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Haili Hughes is an English teacher, former Head of Department and Senior Leader who has mentored new teachers and ITT students for over 10 years. She has been teaching for nearly 15 years and has enjoyed developing and supporting teachers at many different stages of their career – from Head of Department to student teacher. She is also passionate about keeping experienced staff in the classroom and helping to retain experienced teachers who may feel like they are somewhat jaded with the profession. In her spare time, she writes regular articles for the TES and other education publications and peer reviews submissions for the Chartered College of Teaching’s ‘Impact’ journal. Haili is author of the book Mentoring in Schools: How to become an expert colleague.