Secondary and Further Education and Training (FET)

The Secondary and FET department are keen to continue to support you as you progress through your teaching induction as an Early Career Teacher (ECT).

Area/subject	Suggested links
Computing	Computing At School – https://www.computingatschool.org.uk/ Raspberry Pi Foundation –  https://www.raspberrypi.org/ Interesting CS People to follow on Twitter / X : https://twitter.com/i/lists/16440205   Subject Hub link- Computing Subject Network Hub – Edge Hill University
English	Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation, particularly for KS3: Shakespeare Schools Foundation – Workshops Poetry Live is more for GCSE pupils, but great to get involved with if you can: https://poetrylive.net/ Massolit is great for KS5: https://massolit.io/subjects/english-language/landing Follow Dr Haili Hughes: https://twitter.com/HughesHaili?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Subject Hub link: English Subject Network Hub – Edge Hill University
Further Education and Skills	Training and Professional Development for Further Education Teachers Professional development – The Education and Training Foundation (et-foundation.co.uk)   Society for Education and Training – Gaining QTLS QTLS – Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills | Society for Education and Training (et-foundation.co.uk)   Further Education teaching resources https://www.pearson.com/en-gb/further-education/educators/resources.html
Geography	The Geographical Association Professional Passport https://geography.org.uk/events-cpd/cpd-toolkit/the-ga-professional-passport/#:~:text=The%20GA%20Professional%20Passport%20is,GA%20Professional%20Passport%20is%20flexible.   G.A. CPD Courses https://geography.org.uk/cpd-courses/   Royal Geographical Society Teacher events https://www.rgs.org/schools/teacher-events
History	Historical Association for resources, CPD and blogs Historical Association – the UK national charity for history Schools History Project – https://www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/about/ Historic England – https://historicengland.org.uk/ Social media – Karen Knight, Mr Thornton Teach – both Twitter
Mathematics	National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics https://www.ncetm.org.uk/   White Rose Maths https://whiteroseeducation.com/resources   Mr Barton Maths https://www.mrbartonmaths.com/index.html
Physical. Ed	Associations / research and subject knowledge Association for Physical Education https://www.afpe.org.uk/ PE Scholar https://www.pescholar.com/ Youth Sports Trust (YST) https://www.youthsporttrust.org/   Resources The PE project https://www.thepeproject.com/index.html   Exam Specification / support GCSE simplified https://gcsesimplified.co.uk/
Religious Ed.	NATRE – NEW2RE ECT Support https://www.natre.org.uk/membership/early-careers-teachers/ect-free-monthly-webinar/   RE-Hubs https://www.re-hubs.uk/   RE:Online https://www.reonline.org.uk/ Subject Network Hub link: RE Subject Network Hub – Edge Hill University
Science	Association for Science Education (ASE) https://www.ase.org.uk/   Institute of Physics (IOP) https://www.iop.org/   Royal Society of Biology (RSB) https://www.rsb.org.uk/   Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) https://www.rsc.org/   Echalk https://www.echalk.co.uk/
Wellbeing and workload management	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ways-to-reduce-workload-in-your-school-tips-from-school-leaders   https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c8a69ece5274a4c30e31172/Advice_for_ECTs_update.pdf
Behaviour management	https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/2018/10/30/11-behaviour/   https://tombennetttraining.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Tom_Bennett_summary.pdf   Lisa Miller: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPFGb2cW73pEO91A-ih_zdA/about
Helpful sites for teaching tips/quick wins etc (generic)	Chartered College of Teaching has a discounted ECT membership, with an ECT Hub: https://chartered.college/join/ect-membership/