Building a Teaching Career: A Step-By-Step Guide

Turn your teaching career aspirations into reality

Whether you’re still deciding to become a teacher, hoping to make a career change, or interested in improving your classroom, this five-week course from McGraw Hill will help individuals at all stages of their teaching journey answer fundamental questions about teaching.

Hear from the experts and join a community of next-generation teachers as you broaden your understanding of the education sector and gain tools to address complex issues.

By the end of this course, you’ll understand teaching as a profession from the inside out, and feel confident entering any classroom.

Build your teaching career by developing a positive teaching identity

This curriculum first focuses on what goes through many aspiring teachers’ minds when they decide to become teachers.

While reflecting on your experiences and values, you’ll discuss the personal and professional qualities and motivations behind effective teachers. By asking yourself these questions, you’ll develop a stronger teaching identity.

Understand education policy and gain strategies to guide your teaching career

A firm foundation in policy and strategy is essential to crafting effective teaching methodologies and ensuring optimal learning outcomes for students.

Familiarise yourself with these policies and unpack their impact on culture, teaching practices, curriculum, and student well-being.

Learn with experts at McGraw Hill

Considered one of the “big three” educational publishers, McGraw Hill has supported the education sector for over a century.

Blending theory and practical solutions, McGraw Hill’s team of experts have developed this course in tandem with the book, “Becoming a Teacher: Issues in Secondary Education.” This text serves as a guide for anyone entering and working in the education profession.

Whether you are looking to become a first-time teacher or exploring a career move, this course is designed for anyone interested in education as a profession.

Whether you are looking to become a first-time teacher or exploring a career move, this course is designed for anyone interested in education as a profession.

• Identify the personal and professional qualities needed to be a teacher and consider your own motivations to enter the teaching profession
• Reflect on different research-informed notions of what it is to be a teacher
• Assess the extent to which teaching might be considered to be a profession or a craft
• Explore ideas around teacher identity and reflect on how you might develop your own sense of professional identity as you train to teach and then move into a career
• Evaluate the current policy context around schools and teacher education so that you can make informed choices about training routes and potential employment opportunities
• Explore the vital importance of well-being as you embark on a career in teaching