The Ultimate Teaching Manual: A Route to Success for Beginning Teachers

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 7
Introduction......Page 10
Section 1: Studying the map and planning your route......Page 15
1 Your legal and professional requirements......Page 16
2 Researching your pupils’ and the school’s backgrounds......Page 22
3 Preparing your classroom......Page 40
4 Exploring the OfSTED report......Page 48
5 Lesson planning and preparing your resources......Page 52
6 Getting your subject knowledge up to date......Page 84
Section 2: Reading and responding to the signs......Page 89
7 Avoiding conflict......Page 90
8 Achieving consistency in behaviour management......Page 94
9 Introducing pace and purpose into lessons without leaving students behind......Page 106
10 Working collaboratively with teaching assistants......Page 114
11 Making the school environment a positive and safe place to......Page 118
12 Personalizing learning and multiple intelligences......Page 120
13 Creating a broad and balanced curriculum......Page 140
Section 3: Travelling safely and avoiding the hazards......Page 147
14 Integrating new pupils into the class......Page 148
15 Reacting to unexpected behaviour and events......Page 152
16 The challenging class......Page 156
17 Establishing and retaining good pupil–teacher relations and moral development of pupils......Page 160
18 Repair and rebuild......Page 174
19 Regulating noise levels......Page 184
Section 4: Direction, information and road works......Page 189
20 Making your learning journey transparent......Page 190
21 Communicating the aims and objectives of the lesson and setting targets......Page 192
22 Teaching life skills......Page 194
23 When, where and how to seek help without losing face......Page 196
24 Making decisions......Page 200
25 Parental engagement......Page 204
Conclusion......Page 210
Bibliography......Page 214
P......Page 216
W......Page 217