Starting To Teach In The Secondary School

This completely updated edition tackles all the issues which new teachers find difficult. Seventy per cent of newly qualified secondary teachers say that they are well-prepared for certain aspects of teaching their specialist subject - such as planning, selecting resources and assessing their own teaching - and yet feel very much less prepared in other professional areas.This second edition tackles all the issues that new teachers find difficult. It builds on the skills and knowledge they will have learned on their initial teacher education or PGCE course and offers a planned process of professional development and includes chapters on: managing yourself and your workload working as part of a team developing teaching and learning strategies challenging behaviour in the classroom assessing, recording and reporting values and Citizenship Education the school sixth form and the growth of vocational qualifications continuing professional development. The book can be used either as a stand alone companion for newly qualified teachers, or as a follow-on from the editors' successful text book, Learning to Teach in the Secondary School, also published by Routledge.

More than seventy per cent of newly qualified secondary teachers feel that their initial teacher training courses have not really prepared them for all aspects of their role, and they feel they receive very little by way of an induction programme.A much sought-after resource aimed specifically at student and newly qualified teachers, this guide tackles the issues which new teachers find difficult. The chapters include help with:* making the transition from student to teacher* working with a mentor* taking on the pastoral role* improving the effectiveness of teaching* managing the workload* working within a team* reporting on pupils' progress* preparing pupils for exams.