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📣 Today, Teach First have released a report outlining the challenges of attracting Gen Z into the classroom. ⬇️ All of these findings correlate exactly with my experiences of working with the students, recent graduates and young professionals that form Gen Z. The report isn’t all doom and gloom though! Firstly, some fantastic things are already happening across the sector when it comes to recruitment and retention. The report also sets out a clear set of opportunities to bring about change and ultimately transform how teaching is perceived. Looking forward to the discussions to come!

Today Teach First have released a report outlining the challenges of attracting Gen Z to teaching. Lot's of positives to take from this of things already happening across the sector, but lot's to reflect on also about how we adapt and flex amidst a changing market. Attitudes to teaching have changed. There is a recruitment and retention crisis in our schools. Insight into attitudes of the next potential generation of teachers can only help us better understand how to transform how teaching is perceived and ultimately get every child the education experience they deserve. https://lnkd.in/ggx2jKj3

📰 Today we've released a new report that sets out how we can attract Gen Z to teaching. We commissioned Public First to poll 16 to 24-year-olds on their attitudes to careers, particularly teaching. 📊 The research found that a significant pool of Gen-Z have an initial interest in the teaching profession but many want a less linear career and would value professional experiences from different sectors. This group believe it would be easier to do something innovative in a sector outside of teaching.  We can change this perception by expanding professional development opportunities for teachers, including secondments to relevant industry sectors outside the classroom, enabling them to return with new skills, enthusiasm, and energy. 🔗 Our Summer Projects connect current and past Teach First trainees with non-sector based professional development. It’s an opportunity to build on career development objectives and take new skills back to school. Adopting this approach through a central pot of funding, innovative partnerships with businesses, or international education institutions could deliver this at a national scale. Find out more about our research and findings https://lnkd.in/eMkynHxW

Important research from Teach First, with useful suggestions to make teaching more attractive to Gen Z. The recruitment and retention crisis is a worry for all schools, but it disproportionately affects schools in deprived communities. Measures such as enhancing financial incentives and increasing flexibility will help to provide additional incentives to ensure that the best teachers are able to work in the most disadvantaged schools. Tackling this crisis must be a top priority.

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It's here! It's here! ECCEDU summer programs have started! The best thing about the first day of programs is that it finally marks the end of the stressful week before the programs. The stress! The anxiety! It always seems like all the work we did over the past year doesn't matter; all that matters are the things that still need to be ready! All the small mistakes and miscommunications we normally handle easily seem so huge now! But we always follow through. Then the first day of the program comes. The students arrive at CVUT, fill the classrooms, and the programs start. And we, finally after the last 7 days, breathe out. 🧘♀️ We have made it. They came. And they, as every year, seem to be wonderful people from all around the world. I (Kofi here) love these first days (I wonder if Milada agrees). These are the moments that make ECCEDU what it is and always was: a place to grow, solve problems, and improve. This year is the biggest year we've ever had, but it feels the same. The students are here, and we are doing our best to give them our best so they can get the full value of our programs. As we always do. Not just to learn about current topics and try interviews, but to meet new friends, have life-changing experiences, gain new confidence, and most importantly, grow.  As we do.  There are two whole months ahead for the students and us.  Wish us luck.

As we near the end of another educational chapter, it's the perfect time to forward plan! ✨ Step Into Teaching is ready to put in the work for you this summer, scouring your region for the most promising graduate teaching talents while you relax and soak in the sun of your well-deserved break! ☀️🌴 We know you're caught in an end-of-year whirlwind 🌪️, but take a brief pause to think ahead. Chat with us before the deck chairs are out! 📆 Schedule a call and seize the golden opportunity to explore your school's unique needs with our regional education partners. 🗣️✨ Our curated service focuses on the ideal alignment, pairing the ultimate graduate with your school's culture and aspirations. For those crucial learning support, teaching assistant, or academic mentor positions for the next school year, we're here to ensure they're filled by hearts eager to make a lasting impact. 💖 When you choose Step Into Teaching, you map out a clear trajectory for our grads and reap multiple benefits for your school 🎓➡️🏫. Imagine a stellar academic year placement blossoming into a permanent addition to your team - without any additional finder's fees - or fostering their journey to become the teachers of tomorrow. We recognise budgets are stretched and the future is a puzzle, but starting our dialogue before summer can lay the foundation for an outstanding 2024/2025. 🌟 Let's discover the graduates who'll leap into September armed with inspiration and zeal to uplift your students 📚✨. Whether your summer days include a little bit of work or a moment of downtime, we can arrange interviews or meet & greets to fit your schedule 📅🤝. Our education consultants are lined up for a no-pressure chat so just shoot us a message 💌 with when you are available over the next week, and we'll make sure our talk is fruitful and timely. Together, let's craft an academic year that starts as a success story! 🏆 For more info, journey to stepintoteaching.co.uk or dial us up at 01926 968901📞. Let's transform education into the crowning event of September! 🍎🎉 #Education #TeachingJobs #GraduateProgrammes

