Curiosity, risk-taking and experimenting are all qualities I value in my teaching staff and encourage them to foster.
To develop as professionals, rather than simply going through the motions, requires a keen interest in new research and thinking, and an openness to try new ideas.
My own experience as a new teacher helped to inform my approach. When I started, I was lucky to be in a school where I was encouraged to explore my practice. I was paired with an experienced, but open-minded colleague, and it created exactly the right environment in which I could develop ideas and try things. This helped me grow in confidence and to understand how to take initial ideas and shape them into strategies that would work in my classroom.
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