Nick is assistant principal at Garth Hill College in Berkshire, and Careers Leader. His school recently took part in the Teacher Encounters programme. We sat down to talk to him about the experience and the impact it has had on the teachers, school and students.
Question: What impact has the teacher encounters programme had on the teachers who took part?
Nick: We were really excited when the teacher encounters offer first came up and it has had an amazing impact on the teachers who have been through the programme.
They were all in the science department, and they were quite good in terms of their careers materials - flagging it in and around corridors, displays, tying it to pieces of work.
But the teacher encounters programme has been transformational. The science department now has a careers intervention point in every scheme of work – so they connected their whole curriculum into the real world. Seeing their colleagues go through the programme has been inspirational for the whole department. It has reenergized them through the experience they have had. When they come back there’s a real buzz and they’re talking about it around the department.