🌟 Meet Emily, a passionate science teacher who embarked on a transformative Summer Project journey with us! 🗨️ "I would 100% recommend Summer Projects. I gained more than I thought I would. I found it really interesting," she shares. 📚 Emily dove into researching Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) policies and parental engagement strategies, contributing to improvements in schools. "Our work has made it easier for schools to quickly find gaps and make changes that will massively improve their own policies and practices," she reflects. 🗨️ "Sometimes schools can feel pretty isolated. Our work highlighted how crucial the connection between head teachers, staff, and other schools is." Beyond policy impact, Emily discovered ways to engage with parents proactively, "I've established things I can do as a classroom teacher to better support my pupils." ⚡ Ready to explore, learn, and make a difference in your teaching career? If you completed or are currently on our Training Programme, sign up in April to join our Summer Projects! > https://lnkd.in/etVZq5_v

As we near the end of another educational chapter, it's the perfect time to forward plan! ✨ Step Into Teaching is ready to put in the work for you this summer, scouring your region for the most promising graduate teaching talents while you relax and soak in the sun of your well-deserved break! ☀️🌴 We know you're caught in an end-of-year whirlwind 🌪️, but take a brief pause to think ahead. Chat with us before the deck chairs are out! 📆 Schedule a call and seize the golden opportunity to explore your school's unique needs with our regional education partners. 🗣️✨ Our curated service focuses on the ideal alignment, pairing the ultimate graduate with your school's culture and aspirations. For those crucial learning support, teaching assistant, or academic mentor positions for the next school year, we're here to ensure they're filled by hearts eager to make a lasting impact. 💖 When you choose Step Into Teaching, you map out a clear trajectory for our grads and reap multiple benefits for your school 🎓➡️🏫. Imagine a stellar academic year placement blossoming into a permanent addition to your team - without any additional finder's fees - or fostering their journey to become the teachers of tomorrow. We recognise budgets are stretched and the future is a puzzle, but starting our dialogue before summer can lay the foundation for an outstanding 2024/2025. 🌟 Let's discover the graduates who'll leap into September armed with inspiration and zeal to uplift your students 📚✨. Whether your summer days include a little bit of work or a moment of downtime, we can arrange interviews or meet & greets to fit your schedule 📅🤝. Our education consultants are lined up for a no-pressure chat so just shoot us a message 💌 with when you are available over the next week, and we'll make sure our talk is fruitful and timely. Together, let's craft an academic year that starts as a success story! 🏆 For more info, journey to stepintoteaching.co.uk or dial us up at 01926 968901📞. Let's transform education into the crowning event of September! 🍎🎉 #Education #TeachingJobs #GraduateProgrammes

Through JFF's new funding opportunity, Project ACCESS: Accelerating Career Connections and Employment Success Strategies, we're creating and supporting a cohort of 10 exemplary community and technical colleges in accelerating and scaling innovative programs that effectively connect learners—especially those facing systemic barriers to advancement such as students who identify as Black or Latine, women of all backgrounds, learners from low-income households, and first-generation postsecondary education students —with paid work-based learning opportunities and quality jobs. Each of the 10 colleges selected will receive $300,000 sub-awards over two years to strengthen and scale existing programs aligned with a variety of strategies, including apprenticeship and work-based learning, career navigation services and supports, short-term credentials, and other approaches that can lead to labor market opportunity. The request for proposals for Project ACCESS is open until January 17, 2025. Learn more and apply here: https://hubs.la/Q02ZZBKG0