Handbook for Newly Qualified Teachers

Handbook for Newly Qualified Teachers
Author: Denis Hayes
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2013-12-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134120214

First Published in 2000. All teachers want to get better at teaching. Sometimes the frantic pace of school life, the heavy demands and the need to conform to different people's expectations, conspire to suppress their creativity and initiative. This book provides a combination of explanation, challenge and practical activities to help busy practitioners enhance their work with pupils and make the best of their teaching opportunities. It is written in the belief that it is possible to get better at teaching by translating the time spent on a careful study of relevant issues into practical classroom experience, and using this experience as a basis for further reflection and study.

The Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Teacher

The Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Teacher
Author: Tim Mobbs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2018-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781983317415

Are you at the start of your teaching career? Do you want to know what it's REALLY like? Do you want to discover time saving ideas and shortcuts and avoid making too many mistakes?This book gives an honest insight into the wonderful, brilliant, emotional, tiring, challenging, frustrating world of being a teacher.Tim Mobbs is a Primary Leader who entered education through TeachFirst and rose through the ranks quickly. He has led Maths, Reading and Writing in several schools whilst leading Key Stage 2. He has particularly enjoyed mentoring trainees, students and Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) and developing them into excellent and resilient teachers. "I have written this book to help those at the start of their teaching careers learn from my mistakes and make them aware of the surprises and frustrations that I experienced in my career. It is the honest advice I wish someone had given me over a coffee and a chat before I started, but instead I sadly blundered into many avoidable mistakes, bleary eyed and unprepared. I hope this book stops others finding themselves in the same situation. I find that many education books paint a picture of an ideal and perfect profession in ideal and perfect classrooms - teaching is not that and neither is this book... but I would never do anything else!" - Tim Mobbs'The Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming A Teacher' is broken down into bitesize segments, perfect for busy and tired educators to consume at their leisure.The manageable chapters cover:- Settling in to School- Wellbeing- Home life- Wider School Life- Behaviour Management- Classroom Teaching- Personal Development- Relationships- Teaching Practice- The World of EducationThe author has experience in primary and secondary education and many of the sections transfer to both sectors. The book relays the ethos of working "Smarter not Harder" and has a focus on teacher wellbeing. It includes anecdotes alongside sage advice based on real life. There are many practical ideas provided to make an immediate impact on any teacher and classroom.This is the first in the series: The Things I Wish I Knew About...With the second book: The Things I Wish I Knew About Active Assessment currently being written.

The Newly Qualified Teacher's Handbook

The Newly Qualified Teacher's Handbook
Author: Elizabeth Holmes
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135265593

The Newly Qualified Teacher’s Handbook is an essential companion for all new teachers. Practical, comprehensive and lively, this invaluable guide covers all aspects of your first crucial months and years, and will set your teaching career off on the right track. This updated and expanded second edition is the first book to draw on the new Induction Regulations for NQTs for September 2008 onwards. It gives tried and tested advice on everything you need to know, from induction to inspection, from getting your first job to continuing development. New features include a revised first chapter covering key areas of concern for trainees and NQTs, the updated statement of professional values and a comprehensive appendix detailing the code of conduct for teachers and further reading and references. Areas covered include: finding jobs and coping with them the interview process easing stresses and difficulties staffroom politics and etiquette what makes lessons effective the latest legislative requirements professional development and looking after the future. The Newly Qualified Teacher’s Handbook is an indispensable survival guide for all NQTs and trainees who want to sail swiftly and successfully through the first years of their teaching career.

A Newly Qualified Teacher's Manual

A Newly Qualified Teacher's Manual
Author: Sara Bubb
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2013-12-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134010389

First Published in 2004. Based on over two years experience of running courses and researching provision for NQTs, the book looks at what NQTs are entitled to and how to make the most of it.

Teaching Physical Education

Teaching Physical Education
Author: Richard Bailey
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2013-10-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 113538066X

Designed for all trainee and newly qualified teachers, teacher trainers and mentors, this volume provides a contemporary handbook for the teaching of physical education, covering Key Stages 2, 3 and 4 in line with current DfEE and TTA guidelines.

Teaching Science

Teaching Science
Author: Steven Alsop
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2013-10-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135378142

Designed for all trainee and newly qualified teachers, teacher trainers and mentors, this volume provides a contemporary handbook for the teaching of science, covering Key Stages 2, 3 and 4 in line with current DfEE and TTA guidelines.

The History Teacher's Handbook

The History Teacher's Handbook
Author: Neil Smith
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2010-09-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1441155090

This comprehensive handbook combines up-to-date research - including Ofsted reports and pupil surveys - with road-tested classroom techniques to suggest how you can make your classroom a dynamic and productive learning environment. Advice is given on all aspects of history teaching, from how to plan for successful outcomes and maximise meaningful assessment, through to exciting ways to examine evidence and develop pupil interest outside of the classroom. The chapter on making effective use of ICT to teach history tackles one of the biggest challenges for teachers today: how to ensure new technologies are utilised to improve learning, without allowing the technology to detract from the history being taught. This book is perfect for trainee teachers and NQTs, but will also help experienced history teachers to make lessons inspiring and accessible to pupils with a range of specific educational needs, including pupils for whom English is not their first language, and those who are regarded as being gifted and talented.

The Newly Qualified Secondary Teacher's Handbook

The Newly Qualified Secondary Teacher's Handbook
Author: Kevan Bleach
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2013-12-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134120702

Written to coincide with the introduction of Induction Standards for new entrants to the teaching profession, this text aims to help to smooth the transition from theory and supervised teaching to independent reflexive practice. It provides a combination of explanation, challenge, practical activities and authentic case studies. The author acknowledges the importance of professional development during the induction year and advocates the gradual implementation and reinforcement of effective strategies for good teaching. He also urges readers to develop the creative, intuitive and "natural-born" abilities that help to fashion their own individual teaching styles. Though informed by the Induction Standards, the aim of the book is to help teachers set ambitious personal and professional expectations through which they will realize their full potential.

Issues in Design and Technology Teaching

Issues in Design and Technology Teaching
Author: Bob Barnes
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134605323

Issues in Design and Technology Teaching identifies and examines the important concerns in this subject, seeking to challenge preconceptions and stimulate debate about this relative newcomer to the National Curriculum. Key areas addressed are: Issues of Definition: getting to the roots of the concept of design and its educational value Issues in the Classroom: the role and implementation of new technologies, and issues involved in planning and assessment Issues in the School Context: gender as a concern in Design and Technology, with an examination of boys' performance in this area Issues Beyond the School: ethics, values and attitudes in Design and Technology, and a discussion of the benefits of partnerships with industry. Issues in Design and Technology Teaching provides support for student teachers and NQTs in primary and secondary schools, helping them to reach informed judgements about the subject they are teaching.

Teaching Primary Mathematics

Teaching Primary Mathematics
Author: Mike Askew
Publisher: Hodder Education
Total Pages: 171
Release: 1998
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780340631614

This text seeks to help newly-qualified teachers and those in initial teacher training to get to grips with National Curriculum mathematics at Key Stages 1 and 2. A selection of activities and resources are provided to help teachers develop the strategies for each of the four curriculum areas. Practical suggestions are underpinned with findings from research in the field. The authors also highlight issues for reflection and discussion, to help teachers develop their own good practice. Case studies are provided, to contextualize and bring alive aspects of teaching and learning mathematics. It also exemplifies cross-curricular links to other subjects and topics.