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Guerilla Guide to Teaching 2nd Edition: The Definitive Resource for New Teachers

Guerilla Guide to Teaching 2nd Edition: The Definitive Resource for New Teachers


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"There should be a copy in every staffroom... In short it's invaluable: keep it under lock or key, or your colleagues will pinch it." TES This book will help you negotiate the minefield that is the teaching profession. It's realistic, practical and stuffed with valuable information. This is the definitive teaching resource for trainees everywhere. Drawing on the advice of professionals from every sphere of education, teaching guru, Sue Cowley, presents a vivid insider's guide to surviving in teaching - from preparing for teaching practice and finding a job, to planning lessons and managing behaviour, right through to grappling with ICT and progressing your career Illustrated throughout with checklists, real-life documents and a series of interviews with people working in education, this is the most user-friendly, entertaining and realistic book on teaching ever published. The second edition of this classic text has been fully up-dated and boasts a new chapter on 'teaching and learning', a series of new interviews and an edu-speak jargon-buster.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Before you begin ... a guide to edu-speak PART 1: BECOMING A TEACHER 1          A career in teaching The upsides The downsides The facts Voices of experience 2          Teacher training Routes into teaching What's in the degree? Applying for teacher training Financial incentives QTS First steps Useful books for trainee teachers 3          Teaching practice Preparing for teaching practice The first day Observations Problems on teaching practice Planning Teaching Getting your class to behave Useful books on behaviour management 4          Job hunting Finding a job Types of state school Applying for jobs Job interviews After the interview PART 2: BEING A TEACHER 5          The first year What's it really like? The first week Survival tactics The induction process Starting out 6          Preparing to teach Lesson planning The National Curriculum Special educational needs Schemes of work Resources and equipment Setting up your room 7          Teaching and learning Teaching and learning checklist Types of lesson activities Learning styles Working with another adult Differentiation Homework Marking Assessment Self-evaluation 8          Classroom and behaviour management What is 'classroom management'? What is 'behaviour management'? Whole school behaviour policies Rewards and behaviour Top 10 strategies for encouraging good behaviour Sanctions and behaviour Top 10 strategies for dealing with misbehaviour Serious incidents 9          Beyond the classroom Admin Recording and reporting Examinations Pastoral work The parents' evening Extra curricular activities PART 3: ANATOMY OF A SCHOOL 10        School management Typical management structures Head teacher Deputy head teacher/assistant head teacher Head of department or faculty Subject co-ordinator Head of year 11        Classroom posts Classroom teacher Form tutor Advanced skills teacher Teaching assistant 12        Beyond the classroom Special educational needs co-ordinator Educational psychologist Educational welfare officer School librarian Office staff Bursar Caretaker School governor Inspector PART 4: YOU AND YOUR CAREER 13        Pay, promotion & career development Teachers' pay Working conditions Promotion INSET Teaching and other careers Educational shows 14        Other issues Supply teaching OFSTED Pensions Support systems The teaching unions General teaching councils Disciplinary procedures PART 5: LIFE AT THE CHALKFACE 15        Primary 16        Secondary PART 6: TEACHER'S TOOLKIT 17        Sample documents Job hunting Teaching 18        Checklists 10 tips for ... PART 7: ICT 19        ICT and the teacher Using ICT Managing ICT use The internet in teaching Interactive white boards 20        Software Some general tips Word processing Spreadsheets PART 8: Directory

About the Author :
Sue Cowley is a bestselling education author and an internationally renowned presenter and teacher trainer. She has experience teaching in early years, primary and secondary settings. She currently helps to run her local preschool, does training and consultancy work for schools and organisations across the world, and writes a regular blog. Follow Sue on Twitter @Sue_Cowley for regular teaching tips and advice!

Review :
"An outstanding presentation from a prolific, effective and sympathetic practicioner." The Teacher, 1 December 2007 "If you are looking for a true teaching companion, then look no further. This resource is so well put together, that all teachers would find it worth reading or dipping into. There is no doubt that there should be more than one copy of this book in every school." Learning and Teaching Update, March 2008 The second edition of Sue Cowley's Guerilla Guide to Teaching [Continuum £16.99] has been published. The lively manual has been noted for its ability to cut through jargon and is aimed at students and newly qualified teachers.  


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  • ISBN-13: 9781441115799
  • Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
  • Publisher Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Definitive Resource for New Teachers
  • ISBN-10: 144111579X
  • Publisher Date: 05 Apr 2007
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 384


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