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Managing a large number of assignments and essays while providing timely and constructive feedback to each student was a significant challenge. 

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Managing a large number of assignments and essays while providing timely and constructive feedback to each student was a significant challenge. 

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We should encourage a culture of collaboration among educators and support teachers in continuously improving their skills and staying updated with best practices.

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We should encourage a culture of collaboration among educators and support teachers in continuously improving their skills and staying updated with best practices.

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Long hours of preparation for classes and developing my ability to lead the class in a confident 'teacher-like' way.

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Long hours of preparation for classes and developing my ability to lead the class in a confident 'teacher-like' way.

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Quite well. It covered the basics we needed to get started in teaching. The observed classroom practice and personalised feedback was also very helpful.

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Quite well. It covered the basics we needed to get started in teaching. The observed classroom practice and personalised feedback was also very helpful.

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It depends on the teacher, but time management is often a problem, so working on how to balance school and home life, ways to make preparation lighter, eg. by sharing lesson planning. Also behaviour management can be tricky when you first start teaching, so giving strategies and alternatives to help with that can be useful. 

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It depends on the teacher, but time management is often a problem, so working on how to balance school and home life, ways to make preparation lighter, eg. by sharing lesson planning. Also behaviour management can be tricky when you first start teaching, so giving strategies and alternatives to help with that can be useful. 

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In the early stages of my teaching career, I faced a formidable challenge: the absence of mentorship and guidance from experienced educators. While my training had provided me with valuable insights into time management, the dynamic nature of a real classroom often deviates from what textbooks can anticipate. Navigating these intricacies demands practical wisdom that can only be gleaned through mentoring. Embracing mentorship is key to effectively addressing the unique time management challenges that teaching presents.

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First teaching Job and Pre-Service Training

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First teaching Job and Pre-Service Training

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My teacher training program was comprehensive, delving into every facet of education, from pedagogies and lesson planning to engaging activities, research methodologies, the intricate realms of educational psychology and others...

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I strongly believe that fostering a culture of collaboration and mentorship should be a primary focus. Embracing these practices not only enriches individual growth but also cultivates a vibrant, supportive community of educators.

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How to reach results if there is difference in levels and motivation of learners?

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How to reach results if there is difference in levels and motivation of learners?

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Having to restructure my previously planned teaching lessons to meet the strengths of my students 

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Having to restructure my previously planned teaching lessons to meet the strengths of my students 

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came up with several innovative, engaging and creative ways to work hand in hand with my students

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came up with several innovative, engaging and creative ways to work hand in hand with my students

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I was not trained. I didn't have access to materials either.

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I thought it was going to be manageable since I was the only adult in the classroom. However, handling a class does not merely concern with age. It takes a combination of an educator, a teacher, a counselor and even a friend. It is always great to build a rapport with our class members.

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Understanding how to manage classes of children and young learners when I'd been trained to teach adults

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Understanding how to manage classes of children and young learners when I'd been trained to teach adults

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It gave me the basics of what I needed, but the in-house first-year teacher training I received was invaluable to build on that and help me relate it to what I was doing right then and there in the workplace

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New teachers are often very hard on themselves (experienced ones too!) because they have unrealistic expectations of how good / effective their teaching should be immediately. We have to build teacher confidence and help them to remember that learning to teach is a process, not a one-shot thing, and they will continue learning to improve their teaching over their whole careers. They should remember that it's OK to be a beginner, to make mistakes, and to learn from them.

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Preparing for my lessons and having to deliver professionally during the lessons. It was fun but hectic

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Preparing for my lessons and having to deliver professionally during the lessons. It was fun but hectic

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I was thankful I got thankful I got that training. It gave me alot of insight to the task I had at hand

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I was thankful I got thankful I got that training. It gave me alot of insight to the task I had at hand

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Making their lessons engaging and interesting to get the students/pupils interested 

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Making their lessons engaging and interesting to get the students/pupils interested 

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I didn't have mentors. There was just one senior teacher who helped me. At that time I lived in a small town and attending seminars, workshops or courses was really difficult. I expected more experienced teachers to share and support the new ones but I quickly learned that it was not common. 

