Problem  statement      Tom  needs  a  way  to  quickly  improve  the  balance  in  both  abstract  and  concrete  teaching  skills  because  he  now  feels  that  during  his  studies  he  only  learned  the  abstract  skills.  Not  having  the  concrete  skills  and  experience  makes  him  feel  adrift  in  a  sea  of  all  that  is  new  and  he  refrains  from  asking  his  colleagues  for  help  because  he  feels  that  he  is  already  bothering  them  too  often.      Ideas  

1. Facebook  for  teachers  –  share,  like  and  learn  from  each  other    

2. Teacher  pen  pall  system  –  write  each  other  anonymously  and  share  issues    

3. Have  a  one  way  mirror  to  look  into  the  classroom  of  a  fellow  teacher  unobtrusively  

 4. Have  an  online  platform  to  talk  to  other  teachers  

 5. Have  a  buddy  colleague  whom  you  can  turn  to  for  questions,  different  buddy  

each  week    

6. Learn  from  retired  teachers  who  want  to  teach  colleagues  now    

7. Finish  studies  at  your  future  school  of  employment;  learn  concrete  skills  while  graduating  

 8. Have  teaching  pairs  per  class,  one  young  teacher,  one  old  teacher  

 9. Have  a  deck  of  cards  with  tips  and  tricks  in  case  you  get  stuck  in  preparing  a  

class    

10. Look  for  help  outside  your  organisation;  less  intimidating,  but  equally  valuable    

11. Connect  with  other  young  teachers  with  same  problems;  share  experiences,  ideas  

 12. Lessons  as  recipes;  use  a  teacher’s  cookbook:  adjust  a  basic  recipe  to  your  taste  

 13. Round  table  talk  with  colleagues  each  week  to  share  experiences  

 14. Download  all  experience  right  into  your  brain  

 15. Teacher  summer  camp  for  all  new  teachers  at  a  school,  to  let  them  hit  the  

ground  running    

16. Have  a  set  of  case  studies  to  go  through  before  you  start  working,  with  answers  and  explanations  provided  

 17. Have  an  app  to  post  a  “help“  call,  to  which  colleagues  can  respond  

 18. Exchange  between  young  and  old.  New  ideas  versus  experience  

 19. Set  of  video  fragments  that  are  paused  at  certain  point  for  “what  would  you  do”  

question  

 20. Act  out  scenarios  and  roleplay  during  your  studies  

 21. Have  a  big  book  about  teaching  that  tells  it  all.  The  teaching-­‐bible  

 22. Coffee  talk.  A  moment  to  talk  with  colleagues,  reflect  and  learn  

 23. Periscope  system  to  follow  what  is  going  on  in  another  teacher  class  without  

being  present    

24. “Snakes  and  ladders”  board  game  with  questions  about  teaching.  Right  answer:  move  ahead,  wrong  answer:  go  back.  

 25. SchoolFAQ  with  all  the  answers  to  practical  questions  about  teaching  in  your  

school    

26. Go  fishing  with  a  colleague  and  talk  about  experiences  and  issues    

27. The  teachers’  experience  in  a  pill.  Know  it  all  after  you  have  taken  this  pill    

28. Notice  board  in  general  teachers  area.  Post  anonymously,  everyone  can  respond    

29. Become  a  student  in  the  classroom  of  a  colleague  to  learn  from  his/her  approach    

30. Show  clearly  that  you  are  new  at  this  school  and  that  you  thus  have  a  lot  to  learn    

31. The  teaching  how-­‐to  video  series.  Instruction  videos  for  basic  teaching  aspects    

32. Video  recordings  of  other  teachers’  lessons.  View  their  lessons  to  learn  from  it    

33. Have  a  summary  of  the  teaching  material  with  tips  and  tricks  for  each  curriculum  

 34. Time  warp  to  a  moment  where  you  have  all  the  experience  

 35. One  tip  a  day  application  where  you  get  one  tip  about  teaching  each  day  

 36. Invisibility  cloak  that  will  allow  you  to  be  in  a  colleagues  class  without  

disturbing  it    

37. Have  a  panel  of  teachers  give  you  advice  on  how  to  approach  certain  situations    

38. The  idea  box:  state  a  question  and  have  colleagues  post  ideas  to  solve  it    

39. The  teacher  hotline:  for  all  your  questions  about  teaching    

40. The  new  teacher  toolkit:  all  information  to  get  you  started    

41. Earn  medals  for  special  teaching  skills,  like  in  the  boy  scouts    

42. One  trick  a  day:  learn  something  that  someone  else  has  already  solved    

43. The  panic  button:  for  if  all  becomes  too  much    

44. The  80-­‐20  rule:  new  teachers  get  to  devote  20%  of  their  time  to  self-­‐development  

 45. The  GTKD:  the  general  teacher  knowledge  database.  If  you  can’t  find  it  here,  no-­‐

one  has  the  answer    

46. Pay  for  each  cup  of  coffee  with  a  tip  for  a  colleague    

47. The  giant  teacher’s  flowchart.  Get’s  you  out  of  every  tricky  situation.    

48. Post  a  question  in  the  staff  room  with  a  stack  of  post-­‐its  next  to  it.  Build  on  each  other  

 49. The  you-­‐can-­‐make-­‐three-­‐wishes-­‐geenie-­‐in-­‐a-­‐bottle.    

 50. Make  clear  arrangements  about  how  often  you  can  ask  a  certain  colleague  

 51. Three  lifelines  each  week  to  get  information  from  different  sources  

 52. Practical  teaching  skills  courses  during  your  studies  

 53. Learn  one  thing  each  week  from  a  specialist-­‐colleague  

 54. What  would  …  do?  Solve  a  problem  by  thinking  of  how  someone  else  would  

solve  it    

55. Every  new  teacher  gets  a  sack  of  money  from  the  government  to  learn  practical  skills  

 56. The  has-­‐anybody-­‐solve-­‐that-­‐before-­‐overview.  Make  sure  you  don’t  reinvent  the  

wheel    

57. Teachers’  after  work  schooling  programme    

58. Start  as  an  intern.  Never  have  a  new  teacher  man  a  full  time  job  post    

59. Simulation.  Use  VR  to  let  a  teacher  experience  real  world  class  situations  and  act  upon  it  

 60. The  Backup  –  a  teacher  sitting  in  the  back  who  can  take  over  in  case  you’re  lost  

 61. The  teacher’s  diary  –  write  down  experiences  and  others  can  offer  advice  

 62. One  all-­‐knowing  person  in  each  school  who  can  help  with  anything  

 63. Competitions  among  young  teachers  to  show  practical  skills  

 64. The  national  New  Teachers  Programme  –  to  give  all  teachers  the  start  they  need