The (Un)official Teacher's Manual

Dec 21 2024 60 ep. 14 mins 9
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Advice and guidance for teachers, particularly PGCEs and ECTs. The (Un)official Teacher's Manual Podcast will help you to avoid the not-so-obvious pitfalls and overcome the lesser discussed difficulties involved in a teaching career. Tune in to improve your savviness in: lesson observations, book scrutinies, school emails, meetings, promotions, workload management, pupil apathy, paperwork, data, and much, much more!

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