@darynsimon The best advice I was given was that ideas rarely work the first time, so try things, reflect on them and try again. Also plan in phases, not individual lessons, as your pace may not be the same as the students.

@darynsimon I was lucky to be taught by @PieCorbett amongst others & best advice I was taught was to make reading & learning joyful

@darynsimon My PGCE tutor was inspirational to me and the wider geography education community. Her seminal work has influenced so many.

@darynsimon Alan Owens was at Chester University late 90’s when I was doing a four year BEd. Me of the best lecturers ever and shame we only had a few Drama sessions. Big up teaching and teachers!!

@darynsimon The best advice I was given was: Don’t be a martyr. Look after your own health and well-being. Nobody will praise you for working all hours. So do what needs to be done, use your time well, then go home and rest, recover and do things for you.

@darynsimon Absolutely. Focus on what’s the best thing and keep focussing on those things that have made the biggest difference to teaching.

@darynsimon I am lucky enough to have a notable English/Media expert as a tutor for my PGCE. If it wasn't for him and his wise words of wisdom, I would have thrown in the towel from the very beginning.

@darynsimon I agree. It seems to be part of the anti-uni/expert /"blob" narrative. It's kind of smug. The thing that my PGCE told me was that you never stop learning. PGCE was just the beginning. Grateful to @SomersetSCITT all those years ago!

@darynsimon I had a great experience. Went to Bradford College and the staff there were fantastic. I still use lessons today that they modelled.

@darynsimon Agree. As a programme leader of one we spend a great amount of time making sure we give our groups everything they require

@darynsimon Worst advice I was ever given about 28 ago was that 'maladjusted' children should be locked in a cupboard and forgotten about. Set me on a path and stubborn get that I am have spent my working days proving that tutor wrong. 😊

@darynsimon Well, my PGCE set me back on a children’s book loving course that has outlasted my class teaching days by some years now.

@darynsimon Best advice I was given on my PGCE course was "make yourself indispensable when on placement". The best teaching students leave a department wondering how they ever managed without them.

@darynsimon Yep. I hate these people who thing it's all a game. It isn't. Children get one chanc

@darynsimon It was made clear to me on my placement (and now my workplace) that people make mistakes and it can be reflected on and forgiven. For a perfectionist, who’d always worked in an unforgiving environment, it was like a weight lifted.

@darynsimon The best advice I was given during my PGCE was this: ‘the relationships built in the staff room are the most important’. That friendship, sounding board, collaboration & support is invaluable for teaching practice and sanity!

@darynsimon I acknowledge your frustration. But I think we'd settle if we had an acknowledgement many of us got a very raw deal. I've been told directly it was MY FAULT my training was poor because I accepted advice of experts. This is nonsense.

@darynsimon Yes!!

@darynsimon My NQT mentor told me that wearing yourself out producing the perfect plan and incredible resources was a waste of time if it meant the kids got an exhausted miserable teacher in front of them. It's you they remember, not a laminated thingamajig!