Ultimate Teaching Manual

Gererd Dixie

Embarking on a teaching career is a bit like setting off on an exciting car journey. You've prepared as well as you could, but you have no way of knowing what hazards and pitfalls lie ahead. And when you're on the road on your own, you're going to need more than just a full tank of petrol. Ideal for visual learners, this full-colour handbook uses Highway Code signs to help you navigate life in the classroom. It's easy to dip in and out of, and contains lots of strategies to help establish professionalism and good practice in the classroom.

Includes full-colour Highway Code signs to break up the text and engage visual learners.

Preface Introduction Section 1 1. Your legal and professional requirements 2. Researching your pupils' and the schools backgrounds 3. Preparing your classroom 4. Exploring the OfSTED report 5. Lesson planning and preparing your resources 6. Getting your subject knowledge up to date Section 2 7. Avoiding conflict 8. Achieving consistency in behaviour management 9. Introducing pace and purpose into lessons without leaving and students behind 10. Working collaboratively with teaching assistants 11. Making the school environment a positive and safe place to be 12. Personalizing learning and multiple intelligences 13. Creating a broad and balanced curriculum Section 3 14. Integrating new pupils into the class 15. Reacting to unexpected behaviour and events 16. The challenging class 17. Establishing and retaining good pupil-teacher relations and moral development of pupils 18. Repair and Rebuild 19. Regulating noise levels Section 4 20. Making your learning journey transparent 21. Communicating the aims and objectives of the lesson and setting targets 22. Teaching life skills 23. When, where and how to seek help without losing face 24. Making decisions 25. Parental engagement Conclusion Bibliography Index