Family Links Teach First Student Teacher Training

The Sutton Trust is funding a pilot project with the charity Family Links to help train primary school Teach First recruits on how to promote the best of teaching and learning.  This is a great opportunity to combine the work of Family Link's well-established Nurturing Programme with the Teach First’s mission of addressing educational disadvantage.

The main aim of the project is to raise awareness of the importance of emotional well-being in pupils and teachers, as well as exploring various behaviour management techniques with which to create a calm, purposeful learning environment. The pilot will trial Family Links materials and training with 20 student teachers, providing them and their tutors with support throughout the academic year.

An evaluation of the project is also to be put into place to monitor the effectiveness of the programme.