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How Not to Be a Rubbish Mentor: Falling Back in Love with D&T after 20 Years
Kate Bull Associate Assistant Headteacher and D&T teacher Kirton Academy, Lincolnshire Gateway Academies Trust Image by Riccardo Annandale , from Unsplash When mentoring a teacher becomes just another task on your to-do list, it is easy to overlook how you feel about your subject. This piece explores how I rediscovered my passion for D&T and why taking time to pause and think matters when guiding a new member of your team. Twenty years in, I fell back in love with D&T. Just
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Providing clear scaffolding and modelling of great teaching in design and technology when mentoring student teachers in schools – Part One.
Liam Anderson , Head of Design & Technology at Trinity School , Newbury This blogpost follows on from a recent (December 2021) initial...
Mar 28, 20225 min read
Training to Teach D&T during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jim Fitzpatrick, ITT Mentor and Head of Technology Faculty, St Hilda’s Church of England High School , Liverpool. pandemic...
Apr 26, 20213 min read
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