The (Practically) Perfect Teacher: (Perfect series)

The Perfect Teacher presents a pragmatic, practical guide to help you grow and flourish so that you can become the outstanding teacher who makes the difference between success and failure for the next generation. Expectations are high, time is short - prepare to be challenged and supported to be the best you can be. This book will inspire teachers to sustain their enthusiasm and passion for teaching. It demonstrates how to develop the habits of independent learning for all pupils and provides practical strategies to deliver outstanding learning that can be used and adapted for every age group or ability in all classrooms and includes developing pupils who respond to feedback and make good progress. The Perfect Teacher is vital reading for all teachers and school leaders who wish to make an impact on the learning and progress in their school. It is based on research (Hattie and Dweck) that shows the most important factor in the achievement of pupils is the mindset of the teacher - this book aims to grow that mindset. It shares great practice that works for all different types of teachers to deliver outstanding learning and engage all learners and champions children and teachers as learners but is also rooted in the latest Ofsted framework.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Framing your mind - thinking on purpose 2. Creating rapport for learning 3. Lessons are for learning - what makes the perfect (Ofsted) lesson? 4. Sustaining your passion and purpose - never stop learning! Appendix 1: Growth mindset health check Appendix 2: Teacher tracking tool for performance management Appendix 3: Teaching staff performance review against Teachers' Standards Appendix 4: Ofsted guidance for judging the quality of teaching and evaluating an outstanding lesson Appendix 5: Student self-assessment for writing References and further reading

About the Author :
Jackie Beere MBA OBE worked as a newspaper journalist before starting a career in teaching and school leadership. She was awarded the OBE in 2002 for developing innovative learning programmes. Since 2006 she has been offering training in the latest strategies for learning, developing emotionally intelligent leadership and growth mindsets. She is the author of several bestselling books on teaching, learning and coaching, as well as being a qualified Master Practitioner in NLP.

Review :

Jackie Beere has the great skill of making links between some complex ideas
of research and theory and the practical reality of daily life in the classroom.
Her book resonates with images that teachers will recognise as things that
happen with pupils in the everyday quest for learning. She offers step-bystep
advice and suggestions that are tailored in a way that can be used
tomorrow. The advice is built upon sound research that is explained and
grounded to make it accessible. This wisdom is then trained on the pressures
that teachers find themselves under and the excitement of the job.
Jackie has produced an engaging book, full of a passionate belief in the
satisfaction to be gained from the professional job of teaching. The book
oozes with sense, techniques to try and the joy of seeing young people
learning.
Mick Waters, Professor of Education, Wolverhampton University
In an ever-changing educational context, The Practically Perfect Teacher
passionately inspires and energises by explicitly highlighting the key habits
of an effective teacher. Through her reader-friendly style, Jackie Beere
enables the reader to combine the notions of self-belief and a fervent desire
to succeed along with a child-centred approach to provide practical strategies
for all teachers seeking to deliver impact and make a positive difference to
the lives of children!
Haroon Asghar, Deputy Head Teacher, Brookhouse Community Primary School

The book is packed with honest, down-to-earth ways we can all make the
learning journey of young people more worthwhile and memorable: from
theory which challenges long-held beliefs to classroom practice ideas that
reinforce what is expected of outstanding teachers. The book is bound to
stimulate staffroom debate and motivate teachers to reflect on their practice.
Nothing the book suggests is budget-breaking or beyond the reach of any
school, and we will certainl