FROM RISK MANAGEMENT TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“I went into teaching to give something back.”
FROM JOURNALIST TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“I want to show my pupils that there’s a place in school, and the world, for everyone.”
FROM RESEARCH AND POLICY TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“I really like the students and it’s nice to see that relationship building.
FROM BANKING TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“It’s good for your soul – and sanity – to do something new.”
FROM INVESTMENT BANKER TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“Teaching’s not “long holidays and short working days” – it’s long working days and short holidays where you can catch up on some sleep!”
FROM SENIOR BANKER TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“Every day is different – education is an amazing sector to work in.”
FROM INVESTMENT BANKER TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“You are connected with other experienced professionals who have also decided to make the transition in to teaching, giving you a ready-made peer support network.”
FROM JOURNALIST TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“I wake up looking forward to the day ahead.”
FROM CORPORATE LAWYER TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“I realised that beyond the day-to-day teaching I could also help them with careers advice.”
FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“One of the best things about Now Teach is the proof you don’t need to be written off at fifty.”
FROM FINANCIAL SERVICES TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“Don’t be discouraged if you’ve had an awful week. You have to hang on in there and wait until it improves – it takes time.”
FROM FINANCE TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“The level of training from Ark and support from Now Teach is fantastic. As a trainee teacher you receive an overwhelming amount of feedback, on every aspect of your day. It’s terrific and the most useful feedback I’ve ever had in my professional life.”
FROM INVESTMENT BANKER TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“It’s too early to say if I’m making a difference to my students’ education but I know there’s a real shortage of maths teachers so it’s great to be helping to fill that gap. I think getting a kid to really love maths or to pass their GCSE or to become a little bit more confident in maths will be fulfilling.”
FROM JOURNALIST TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“Everyone on the Now Teach programme has a lot of confidence because they have had a measure of professional success. You can’t always bring that into the classroom on a daily basis because you’re trying to master the subject you’re teaching but the school will benefit from your prior experience and the school will use it.”
FROM DOCTOR TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“I was given a lot of support and I felt there was a sort of matchmaking going on between Now Teach and Ark to make sure you were in the right school.”
FROM CORPORATE LAWYER TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“What you’ve ended up doing is not necessarily aligned with what you thought you’d be doing when you were 19 or 20.”
FROM LAWYER TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“Now Teach offers us career changers invaluable support – from coordinating social media groups connecting us to one another, to arranging periodic meet-ups on Thursday afternoons to hear some great speakers.”
FROM CIVIL SERVANT TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“When I read about Now Teach, everything clicked into place for me. It demonstrated that someone somewhere wanted people like me as teachers, and it offered a structured way to train, and a cohort to belong to, which felt reassuring.”
FROM FT COLUMNIST TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“I can’t be the only 50 something person in the country to want a second career in this most noble of professions.”
FROM TELECOMS EXECUTIVE TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“My advice: make the most of it. Don’t aim for perfection.”
