{"podcast":{"title":"Miss Estruch Teach & Tell","slug":"miss-estruch-teach-tell-7095349","podcast_index_feed_id":7095349,"rss_url":"https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/2147857403/feed","website_url":"https://www.missestruch.co.uk/podcasts/miss-estruch-teach-tell","image_url":"https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/site/2147633614/podcasts/d65e11d-aaee-6cb7-83da-1cc44a0b3_Bold_Feminine.png","author":"Miss Estruch","episode_count":80,"summary":"Welcome to Miss Estruch Teach & Tell —the podcast dedicated to helping busy teachers streamline their workload, improve productivity, and find more joy in teaching. Whether you’ve been in the classroom for years or you’re navigating the challenges of balancing work with being a busy mum, this show is designed for you. Join Miss Estruch each week as she shares time-saving teaching tips, engaging Biology lesson ideas, and powerful edtech tools that make your life easier while boosting the quality of your lessons. From candid teacher confessions to practical strategies that work, we dive deep into what it means to thrive both in and out of the classroom. Expect relatable anecdotes, actionable takeaways, and an authentic community of educators who understand the struggle to achieve a sustainable work-life balance. If you're ready to take your teaching to the next level while reclaiming your personal time, hit that subscribe button now!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-28T14:25:42.826375+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/miss-estruch-teach-tell-7095349"},"episode":{"title":"Surviving Your First Year as an ECT | S3 E1","slug":"surviving-your-first-year-as-an-ect-s3-e1","published_at":"2026-09-07T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/miss-estruch-teach-tell-7095349/surviving-your-first-year-as-an-ect-s3-e1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/miss-estruch-teach-tell-7095349","url":"https://www.missestruch.co.uk/podcasts/miss-estruch-teach-tell/episodes/2149250869","audio_url":"https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149250869.mp3","summary":"Nobody warns you how much your first year of teaching is going to ask of you. In this episode, I'm talking about surviving year one as an ECT.  The challenges nobody prepares you for, exactly who you should be turning to when things get hard, and the practical habits that will save you hours every single week. I still remember my own NQT year like it was yesterday.  The exhaustion, the imposter syndrome, the feeling that everyone else had somehow been given a manual I'd never seen. If you're starting your ECT year, or you're already in it wondering why nobody warned you it would feel like this, this one's for you. I talk about the things the training year doesn't prepare you for, why the challenges you're hitting are completely normal, and who to actually go to for each type of problem, because year one goes far more smoothly once you know that, rather than trying to solve everything yourself. I also share the habits that genuinely protect your time: batching admin, guarding your non-contact time, setting a boundary and holding it, and swapping detailed individual marking for whole-class feedback. Speaking of which, one of the biggest time-savers I mention in this episode is ditching individual comment marking for whole-class feedback sheets. I've put together a free whole-class feedback document to help you start saving hours from this week. Grab it here: https://www.missestruch.co.uk/offers/fNUar5qP/checkout You don't have to do year one perfectly. I certainly didn't. You just have to keep asking for help, learn from your mistakes, and protect your time where you can.","meta_description":"Nobody warns you how much your first year of teaching is going to ask of you. In this episode, I'm talking about surviving year one as an ECT. The c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":767,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/miss-estruch-teach-tell-7095349/episodes/surviving-your-first-year-as-an-ect-s3-e1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/miss-estruch-teach-tell-7095349/surviving-your-first-year-as-an-ect-s3-e1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}