When I decided to become a teacher too many years ago to admit, I was depressed and annoyed by the number of people who counselled me to “get a proper job” – who viewed teaching as second best.
The ensuing decades have proven how wrong they were. I never regretted the privileged position I had of working with young people and playing a part in shaping their futures. I cannot imagine a career with more job satisfaction.
Recently ASCL and Teach First hosted a frank and open roundtable discussion among headteachers, current and former trainees about our profession. We wanted them to share their experiences and particularly to tell us how we can make teaching a more attractive profession at a time when recruitment is becoming more difficult at all levels, and especially in challenging schools.
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