In this session, education author and advisor Matt Bromley will offer a range of practical advice and tips to help ECTs on their journey from "novice" to "expert". He will touch upon the tricks of the teaching trade and how to learn them, becoming an expert teacher and what this means, establishing the habit of cooperation to help support your teaching and keep workload in check, planning using a three-part learning process, and teaching using a four-step sequence. Lots of practical tips promised for both primary and secondary ECTs in this session.
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    Matt Bromley
    Education Author & Advisor, Yorkshire
    Matt Bromley is an education writer and advisor with over twenty years' experience in teaching and leadership including as a secondary school headteacher and principal, FE college vice principal and academy trust director. He also works as a public speaker and trainer, and is a primary school governor.

    Matt writes for various newspapers and magazines including TES, SecEd, Headteacher Update, SEN Leader, Attendance Matters Magazine, School Business Manager Magazine, and School Inspection + Improvement Magazine.

    He is the author of numerous best-selling books for teachers including How to Become a School Leader, The Art of Public Speaking, Teach, Teach 2, Making Key Stage 3 Count, The New Teacher Survival Kit, andHow to Lead. His latest book is School & College Curriculum Design 2: Implementation, the second instalment in a three-book series which follows the best-selling Book 1: Intent which garnered several 5* reviews and was called "epic" "brilliant" and "amazing" by readers.

    Matt's education blog, voted one of the UK's most influential, receives over 50,000 unique visitors a year.

    He regularly speaks at national and international conferences and events, and provides education advice to charities, government agencies, training providers, colleges and multi-academy trusts. He works as a consultant and trainer with several companies including Creative Education, Osiris Educational, Forum Business Media, Keynote Educational, the ETF, Engage Education, and the Association of Colleges. He also provides a wide selection of direct-to-market consultancy and training services through his own company, Bromley Education, which he founded in 2012.

    You can follow him on Twitter: @mj_bromley