Welcome to the YorkClio Early Career History Teachers’ page. Of course, all of the YorkClio website and events are relevant for early career teachers (ECTs), but this is a page for ideas, links, events specifically for colleagues who have been teaching less than five years.
Next event! CPD day with Christine Counsell and friends at University of York, Thursday 27th June 2024.
Early Career History Teachers Meeting – February 2024
We enjoyed the lovely Fairfax House in the centre of York. We started with a network meeting of local history teachers and talked about improving our microcurricular decisions. We then had some nice refreshments and learnt about York Civic Trust and York in the 18th C, all in the beautiful setting of the house.
HA Teacher Development Programme
Ruth and Helen are involved in this. The HA is recruiting now for people to take part. Apply here!
YorkClio Early Career History Teacher Podcasts
Early Career Teachers who previously trained with the University of York share their thoughts and experience of topics as varied as ‘teaching in a school undergoing rapid change’ and ‘work life balance’. These podcasts are in a discussion style. They should be of particular interest to other history teachers who are just beginning their careers, or who are in their second or third year of teaching and are wondering how they should progress their career next. Do contact helen.snelson@york.ac.uk or ruth.lingard@york.ac.uk if you have ideas for other topics we should feature.
In this podcast NQT Edward Robinson chats to Ruth Lingard about managing a work life balance.
Ben Longworth, discusses the experience of becoming a History Mentor as an early career teacher.
Harry Ashton in North London discusses the role of male teachers as role models in the classroom.
Vicky Bettney in York discusses teaching in a school undergoing change.
Historical Association Chartered History Teacher
Once you have been history teaching for five or more years you can apply for Historical Association Chartered History Teacher status. Some ideas to help ECTs work towards this in years 2-4 have been created here. In Bristol and York there are also several HA CHist teachers you can talk to about the process. Just get in touch!
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