Why choose a career in teaching?

The guest on this week's episode of 'Beyond Survival: the new teacher podcast'  is my brilliant colleague at Napier University, Colin McGill - back for his second appearance.  After a successful career as a Chemistry Teacher and Curriculum Leader, Colin is now the PGDE programme leader for Teacher Education at Napier University.  You can follow Colin on Twitter @colinmcgill

In this interview, Colin answers the central question: Why chose a career in teaching?

In answering that central question, we also explore the following in the interview:

What made you go into teaching?
What do you see as the main benefits of a teaching career?
What are the main challenges new teachers face, and how can they overcome them?
What advice would you give someone thinking about going into teaching?
What is unique about the course at Napier for teacher education?

If you know anyone who is considering a career in teaching, please do pass it on! If you would like to talk further about the PGDE at Edinburgh Napier,  please email  C.McGill3@napier.ac.uk or J.Thom@napier.ac.uk. 

I hope you really enjoy the episode. If you have any feedback on how to improve the show, or would like to come on the podcast for one of the live coaching episodes, please get in touch via www.slowteaching.co.uk, or through Twitter (@teachgratitude1).