ABSTRACT
Induction tutors Becoming a really good teacher is like a long journey. Some parts will be smooth and fast flowing, others stressful and full of traffic jams-but you’ll be making progress all the time even if the congestions you meet reduce your speed to only five miles an hour. Induction and all professional development can help you pick up speed in your journey. If you don’t take advantage of what it has to offer it won’t be the end of the world. You’ll make some progress just through experience-but you’ll only be travelling slowly. Using all the help available to develop professionally will get you speeding along at a comfortable 30 mph. But beware the temptation to speed or you might crash. You’ll burn out or get promoted to positions for which you are insufficiently experienced and credible-and which cause you stress.
