcepod at gmail dot com
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I talk about the last two weeks of my PGCE: 

• Three days at a SEND school 
• Why don't we have RSHE specialists? 
• Mental health 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mypgcepod
Email: mypgcepod at gmail dot com
Patr…

I talk about the last few weeks of my PGCE: 

• It was a fart spray! 
• The value of trainee teachers 
• Necessity - the mother of fast lesson planning 
• A bit of a breakdown 
• A wobbly 
• A quote from Roger Ascham (…

I talk about the last couple of weeks of my PGCE: 

• Shadowing a Hub Director 
• A smelly observation 
• What value do trainees add? 
• Caffeine withdrawal 
• Post-football panic 

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I talk about the last couple of weeks of my PGCE: 

• Y7 trip to Birmingham University 
• Pitch and pace 
• A mental health blip 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mypgcepod
Email: mypgcepod at gmail dot com
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I talk about the last couple of weeks of my PGCE: 

• The Stars competition 
• What do cows drink? 
• The war in Ukraine and mental health 
• Relatedness 

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I talk about the last couple of weeks of my PGCE: 

• My most instructive experience yet 
• Targeted questioning vs pace 
• Don't stress about stress! 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mypgcepod
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I talk about the last couple of weeks of my PGCE: 

• The deep end 
• My longest day of teaching yet 
• Is respect transitive? 
• The dilemma of escalating too quickly too soon 
• Loose end anxiety 

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I talk about the twenty first week of my PGCE: 

• New format 
• Looking back: 
• - Planning en route 
• - Fluid lessons 
• - Adapting to student needs 
• Looking forward: 
• - Enforcing silence 
• - Consistency with sanctio…

I talk about the twentieth week of my PGCE: 

• Targets 
• Some thoughts: 
• - What is the purpose of exam results? 
• - "We know what's best for you" 
• - The classroomisability principle 
• - Unobservable classroom m…

I talk about the first week in my new placement school: 

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• Overview 
• Zooming in: 
• - Best classroom management 
• - Best maths teaching 
• -- Style 1 
• -- Style 2 
• Mental health: 
• - Some tiredness induced anx…

I talk about the final two weeks of the first term of my PGCE: 

• Overview 
• Zooming in: 
• - Failing to create a headache 
• - Interview day 
• - Football, failure and motivation 
• Mental health: 
• - A more detailed …

I talk about the thirteenth and fourteenth weeks of my PGCE: 

• Overview 
• Mental and physical health 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mypgcepod
Email: mypgcepod at gmail dot com
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I talk about the twelth week of my PGCE: 

• Overview 
• Zooming in: 
• - The Saga of the Mini Whiteboards 
• - What do inspectors really see? 
• Mental health: 
• - Maxed out 

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Ema…

I talk about the eleventh week of my PGCE: 

• Overview 
• Zooming in: 
• - Advice from a Deputy Headteacher 
• -- Shepherding 
• -- Who do? 
• - Is learning invisible? 
• - My first full lesson 
• - Teaching with urgency 
• Me…

I talk about the tenth week of my PGCE: 

• Overview 
• Zooming in: 
• - Which comes first: motivation or success? 
• - Creating a headache 
• Mental health: 
• - Monday motivation melodrama 

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I talk about the eighth week of my PGCE: 

• Overview 
• Zooming in: 
• - Can problem solving be taught? 
• - Leading some starter activities 
• - Advice from an expert teacher 
• Mental health: 
• - A wobbly before bedti…

I talk about the seventh week of my PGCE: 

• Overview 
• Zooming in: 
• - "Resilience" 
• - Repetitive starter exercises 
• - Writing down working 
• - Participation and performance 
• - Fischer Family Trust 
• - The teachi…