Insight programme participant Review

I had a good time, I got lots of experience but I also thought that a lot of it was a waste of time. On a scale of 1 to 10 I have given it a 6 as I believe a 6 is what it deserves as my experience was a 6.

I have given this a 5 out of 10 as I felt pretty neutral. During the first week I got no 1 on 1 time with a member of teach first, but that's not a bad thing. I felt like everyone else but I didn't want any attention so that's good.

During the first week I got pretty little on a personal level, that is why I have given it a 5 out of 10. I have also given it a 5 out of 10 as that takes into account the useful help from the emails etc. I found that useful.

This internship gave me a good insight as to what it'd be like teaching so I'm very glad I did it in that respect. I learnt a lot about what it's like to be a teacher and work in a school, though my school was not an accurate representation of an average school. (Corby Technical School)

It was well structured. The accomodation was very convinient and it was easy to understand when I was supposed to arrive on the first day. I really appreciated having the timetables printed on the tables as I could refer to it throught the day at regular intervals which was useful.

I think that a lot of the talks were very same-y. Also teach first seemed very cult-like as I felt like I was being constantly bombarded with the teach first. I get it, some free school meal kids dont go to uni! Most people were friendly tho but it seemed reasonably fake.

They paid me £500 which was useful to cover food, clothing and travel costs. I don't really know what else to say on this one, I guess they gave us lots of help for our second week in the schools. Some free sandwiches for lunch would have been useful tho.

I am a bit annoyed that they really sugar coated the Leadership development programme. Guest speakers would occasionally mention how hard it was but they never spoke about drop out rates or how some people really struggle. They really just tried their hardest to sell it without being realistic, which sucked.

It really helped me understand how cult-like teach first is. Before I went to the internship I assumed the company were pretty normal and just wanted to tackle education inequality but after going to the internship I learnt all about how corporate it is and what the company culture is.

It was really useful. It showed me that completing the leadership development programme is really not for me, but still gave me a chance to spent time in the classroom, helping me realise that I really wanted to do a university lead PGCE after I finish my degree. So 9.

The payment is useful but it is unclear whether it is supposed to be a salary or whether it is supposed to be a set reimbursement for travel etc. expenses. I think it would be cheaper for them if they just provided us with food and travel etc, but 500 was nice.

I have given this a neutral 4 as I'm not sure. I think they probably had some alumni group advertised but I didn't really pay attention as I'm not interested in doing the leadership development programme. I also wish we met more ldp grads that had a mixture of experiences.

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Yeah I would for those interested in teaching as we got some valuable information about teaching. But I would warn them about the teach first culture and reccomend they don't consider going on to do the leader ship development programme as it was way over sold and it was quite suspicious.