Teach First

8.1 /10 165 reviews

Opportunities Offered:: Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
Sectors:: Charity/Non Profit Education/Teaching

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Insight at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

9.2

I enjoyed the insight very much. It was well organised and full of interactive sessions on the different aspects of Teach First as a company, as well as teaching as a career.

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Taster paticipant at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

9.1

The programme was very enjoyable. From entering the building to the end of the two days I didn’t feel bored at any time and felt the programme was well planned and organised. I thoroughly enjoyed the activities and the range of advice given throughout the...

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Teach First Taster Programme at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

7.4

I thoroughly enjoyed all aspects the taster programme, including meeting the teach first team, teaching a group of year 6 students, confidence building workshops and meeting undergraduates like myself. It was very interactive and we were constantly engage...

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Teacher at Teach First

Teach First
Placement Year (10 Months+)

5.8

I found the teaching element enjoying, however I found the scheme itself extremely tiring and excessive. It entails a lot of work and support is often limited in the schools. Teach first as a company do try to make it as enjoyable as they can for you. It ...

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Teach First Taster Programme at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

7.3

The insight was enjoyable. It a lot of time was spent describing and advertising the various schemes that TeachFirst offer. I found this helpful and I hope to complete some of them in the future. The most valuable and enjoyable part was when we had the op...

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Insight participant at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

7.5

The 2 week insight placement was really enjoyable because there were a range of activities each day, so it was very engaging and interactive. The first week compromised of training and the second week was a placement in a teach first partner school. The b...

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Student at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

7.5

I absolutely loved the placement within the school, we were really immersed straight away and the training really helped us to feel well prepared to go into that environment. However, I did struggle a bit with the training week prior to the school placeme...

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Insight Programme at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

7.8

It was more than I expected. The first week is focused on training which covered more than I thought it would, whilst the second week is a school placement. I adored my school placement and how much say I had over what I did, to the point I'm hoping to do...

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Teacher training at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

8.1

I enjoyed the insight a lot as it was a good way for me to test the waters of teaching. Both days of the insight programme were enjoyable and also informative regarding the logistics of teaching.

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Teaching Taster at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

7.6

It was very interesting insight that allowed me to begin to understand both the work that Teach First do and how their graduate leadership programme works to get good teachers into some of the most disadvantaged schools in the UK. The two days were full o...

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TeachFirst Insight at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

7.5

I really enjoyed insight, it was great meeting all the other participants and I made some friends for life. It was exhausting but worth it. I felt like week one was dragged out a little bit, there were some work shops and lectures that I felt were unneces...

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Taster Day Participant at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

9.8

I thoroughly enjoyed the insight, and I found it extremely helpful in deciding whether to pursue a career with this company. They conveyed the values and mission of the company extremely well, and they taught me some valuable transferable skills that I wa...

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Student at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

9.1

The Insight Programme was greatly enjoyable offering two very different weeks. The first covers skills behind teaching, the aims behind the charity and shows many of the options available to you other than teaching after the programme. The next week was m...

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Insight Programme at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

5.8

I really enjoyed the second week of the placement as it involved time spent in a school teaching and observing. However, the first week was taxing in the sense that it felt repetitive, tedious and just long on the whole. Thirdly, the last day could have b...

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Teach First Insight Programme Participant at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

7.8

I thoroughly enjoyed the insight programme. I found it very telling and insightful. I learned a lot about Teach First and what it does. The week of training also opened my eyes to the grave issue of educational inequality it the UK. I enjoyed interacting ...

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Intern at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

9.3

The programme was fun and engaging, especially the second week. The sessions in the first week were interesting and usually engagingly run. The second week in a school was wonderful, with so many kind and helpful people around you.

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Insight participant at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

8.1

I found that the insight programme was very useful overall in helping my decision on whether to go into teaching. I felt that skills taught in the first week were not all relevant but overall I gained a lot from the experience and thoroughly enjoyed the s...

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Insight Scheme Participant at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

6.9

I enjoyed the scheme as it included a week of the theory behind teaching, which enabled me to learn the key skills and ideologies behind teaching. For example, I learned how to plan a lesson, classroom management techniques and had a child safeguarding wo...

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Insight Participant 2019 at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

8.9

Really enjoyed the content and the planned activities! Most of the sessions were really interesting and the first week of training was very intense but fun! The second week felt a lot slower as I was just observing lessons and making notes, but actually t...

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Teach First Summer Insight Program at Teach First

Teach First
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

8.1

I enjoyed the insight program overall, especially week 2 as this involved teaching students in an allocated school. However, week 1 was somewhat tedious and I felt that because some of the training was very basic and didn't require the attention and time ...

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