FROM PR TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“I’m extremely motivated to do what I can to support young people at a crucial part in their lives.”
FROM SOLICITOR TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“The huge buzz that I got from working with children, helping them learn and hearing about their ideas and lives, was completely unmatched by anything I had experienced in my working life up to that point – or have experienced since.”
FROM IT OPERATIONS TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“I still remember Mr Paterson, my Biology teacher, and one measure of longer term success will be if one of my students remembers me.”
FROM ACCOUNTANCY TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“It is the most exciting possible experiment in living.”
FROM MUSIC JOURNALISM TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“If you like moving outside your comfort zone, could you think of a more fulfilling challenge?”
FROM CIVIL ENGINEERING TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“Don’t be afraid of change or the challenge. Everyone I have met is supportive, wants you to succeed.”
FROM JOURNALISM TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“There are adult writers who would kill for one or two of the comic voices I found in seven- and eight-year old children.”
FROM RISK MANAGEMENT TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“I went into teaching to give something back.”
FROM JOURNALIST TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“I want to show my pupils that there’s a place in school, and the world, for everyone.”
FROM RESEARCH AND POLICY TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“I really like the students and it’s nice to see that relationship building.
FROM BANKING TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“It’s good for your soul – and sanity – to do something new.”
FROM INVESTMENT BANKER TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“Teaching’s not “long holidays and short working days” – it’s long working days and short holidays where you can catch up on some sleep!”
FROM SENIOR BANKER TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“Every day is different – education is an amazing sector to work in.”
FROM CORPORATE LAWYER TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“I realised that beyond the day-to-day teaching I could also help them with careers advice.”
FROM FINANCIAL SERVICES TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“Don’t be discouraged if you’ve had an awful week. You have to hang on in there and wait until it improves – it takes time.”
FROM JOURNALIST TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“Everyone on the Now Teach programme has a lot of confidence because they have had a measure of professional success. You can’t always bring that into the classroom on a daily basis because you’re trying to master the subject you’re teaching but the school will benefit from your prior experience and the school will use it.”
FROM DOCTOR TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“I was given a lot of support and I felt there was a sort of matchmaking going on between Now Teach and Ark to make sure you were in the right school.”
FROM LAWYER TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“Now Teach offers us career changers invaluable support – from coordinating social media groups connecting us to one another, to arranging periodic meet-ups on Thursday afternoons to hear some great speakers.”
FROM CIVIL SERVANT TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“When I read about Now Teach, everything clicked into place for me. It demonstrated that someone somewhere wanted people like me as teachers, and it offered a structured way to train, and a cohort to belong to, which felt reassuring.”
FROM FT COLUMNIST TO NOW TEACH TRAINEE:
“I can’t be the only 50 something person in the country to want a second career in this most noble of professions.”
