Teacher burnout is a state of chronic physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion resulting from prolonged stress in the profession. It's increasingly recognized as a serious issue affecting educators worldwide.

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Are you looking for a new career? Have you ever considered becoming a trainer? Training is a great career choice if you want to help others achieve their goals. Not only will becoming a trainer help you learn new skills, but it will also provide you with a sense of satisfaction. If you are interested in becoming a trainer, here are some reasons why you should do it. Travel and Meet Interesting People A job as a trainer can take you many places, both locally and internationall

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Delivering effective training in healthcare is important because a highly-trained workforce is critical to ensuring that programs are implemented and that patient outcomes are optimized. Healthcare organisations can achieve that outcome by investing in training and education, but it is important that they first identify their audience's needs, deliver a training program that aligns with those needs and deliver through evidence-based curriculum. Here are 5 key factors of deliv

Learning doesn’t just end in school. Lifelong learning is the pursuit of continuing to grow your knowledge, skills and mind throughout your life. Lifelong learning can take many forms, from enrolling in a new course to simply regularly reading about new topics in your spare time. However you want to explore it, though, there are a number of traits that are always useful in your efforts to grow. Curious The first step of lifelong learning is deciding what you actually want to

Having a great short-term memory comes in useful in so many ways in our everyday lives, whether it is at work or at home. Luckily, short-term memory can be improved! Read the small lifestyle changes you can make to gain a better short-term memory. Exercise Of course, there are lots of benefits to increasing the amount of exercise you do, but did you know improving your memory is one of them? Exercise increases blood flow to your brain which in turn increases its short-term me

Every country has different curriculums that its schools must follow, but something that is shared by many is that arts funding is often cut or is continuously limited. To decide how much we should value the arts in schools in comparison to other more traditionally academic subjects, we have to know how important they are in students’ development. Here are reasons why we should value the arts as part of the school curriculum. The provide future-proof skills In the future, man

We are back with a brand new episode of Teach Talk, the Notting Hill College podcast. Listen here . In Episode 6, Kirsty and Paul dive into a subject feared by EFL teachers everywhere: gerunds! What is a gerund, you ask? A gerund is a verb form which acts as a noun in a sentence. Yep, confusing! Examples include "Do you mind my asking you?" and "I like swimming ." In these sentences, 'asking' and 'swimming' are being used as nouns despite usually being verbs. As usual, our h

We have reached the fifth episode of Teach Talk! Hurray! In Episode 5, Kirsty and Paul talk through challenges faced by EFL teachers and together draw from their experience and expertise to find effective solutions. Listen to the new episode here . In this episode, our hosts answer listeners' questions, including: How should you discipline a misbehaving student? How can we inspire students to be more self-directed? How do you get students to complete homework? Is it okay to u

Becoming a training is a great career path for anyone with a specialist skill or particular knowledge that can be shared. However, having an area of expertise is not enough to be able to train others in it. You also need the coaching, leadership and people management abilities that are vital to a successful training session. A Training of Trainers course is designed to transform someone from a person with a specialism into a person who is a trainer in that specialism, as well

At their cores, teaching and training have the same aims. In both, you are transferring information into the minds of another person or group of people with the aim of them gaining an understanding of the topic. However, there are marked differences between the two which make them two very different roles in actuality. Read how being a trainer is different from being a teacher. The main differences between teaching and training Teaching imparts theoretical knowledge and trai

Introducing our brand new programme, Diploma in Training of Trainers (TOT) for Healthcare Workers! Notting Hill College is excited to announce the launch of a brand new programme for healthcare sector workers. The Diploma in Training of Trainers (TOT) for Healthcare Workers is designed to raise the skills of anyone in the healthcare industry who is required to give training as part of their role. The first Virtual Campus start date of the programme is Wednesday, 20th July 20

Episode 4 of Teach Talk is now live and we are excited to introduce the podcast's first ever guest! Tune in and listen to the latest episode . Teach Talk is Notting Hill College's brand new podcast aimed at EFL teachers and the wider education community. Each episode, hosts Kirsty and Paul answer listener questions about taking on the English teaching role and discuss solutions to lesson difficulties. This week, Teach Talk is joined by Notting Hill College's very own Olivia,

Kirsty and Paul are back to tackle all of the challenges EFL teachers face in the classroom! Have a listen to this week's episode here . Each episode, listeners send in their questions and teaching grumbles, and our hosts dive into the solutions. Episode 3 explores: How do we teach intonation to students who speak English with no emotion in their voice? How should we approach having to teach from lots of different curriculums? How we invite shy students to be open and communi

Trainers can be found in every industry and they take many forms. Corporate trainers act as guest speakers visiting and teaching skills at a different organisation every day. HR workers are required to be able to train staff at their company to ensure they are up to date with its policy and its wellbeing protocols. For many workers, training is only something they do when they are onboarding new colleagues. Whatever form training takes, however, there are always key attribute

Have you ever wondered if becoming a head teacher is in your future career path? The job is something many teachers think about when moving up the ranks at their school. However, it is difficult to know if it is one you would be suited to until you get there. Here are just some of the responsibilities of being a head teacher and the skills you need to pull them off effectively. Coming up with, planning and executing your school’s educational vision A successful school starts

We are back with Episode 2 of our new podcast, Teach Talk. Each week, hosts Kirsty and Paul will discuss the goings-on of the EFL sector and respond to questions and challenges submitted by fellow teachers. Episode 2, our hosts answer the questions of: How do you cope with mixed levels in a class? Should we teach slang and idioms? Is it possible to eliminate an accent? Which comes first when learning vocabulary: spelling or meaning? How do you create exams and tests? What sho