Clare Hewitt, a former air hostess and supermarket manager, now teaches modern foreign languages at Parkside School near Bradford. This programme charts her progress over her first term of teaching and takes a detailed look at how Clare is tackling her lesson planning. Clare's mentor and head of department, Sarah Williams, is working to help her to develop a strategy for effective lesson planning. Clare is finding it hard to motivate children at Key Stage 4 and wants to plan dynamic lessons to keep them interested. Using mind-mapping, Sarah helps Clare to plan a Year 10 French lesson for pupils of mixed ability, including incorporating the scheme of work and targeting children's preferred learning styles by catering for auditory and kinaesthetic learners.

Video Series: Secondary NQTs
Release Date 2005