This "Research in Progress" report describes the need to explore how the experiences of teachers following different routes into the profession compare, and how integrated their initial teacher preparation, new teacher induction and early professional development programmes appear to be in practice. The "Becoming a teacher" project (2003?2009), funded by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), the General Teaching Council for England (GTCE) and the Teacher Training Agency (TTA), and carried out by researchers at the University of Nottingham, the University of Leeds and MORI Social Research Institute, addresses this need.