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Diary of an NQT: Teaching the ‘unteachable’

Teaching a small group of challenging students is proving a stretching, yet rewarding, experience for our NQT diarist

Prior to beginning my training, I worked as assistant inclusion manager in a mainstream secondary school.

A central part of my role was facilitating conflict resolution between students using restorative practice, giving me experience of dealing with children who present challenging behaviour. This proved to be invaluable during my ITT as I already had knowledge of behaviour management techniques.

Managing the behaviour of up to 30 students at once brought new challenges and I still had much to learn during my training. However, due to my background in educational inclusion, I have now been given a number of very small classes designed specifically for those with academic or behavioural difficulties.

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