Initial Teacher Training (ITT) is the first step on the journey to becoming a teacher. It is during this time that the foundations of good Teaching and Learning can be set and the seeds can be sown for a trainee to flourish into a good teacher. However, as it is such an important time in the development of a teacher then it can also be a time when bad habits become established – the seeds fall on stony ground as it were. That’s why ITT, and getting it right, is so important to the culture of any school.
By Sophie Fegan and Nick Hetherington