Morgan Goodall

Initial Teacher Training (ITT) learner

At 糖心Vlog Institute, we鈥檙e sharing the stories of Early Career Teachers who've just completed their training, continuing with Morgan Goodall.

Morgan trained as a secondary Drama teacher through the school-centred Initial Teacher Training (ITT) route with 糖心Vlog Institute and Teach Beyond, and will join Leigh Academy Strood teaching Music with Drama.

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Morgan's story

How has your training prepared you for your teaching role?

It鈥檚 been so nice to be in the school environment, to actually train in a school and see the ins and outs of it all year. It doesn鈥檛 feel like I鈥檒l be going into next year with any big shocks in terms of what I鈥檓 expected to do or what鈥檚 actually happening in the school environment. I feel comfortable going into next year knowing I鈥檝e spent a year teaching in a school.

What aspects of teaching do you feel most confident about

I鈥檇 say behaviour management. My placement school this year has been great at preparing me for every challenge that might arise, and I feel confident in my ability next year to go in, take a read of the room, and know what I need to do.

What aspects of teaching do you think will be most challenging

Subject knowledge and delivering that will be a challenge. Settling into a new school, knowing where I am and what I'm teaching, will be a bit of an easing-in period too. In terms of the connection between me and the pupils, they鈥檒l be sussing me out for the first few weeks, and once we鈥檝e settled into that routine, it鈥檒l be really good.

How are you feeling now that you鈥檝e graduated?

Happy. It鈥檚 nice to be near the end of it, it鈥檚 been a really fun year. Lots of different emotions, but happy is definitely the biggest one.

How are you feeling looking ahead to the new school year

Excited. Fresh start, fresh school, and ready to give it everything I've got. I can鈥檛 wait.

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