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I didn't have mentors. There was just one senior teacher who helped me. At that time I lived in a small town and attending seminars, workshops or courses was really difficult. I expected more experienced teachers to share and support the new ones but I quickly learned that it was not common. 

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Finding out how to become an authentic teacher.

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Finding out how to become an authentic teacher.

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I had had many fantastic teachers as a student. However, becoming an English teacher was painstaking in many ways. One of the biggest disappointing events was when I realized that no matter how wnoderful a piece of material could be, students would not lift off unless they could be encourage by something that every genuine teacher must possess: authenticity. And that element only comes when we as teachers learn to trust our human intuition and get along with fear and sincere awareness about the lack of knowledge we will always have. In spite of that, we can become competent, resourceful and supportive, not in the quantity of information but in the quality of our ideas to communicate convenientely and effectively, that is the way any human being, native or non-native, can become authentic when communicating with someone else in a non-mother language.

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Teaching training that kept me afloat  while finding my way to a sound safe teaching port 

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Teaching training that kept me afloat  while finding my way to a sound safe teaching port 

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It was the best thing that happened to me when I got a teaching training course, for I had no clear ide about the theory that made possible the acquisitoon and learning of a second language, as well as the methodology invloved in teaching. I have taken hold of these invaluable academic insights all along my teaching career and even when I have become more critical, that basic pedagogy has helped me become what I am.

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The value of meaningful communication goes beyond the classroom... into the meaning of life within a speaker's language

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The value of meaningful communication goes beyond the classroom... into the meaning of life within a speaker's language

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There is something that really impressed me when I read the book The Last Temptation of Christ, indeed. When Jesus asked Judas if he was ready come along with him, and Judas answered that he could go until death, and Jesus said it was not enough but he had to go beyond. That is one instance of the power that language can create in the meaning o a human's life.

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What was the biggest challenge you faced in your first teaching job?

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What was the biggest challenge you faced in your first teaching job?

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Preparation of instructional materials.

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Teenage behavioural aspects, dealing with young adults, who thought we were peers  because of their physical stature. 

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Teenage behavioural aspects, dealing with young adults, who thought we were peers  because of their physical stature. 

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The very first "official" teaching job I had offered absolutely no training, no mentorship and no support. I was not only VERY young and inexperienced, I had absolutely no idea on how to go about planning or delivering a class. The school which hired me gave me a book, 2 days before and said, "right, you start on Monday". Perfect English does not make you a teacher.

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We must provide them with a series of initial tools and guidelines. There are many things to consider before asking a teacher to begin their actual classroom work. As well as the above, teachers must be supported by someone who understands what it means to be in a classroom ( in whichever context they find themselves in). People who do not understand the view of the teacher cannot be their mentors.

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We must provide them with a series of initial tools and guidelines. There are many things to consider before asking a teacher to begin their actual classroom work. As well as the above, teachers must be supported by someone who understands what it means to be in a classroom ( in whichever context they find themselves in). People who do not understand the view of the teacher cannot be their mentors.

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Lack of experience though having taken pedagogical courses

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Lack of experience though having taken pedagogical courses

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During my first official teaching course, I had lack of experience teaching to students who didn't want to learn and lack of management of large groups. Nowadays I'm rocking at class management and putting students to work.

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My training gave me enough theorical stuff, but practice is a must

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My training gave me enough theorical stuff, but practice is a must

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My teaching training provided with enough theory, case studies and analysis, however, when confronting real life, you realize that you need experience in order to prioritize and apply the principles you have learnt.

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Support at format handle and class / time / resources management 

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Support at format handle and class / time / resources management 

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As educator, we should all receive more training at knowing the students needs and styles and managing time, class and resources