Navigating Commitment as a New Teacher

In this episode, Colin talks to Kirsty Hair of the University of Strathclyde about her fantastic contribution to The Essentials in Learning to Teach by Jamie Thom and Colin McGill.

Kirsty gives excellent answers to the following questions:

1. What do you think are the biggest challenges facing early career teachers?
2. In your contribution to Essentials in Learning to Teach you talk about resilience - can you tell us a bit more about why resilience is important?
3. You've written about the importance of professional dialogue. Why is it important that early career teachers get involved in professional dialogue with colleagues?
4. Most student and early career teachers struggle with curricular knowledge. How can ESTs go about developing and strengthening their curricular knowledge?
5. What advice do you have about getting involved in the wider life of the school?