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Induction Day Essentials

Practical support for graduate, early career and newly appointed teachers.

Got a group of new teachers and no time to cover the essentials before they step into the classroom? This flexible induction program can be tailored to your school's priorities, staff experience levels and existing induction processes.

How it works

Choose the format that best suits your school

  • Spend 60–90 minutes exploring a single topic in depth through practical examples, discussion and real-world classroom scenarios. Participants leave with a clear understanding of the topic, practical strategies they can implement immediately and the confidence to put new ideas into action.

  • A fast-paced induction session covering multiple topics in 15–20 minute segments. Ideal for schools wanting to provide practical advice across a range of areas. Select the topics most relevant to your staff and build a session that delivers practical strategies from day one.

    Examples:

    • Finding Your Teacher Voice

    • Communication Confidence

    • Curriculum Clarity

    • The Admin-Savvy Teacher

  • We build something together.

    A fully tailored induction session designed around your school's priorities, processes and expectations. Alongside practical teaching advice, we can incorporate school-specific systems, policies, curriculum frameworks, reporting requirements and local ways of working. Sessions can be delivered independently or alongside members of your leadership and induction team.

    Examples:

    • Your behaviour framework

    • Reporting timelines

    • Compass processes

    • Assessment expectations

    • Parent communication protocols

    • School culture and routines

Possible Focus Areas

Schools can select individual topics or combine multiple areas to create a tailored induction program.

Classroom Confidence

Understanding what matters most when establishing yourself as a teacher and building confidence in front of students.

Routines and Classroom Management

Developing practical routines, understanding expectations and knowing which strategies are worth investing your energy in.

Communication

Understanding communication expectations, building confidence in professional conversations and knowing where to seek support when conversations become challenging.

Curriculum and Assessment

Understanding what matters most and designing learning that leads to success at your new school.

Wellbeing and Sustainability

Understanding how experienced teachers recover from difficult days, manage competing demands and maintain perspective when things don't go to plan.

School-Specific Priorities

Understanding where to find important information, who to ask for help and how to navigate the systems, policies and expectations of your school.

More information

Schools can choose from a range of practical topics and tailor a program to suit their staff and priorities.

Classroom Confidence

  • Finding your teacher voice

  • Building professional presence and credibility

  • Being liked versus being respected

  • Waiting for silence

  • Getting attention without losing your mind

  • Picking your battles

Routines and Classroom Management

  • Entry and exit routines

  • Creating calm starts and strong finishes

  • Brain breaks that earn their place

  • Building consistency across classes

  • Practical behaviour strategies

  • Managing difficult classes

Communication

  • Communication confidence

  • Parent phone calls

  • Difficult conversations

  • Professional communication

  • Email and professional boundaries

Curriculum and Assessment

  • Curriculum clarity

  • Backward planning

  • Assessment essentials

  • Feedback that works

  • Explicit teaching and retrieval

  • Designing learning that sticks

Wellbeing and Sustainability

  • Recovering from a difficult lesson

  • What to do when things don't go to plan

  • Managing the emotional load of teaching

  • Practical strategies for difficult days

  • Avoiding burnout in the early years

  • Knowing when and how to ask for help

  • Building sustainable professional habits

School-Specific Priorities

  • Behaviour frameworks

  • Reporting expectations

  • Assessment processes

  • Parent communication expectations

  • School systems and procedures

  • Local induction priorities

  • The things every new staff member needs to know before Monday

Looking for Something Specific?

Every school is different. If there's a particular topic, challenge or priority you'd like included, get in touch and we'll see what we can create together.

The practical skills that make teaching survivable, sustainable and genuinely rewarding.

‍ For: graduate teachers, early career teachers, schools running induction programs, a refresher anytime

‍Focus Areas

  • Finding your teacher voice: how to build authority and warmth without pretending to be someone you’re not

  • Waiting for silence: why most teachers make it worse, and what to do instead

  • The difference between being liked and respected (and yes you can have both)

  • Knowing what to ignore and what to address: how experienced teachers pick their battles.

  • Entry and exit routines that work: simple structures that reduce friction, settle classes and reclaim lost time

  • Getting attention without losing your mind: low-effort call-to-attention routines that actually hold.

  • Brain breaks that earn their place: quick resets that cost two minutes and pay back ten.

‍Participants leave with‍

  • Practical strategies they can use immediately

  • Greater confidence in managing classrooms and routines

  • A clearer understanding of what matters most in the early years of teaching

  • Simple systems that reduce stress and increase consistency‍ ‍