Welcome to the Early Career Hub

The Early Career Hub is our one-stop shop for trainee teachers, early career teachers, and those involved in supporting, coaching and mentoring those new to the profession. 

Whether seeking top tips on how to maintain a work-life balance and manage workload and wellbeing, or more specialised advice on key approaches in those first days in the classroom, we’ve got you covered. 

Content is helpfully linked to strands of the Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework, and includes accessible research articles on essential topics such as using technology, providing feedback and understanding how pupils learn.

If you are visiting for the first time, make sure you’ve signed up for Chartered College membership to make sure you can access all resources and receive ongoing CPD resources. You can sign up free as a trainee teacher, and membership is half price for ECTs – or may even be covered by your school.  You might find it helpful use the Early Career Teacher member workbook below to support your professional learning journey on our site – it is designed to help you make the most of the resources below and help you effectively plan your ongoing professional development.

Making the most of the Early Career Hub

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Upcoming Events

Upcoming events that may be of interest to trainee and early career teachers

  • Chartered College of Teaching
  • External Organisation

From policy to practice: exploring equity, professional learning and teacher resilience, with the launch of a new online toolkit.

March 12, 2026
9:00 am
Free
  • External Organisation
  • AI

Have you been using or trying to use AI for some time? Do you want to know more about what others are actually doing in an open and honest way? Do you want insights from currently practicing teachers / educators from a variety of subjects and phases?

If the answer to all of those questions is yes, then you should come to our CAS West Midlands AI Teach Meet, in conjunction with Oak Academy, Cambridge OCR and with a with a FREE copy of the "AI Special Edition Impact journal" - thanks to the Chartered College of Teaching.

April 15, 2026
3:00 pm
Free
  • Chartered College of Teaching
  • Leadership |
  • Teacher Development

Join us for a look inside the latest issue of our award-winning Impact journal (Issue 26: Spring 2026). This issue focuses on equity in teacher education and development.

March 4, 2026
4:00 pm
Free