Wannabe teachers can get a “taster” of the job through an “innovative” classroom-based simulation tool that the government hopes will boost recruitment.
The Department for Education has awarded a £15,000 year-long contract to Teacher Success Platform, a University of York spin-out company, to provide “access to realistic job preview tools”.
The animated videos present a series of “realistic” classroom scenarios to prospective trainees, who can watch a classroom situation unfold before a teaching dilemma is presented in which they must react to.
Examples include a pupil using their phone in class, a student acting up in a way that is unusual for them and how to “deal with tricky parents”.
