Webinar | Practical Guidance for New Teachers

Facilitator

Sean Harris
Sean Harris is a doctoral researcher with Teesside University investigating poverty and educational inequality in schools. He is also a trust improvement leader at Tees Valley Education, an all-through multi-academy trust serving communities in the North East of England. Sean has extensive experience working with new teachers, including as an ECT mentor.

Shanti Chahal
Shanti Chahal has worked in teaching at both secondary and primary level, including as an English subject lead and a curriculum-developer. She currently works for e-Qualitas Teacher Training as a English subject lead and lead mentor for wellbeing.

Jessica Hannan
Jessica Hannan is a programme manager for the Staff Wellbeing Service at Education Support UK, a UK charity dedicated to improving the mental health and wellbeing of the education workforce. Jessica has more than 15 years experience in education. She has helped schools develop strategies to improve the wellbeing of their staff and has developed a programme of wellbeing service to schools in Wales.

Matt Bromley
Matt Bromley is an education journalist, author, and advisor with 25 years’ experience in teaching and leadership including as a secondary school headteacher. He remains a practising teacher. Matt is the author of numerous books on education and co-host of the award-winning SecEd Podcast.

Suzanne Beckley
Suzanne Beckley trained and worked as an English teacher in London in the early to mid-2000s, before taking up a position within the then ATL union as a pay, conditions and pensions officer. Suzanne is now the senior policy manager for the National Education Union and in this role has led on areas including family-friendly policy, initial teacher training and career development, and inspection reform.

About This Webinar

This edition of the SecEd Webinar will offer practical advice, support and encouragement to new teachers everywhere.

Taking place just five weeks or so into the autumn term, this hour-long webinar will feature useful tips and advice from experienced teaching professionals to help early career teachers (ECTs) thrive and survive at the chalkface.

The webinar is being produced in partnership with our friends at the National Education Union and complements SecEd’s annual ECT supplement, which published in June 2024 offering a range of practical guidance for new teachers. The webinar will feature a number of the experts who contributed to this supplement.

You can download this 16-page supplement for free at: www.sec-ed.co.uk/content/downloads/supplement-a-survival-guide-for-early-career-teachers

In the webinar, we will discuss key topics for ECTs including handling workload, creating a workable work/life balance, avoiding burn-out, tackling ECTs’ common classroom “mistakes”, wider teaching tips, and advice for managing behaviour.

Ultimately, we will discuss ideas that can ensure ECTs begin creating healthy working habits now that will last you an entire career.

Who is This Webinar for?

This webinar is designed for early career teachers (ECTs), especially those in the first or second year of their teaching careers. The webinar will also be of great use to trainee teachers and those involved in the mentoring and induction of ECTs.