The benefits of supply teaching

Supply teaching can be a great preparation for HoDship

Preparation doesn’t only involve reading. Reading, by Terry Freedman

Before I became a head of department for the first time, I did a couple of jobs that turned out to be excellent preparation for the role — even though I hadn’t undertaken them with that in mind.

The first was supply teaching, which I did for a term or two. At the time I wanted to leave t…