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The first years in teaching shape a career. Early career teachers need strong support, and the mentors who guide them need training too. This programme develops both: it helps your ECTs thrive and gives your mentors the skills to coach them well, so your school keeps and grows great teachers.
Below, we explain what our early career teacher and mentor training involves, and how it helps you develop and retain your newest staff.
What Is Early Career Teacher & Mentor Training?
It’s practical training that supports early career teachers and the mentors who work with them. For ECTs, we build the core classroom skills that make the biggest difference early on. For mentors, we develop the coaching and feedback skills that turn a good teacher into a good mentor.
We align it with the Early Career Framework and focus on the day-to-day realities of the first years in the classroom.
Who Is This Training For?
It’s designed for all education settings: maintained schools, academies, and multi-academy trusts, Alternative Provisions, and SEND Units/Hubs. It works for ECTs, their mentors, induction leads, and trainee teachers. Trusts often run it across schools to build a consistent induction experience.
Many schools ask for it to strengthen their ECF induction, support struggling early career teachers, or develop their mentors.
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What Does the Training Cover?
We shape the content around your priorities. You can book a whole-school INSET, a group session, or focused one-to-one support. Our most common areas include:
- Core classroom skills that matter most early on
- Behaviour, routines, and managing a classroom
- Workload and wellbeing for new teachers
- Effective mentoring and coaching skills
- Giving clear, useful feedback
- Structured lesson observation and support
- Aligning with the Early Career Framework
- Building confidence and resilience
How This Training Helps Your School, Academy, Trust, or Alternative Provision
1
Develop confident new teachers
ECTs build the skills that matter most early on. They find their feet faster and teach better sooner.
2
Train your mentors properly
Good mentoring is a skill, not a job title. We give your mentors the coaching tools to do it well.
3
Keep your best new staff
Well-supported ECTs are far more likely to stay. You protect your investment and reduce turnover.
4
Strengthen your ECF induction
We align with the framework and make induction meaningful, not just a tick-box.
5
Support struggling teachers
Targeted support helps early career teachers who are finding it hard to get back on track.
6
Protect wellbeing
New teachers learn to manage workload and stress, building habits that sustain a long career.
7
Build a pipeline of great teachers
Strong early development grows the confident, skilled staff your school needs for the future.
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How the Training Works
- 1We talk with you to understand your context, your staff, and what you want to change.
- 2We tailor the content to your setting, your phase, and your improvement priorities.
- 3We model coaching and feedback live, so mentors see exactly how to support their ECTs.
- 4We deliver the training in person or online, in a way that fits your calendar.
- 5We give you practical resources and tools your staff can use straight away.
- 6We follow up to help you embed the learning, so it sticks and changes classroom practice.
What Your Staff Get
Every participant comes away with more than notes. They get:
- Clear, practical strategies they can use in the next lesson
- A shared language and consistent approach across the team
- Ready-to-use resources, tools, and templates
- The confidence to put the training into practice
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Key Features of Our Training
Aligned to the ECF
We build on the Early Career Framework and the realities of early teaching.
For ECTs and mentors
We develop new teachers and the people who guide them, together or separately.
Whole-school, group, or individual
Book a programme, a group session, or one-to-one coaching. We adapt to you.
Why Choose Jarvis Education?
We work only with education settings. We remember how hard the first years are, and we know what helps new teachers thrive. Our training helps you develop and keep great teachers, with every decision staying focused on children.
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Next Steps & How to Get Started
- Speak to one of our experts. We’ll explain how we work, answer your questions, and help you shape the right training for your staff.
- We agree dates and delivery that suit your calendar, in person or online, and confirm everything in writing.
- Contact us today to discuss how we can support your school, academy, trust, and alternative provision.
- We’re ready to help and support you.
Who We Work With
We support settings of every type across England and internationally.
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