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

Explore content by Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework theme

Upcoming Events

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

  • Chartered College of Teaching
  • Fellow Only |
  • Teacher wellbeing |
  • Wellbeing

As part of Fellowship at the Chartered College of Teaching, the Fellow Sip and Share series will offer a brief opportunity to speak to other Fellows about pressing topics that you may be facing in your roles, and discuss solutions. This Sip and Share will focus on teacher wellbeing and what we can do in our roles to maintain a culture of good wellbeing for you and your workplace.

Members Only
November 18, 2025
8:30 am
Free
  • Chartered College of Teaching
  • Assessment |
  • Leadership

Nearly a decade on from the Ethical Leadership Commission, we are delighted to offer you the opportunity to meet with Carolyn Roberts (who led the commission), to (re)discover the framework and discuss how it fits into today’s education assessment system. This exclusive Fellow roundtable will take place on Thursday 6th November, 4-5pm.

Members Only
November 6, 2025
4:00 pm
Free
  • Centre for Educational Neuroscience
  • Cognitive science

This webinar comes from the Centre for Educational Neuroscience. This autumn, they have a fantastic lineup of speakers sharing their research each Thursday from 4–5pm.

October 16, 2025
4:00 pm
Free