The NQTeachers' Survival Guide: How to pass your induction year with flying colours - Paperback

by Sharon Johnston (Illustrator), Hazel Bennett (Author)

The NQTeachers Survival Guide is a step-by-step manual on how to face the induction year which, for many primary and secondary teachers can be the most challenging of their career. It aims to smooth the teachers paths through a daunting list of tasks so that they persevere until the end of the year, pass with flying colours and confidently go on to enjoy satisfying and successful careers. It is written in a jargon-free language and packed with practical tips on how to cope with every issue from starting off on the right foot to establishing constructive relationships with pupils, colleagues, non-teaching staff, the head and parents, right through each step to the end of the year. There a list of positive, practical strategies for coping with behaviour management of even the least enthusiastic classes of pupils. It gives tips on lesson planning and how to cope the paper mountain, which teachers say increases every year. Even experienced teachers say that they are nervous taking assembly. There is a list of topics to make assemblies interesting for the pupils listening and the pupils performing, and tips on how to make each one run smoothly. Where do you start planning a school trip? It s all there - what to look for on your planning visit, the paperwork, tips on organization and great ideas on how to follow it up to enthuse the children and get maximum value from it. Report writing can be tedious. How do you write the truth without causing offence? There are suggestions for every issue to save the teacher thinking time. Teaching is an absorbing occupation. The NQTeachers Survival Guide reminds teachers to keep their eyes on the big picture so that they stay fresh and able to approach their work enthusiastically and go on to be confident teachers and an asset to their profession.

Author Biography

Hazel Bennett has spent all her working life as a teacher in a primary, secondary and special schools schools, and has also taught abroad as a volunteer in a charitable school in Cambodia. She has been a class teacher in every year in the primary school and a support teacher in every year from Nursery to Year 8 as well as being a supply and peripatetic teacher. Hazel has combined her work with post-graduate study, childrearing and writing. She has appeared on the Teachers´ TV Channel in the series, ´They didn't teach me that´, and written features for a variety of educational publications. She has also had short stories and travel pieces published and won prizes in writing competitions.