{"id":2255,"date":"2025-12-10T16:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onderwijsregiohollandsnoorden.nl\/?post_type=verhalen_vlogs&p=2255"},"modified":"2025-12-17T10:52:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:52:37","slug":"how-is-it-now-with-side-entry-bart-steenman","status":"publish","type":"verhalen_vlogs","link":"https:\/\/onderwijsregiohollandsnoorden.nl\/en\/verhalen-vlogs\/hoe-is-het-nu-met-zij-instromer-bart-steenman\/","title":{"rendered":"How is side-stepper Bart Steenman doing now?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two years ago<\/a><\/strong> <\/strong><\/a>Bart Steenman started in education as a lateral entrant. He has now logged quite a few flying hours in front of the class and looks back on recent times with satisfaction. \u2018I like teaching very much,\u2019 he says. \u2018I have a great job and the combination of studying and being in front of the classroom works fine for me. I also get the opportunity to study at school, which of course helps enormously to combine this route with my family with three young children. Of course, sometimes I also study on a Friday evening or a Saturday morning, but that's part of the job.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bart is studying at the HvA. His route -teaching mathematics- takes the full four years, partly because his previous higher education -Sport, Management and Entrepreneurship- is not a match for his current course. \u2018That would have been different if I had wanted to teach economics, then I could have counted on exemptions. Incidentally, I do get those for the compulsory minor, because I have already completed it, of course. It gives me space to work ahead so that I have a bit more air in year four.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From day one at Regius College, Bart was treated as a teacher in his own right. \u2018I was in front of the class in no time and was fully assimilated into the school culture and ethos. Do students see me as a trainee? Absolutely not. The fact that my workplace supervisor is occasionally present in class is also not perceived as strange. It happens so often that a second teacher briefly watches. For the students, that's quite normal.\u2019Bart is very positive about his lateral entry course, but also acknowledges that it sometimes demands quite a lot from him. \u2018You really have to set your priorities. In the first two years, I stopped playing indoor football to combine everything properly. Working four days, going to school one day and also studying is no mean feat. So fortunately I can regularly use a gap hour, but planning is essential.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bart finds studying himself challenging, mainly because of the nature of his studies. \u2018Mathematics is a special kind of sport. In history or Dutch there is sometimes some room for your own interpretation, in maths everything just has to be right. That mainly means a lot of practice. I do piles of homework and the level is higher than what you teach, so it is quite intensive.\u2019 With a year and a half to go, Bart looks ahead positively. \u2018The first two years went fine. I notice that in this third year I am plodding a bit more, but I also know I will make it. I will finish the maths subjects after these six months and then I will focus on the professional assignments for teaching methodology and pedagogy. On to the finish line!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two years ago, Bart Steenman started as a career changer in education. He has now gained a considerable amount of experience in the classroom and looks back on the past period with satisfaction. \u2018I really enjoy teaching,\u2019 he says. \u2018I have a fantastic job and the combination of studying and being in front of the class works... Read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2200,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-2255","verhalen_vlogs","type-verhalen_vlogs","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onderwijsregiohollandsnoorden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verhalen_vlogs\/2255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onderwijsregiohollandsnoorden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verhalen_vlogs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onderwijsregiohollandsnoorden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/verhalen_vlogs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onderwijsregiohollandsnoorden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/onderwijsregiohollandsnoorden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verhalen_vlogs\/2255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2285,"href":"https:\/\/onderwijsregiohollandsnoorden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verhalen_vlogs\/2255\/revisions\/2285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onderwijsregiohollandsnoorden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onderwijsregiohollandsnoorden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onderwijsregiohollandsnoorden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}