Teaching and Learing Issues

Surveys and case studies offer compelling insights into the areas in which new teachers commonly struggle. By effectively addressing these areas, schools can help new teachers improve their skills more quickly, thereby keeping them in the profession and raising student achievement.

Below I have listed some of a very known issues in the century:

1. Struggling with Classroom Management
2. Know How to Refocus during Classroom
3. Keeping the Material Simple
4. Building a Support Team between Teachers and Families
5. Translating Learning Research into Practice
6. Students can be disruptive, rude, and/or argumentative.
7. Some students may struggle with the work and fail your course.
8. Your students seem bored or unmotivated.
9. Students may ask challenging questions that are beyond your expertise.
10. Sinking in Unsupportive Environments

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Heading into your first term as a teacher: keep calm and progress

From planning to timetabling rest and reflection, Marie Hazeloffers her advice for surviving your first term in teaching

Marie Hazel advises teachers heading into their first term to keep calm, grab a brew and enjoy the last few moments of the holidays. Photograph: David Levene

Keep calm and P.R.O.G.R.E.S.S. So make yourself comfortable and see whether the following could apply to you and your first term:

P – planning

This takes a while at the start of your career and can be a bit tedious, especially during your PGCE. But it's worth doing well. There are many versions of the five-minute lesson plan out there, which cover differentiation, challenge and marking foci – all essential to streamlining your approach to planning. The Guardian Teacher Network and other websites have planners that you can manipulate to suit your needs. Use them – don't waste time reinventing the wheel.

Alongside this, use a good medium-term plan. Do it in your holidays and you'll reap the benefits later in the term. Include on it learning objectives, outcomes, possible learning activities and potential marking foci. Plan your own timetable too, detailing what you'll do with your frees, when you'll carry out your workload and time for rest and relaxation.
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