The PlanBee Blog

You’re an ECT. You’re fired up and ready to knock this teaching thing out of the park. You’re loving the job (mostly) and keen to learn everything you can. Yet in your enthusiasm, your ECT work-life balance has become well and truly unbalanced, what can you do...?

Ensuring good behaviour and managing a class of attentive, interested, calm and well-behaved learners is essential for any productive classroom. Of course, this is often easier said than done!

Here at PlanBee, we’ve tried several strategies for organising and prioritising tasks, and honestly – there’s no single strategy that suits everyone. Here is a collection of some of our favourite strategies to help you prioritise your teaching tasks, and personal life.

Marking can be difficult, however ensuring that you do so effectively and in a way that gives pupils the most effective feedback, is incredibly important. So what can teachers do to ensure that they mark pupils work effectively while also saving time?

Have you ever needed to appear confident, when inside you felt the exact opposite? Were you always worried that people could see right through you? Wouldn’t it be great if you could make people think you’re confident, even when you’re a bundle of caffeine-fuelled nerves?

Becoming a great primary school teacher isn’t simply about obtaining a relevant teaching qualification. As with any profession it takes practice, time and work to become proficient. Here are some tips to help you on your way.