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Will Bailey-Watson is Subject Lead of PGCE History at the University of Reading. He shares his ideas for a best-practice approach to enquiry questions for training history teachers.

Use lesson observations and root cause analysis, the 'Five whys', to help you to become a more reflective practitioner during your training year. Lorna Smith, Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bristol, shares her expert guidance.

Here’s our guide to help you to avoid some of the professional pitfalls of your training and ECT years. With nearly 125 years of experience in the classroom between them, Teachit’s editors share their experiences of coping with everything from sleep deprivation and keeping healthy to unexpected knickers and stolen mugs.

Joe Dale is an independent languages consultant and an expert in using digital tools to support teaching and learning. Here are his tips for using technology to give feedback.

Lorna Smith is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bristol. She shares some fundamental tips for lesson planning to help with effective classroom management during your training year.

Quick and easy classroom display ideas to jolly up your classroom walls and support teaching and learning. From proud clouds to learning pockets, you'll find an idea that will work for any subject or key stage.

Teacher and author, Jake Hunton, offers eight evidence-based suggestions for highly effective revision strategies, based on proven techniques from cognitive science and psychology.

Jake Hunton is a teacher and author. Here he provides his innovative ideas for highly effective, evidence-based revision techniques to support students and help get them exam-ready.

Katherine Muncaster is passionate about growth mindsets and metacognition. Here she shares her ideas on developing a growth mindset.

Reduce your marking workload and give meaningful feedback to your students. We share our tried and tested strategies to help training teachers, NQTs and experienced teachers.

Parents' evenings can be a bit daunting or even stressful when you are a training or early career teacher. We share our top tips for effective feedback and communication with parents.

Learning all your students' names can be challenging, particularly at the beginning of a new school year during transition, but it's essential for positive classroom management and strong relationships. We share our favourite, tried and trusted strategies to help you.

Lorna Smith, Senior Lecturer in Education, considers some of the ways training and newly qualified teachers can support students with their learning.

Lorna Smith, Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bristol, offers some advice for training teachers and NQTs when working with SEND students.

Mentoring a training teacher can be extremely rewarding and will help you to grow as a practitioner too. Lorna Smith, Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bristol, shares her advice on how to get the most out of the relationship for both mentor and mentee.