New teachers – how to survive the first term

If you're an art student preparing your portfolio, what to include, and what to leave out? Photograph: AlamyAs the summer holidays draw to a close, teachers are already thinking about the first days of term; planning lessons, sprucing up classrooms and heading into school for professional development days.For newly qualified teachers, who will soon be stepping into their own classroom for the first time, it can be a particularly nerve-wracking time. There are so many unknowns and unanswered

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