Taking on more responsibility may be at the bottom of your to-do list, but Josie Clark, who is Early Career Framework Lead at her Academy, attests to the multifaceted rewards of mentoring an early career Drama teacher

During this pandemic, it can seem like a daunting prospect undertaking the role of a mentor to an early career teacher alongside all our other responsibilities as we adapt to this new sense of normality. However, being a mentor to both ITT trainees and NQTs in Drama and across a range of other subjects within my career has offered far-reaching benefits that outweigh any trepidation I may initially have felt.

Mentoring new teachers allows us time during the frenetic pace of our daily routines to reflect upon our own pedagogical practices through the act of observation, feedback and target setting. It provides us with the rare opportunity to stand back from our own subject and dissect the features of an ambitious and creative lesson.

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