{"id":64968,"date":"2026-05-27T12:33:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/courses\/?post_type=case_study&#038;p=64968"},"modified":"2026-05-27T13:25:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T13:25:59","slug":"brad-secures-his-first-teaching-job","status":"publish","type":"case_study","link":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/courses\/story\/brad-secures-his-first-teaching-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad secures his first teaching job"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>PGCE Secondary Physics student&nbsp;Brad explains&nbsp;how he overcame his&nbsp;initial&nbsp;fears and challenges to land&nbsp;his first role as a&nbsp;Science&nbsp;teacher.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When I began the PGCE Secondary Science programme, I felt overwhelmed at the thought of simply standing in front of a class. On my second day in school, I finally gathered the courage to tell a student to tuck their shirt in; at the time, it felt like a massive milestone in becoming a teacher. Looking back now after months of planning physics lessons, managing&nbsp;practicals, and at times doubting if I had the stamina to continue, that initial anxiety feels almost laughable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journey has certainly had its\u00a0ups and downs. However, with incredibly supportive tutors and mentors to provide reassurance when my confidence was knocked, I learned to take it one step at a time.\u00a0I\u2019ve\u00a0come to realise that teaching\u00a0isn&#8217;t\u00a0about perfection. When a lesson\u00a0doesn&#8217;t\u00a0go to plan, the real skill is in reflecting and returning the next day with a positive outlook. By the end of the course, this mindset became second nature. Having now secured my first job,\u00a0I\u2019ve\u00a0thoroughly enjoyed my training and am excited to continue developing as a\u00a0Science\u00a0teacher.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about Brad\u2019s course,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/courses\/course\/pgsphy-pgce-secondary-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PGCE Secondary Physics<\/a>, or discover more about our other&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/study\/teacher-training\/secondary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PGCE Secondary courses<\/a>.&nbsp;You can also sign up for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/study\/teacher-training\/#form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">teacher training updates<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":129000008965,"template":"","tags":[],"cs_subjects":[832],"cs_levels_of_Study":[765],"schools":[],"class_list":["post-64968","case_study","type-case_study","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cs_subjects-education-learning","cs_levels_of_Study-postgraduate"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/courses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_study\/64968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/courses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_study"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/courses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case_study"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/courses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/courses\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/courses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/courses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64968"},{"taxonomy":"cs_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/courses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cs_subjects?post=64968"},{"taxonomy":"cs_levels_of_Study","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/courses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cs_levels_of_Study?post=64968"},{"taxonomy":"schools","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/courses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/schools?post=64968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}