A Highly Rewarding Career
Teaching is a highly rewarding and enjoyable career. To be a successful teacher, you need to have a passion for supporting young people to reach their potential; a drive to challenge thinking and ideas; and an enthusiasm to bring learning to life. At The Canterbury Academy, we want to enable those who have embarked on this career path with the tools and strategies they need to thrive in their training and future teaching career.
Pathways to Teaching
There are several pathways colleagues can choose to enter the world of teaching. At The Canterbury Academy, we are proud to work closely with Thames Gateway Teaching School Hub (TGTSH). We also work closely with Kent and Medway Training (KMT) to recruit new teachers for the profession. These providers offer us an array of pathways into teaching which allow trainee teachers to learn in placement schools.
Dedicated Support
We develop our trainees by giving them a dedicated subject mentor who will support them daily with lesson planning, giving feedback, managing behaviour and fostering relationships. We have a dedicated ITT Team who are available to trainees as a wider support network. These colleagues deliver our in-house Professional Studies sessions. These sessions focus on pedagogy as well as giving trainees access to colleagues in school, such as Directors of SEND, Behaviour and Ethos Leaders, Heads of Learning, Heads of Pillars and Heads of House, so they can understand the strategic importance of these areas of the school.
We are proud to have trained many colleagues who have gone on to become successful teachers and leaders. Many of our current staff have trained with us and have taken up permanent posts within one of our schools or provisions.
We value training teachers immensely and want to ensure that we provide a solid foundation to any colleague who wants to teach. We believe building these solid foundations at the beginning of someone’s teaching journey is crucial in ensuring it is both a long and enjoyable career.
Register your interest
If you are interested in training to teach with us at the Canterbury Academy; please email enquires@canterbury.kent.sch.uk, titling your email ‘Teacher training’.