‘Don’t smile until Christmas.’ ‘Never be afraid to ask for help.’ ‘Always accept a cup of tea when it’s offered to you.’ There’s no shortage of tips, tricks and friendly advice for newly qualified teachers. But how can you separate the wheat from the chaff as you navigate your way through the first year on the job? Where do you go for sound, professional advice that is evidence-based and not just a short-term quick-fix that will later prove problematic? NQT: The Beginning Teacher′s Guide to Outstanding Practice is your go-to companion throughout your NQT year. Written by teachers and teacher training experts, it guides you through your first year in teaching by extending your training and supporting you to keep learning. It covers areas NQTs say they need more support on including assessment, classroom behaviour and work-life balance and every chapter is linked to the Teachers′ Standards and explores what they mean for you in the classroom.
An instructional activity is educational only when students understand its meaning and apply their understanding to future situations. Outdoor educators seek to improve teaching and learning through direct experience but, if such experiences are to be meaningful and applied to life situations, teachers must help students learn from carefully planned and guided reflection sessions. This guidebook deals with the theory and practice of reflecting upon experiences, using examples from outdoor education. Chapter 1 discusses common uses of reflection in everyday life; findings of cognitive research related to reflection and experiential learning; six scenarios illustrating classroom uses of reflection; definitions of reflection, knowing, thinking, and learning; types of knowledge and the relationships among them; and contributions of Socrates, Dewey, Piaget, and Vygotsky on the educational value of reflection in a group setting. Chapter 2 describes how to lead a reflection session, focusing on planning, teacher facilitation skills, educational objectives, and developing a supportive climate in a caring community of learners. Other chapters outline questioning strategies and techniques, describe alternate reflection activities, and list questions for teacher reflection on this guidebook. This booklet contains 53 references. Appendices list various types of reflective and evaluative questions, and 47 additional resources: organizations, networks, colleges, books, and bibliographies. (SV)
**NOW OUT OF PRINT - PLEASE SEARCH 'HOW TO LEARN' BY MATT BROMLEY**ABOUT THE SERIES'A Teacher's Guide To...' is a series of short books ideal for new teachers as well as those about to embark on teacher training programmes. Written in a friendly and fluent style, these books provide perfect synopses of the key ideas and issues affecting teachers today.All the books in this series are practical handbooks for busy teachers - books of ideas which can be put into practice and which can be dipped into when help and advice are needed most. The author is not a university professor; he is a teacher who has worked in schools for over a decade. He has worked at senior leader level in two secondary schools and has, at one time or another, managed every aspect of a school's organisation. He has helped schools on the journey towards 'outstanding': one school became a beacon of good practice in teaching and learning; another became the highest achieving comprehensive school in its authority and one of the top five most improved schools in the country; a school judged 'good with outstanding features' under the new Ofsted framework within three years of emerging from 'special measures'. ABOUT THIS BOOK'A Teacher's Guide To... Teaching Outstanding Lessons' is Volume 2 in the series and covers: 1. What is outstanding?2. The Ofsted context3. What is outstanding teaching?4. What is outstanding behaviour?5. What is personalised learning?6. What is learning to learn?7. What is connected learning?8. How do you engage students in learning?With detailed appendices explaining:I. Assessment for LearningII. Learning to learnIII. Social and emotional aspects of learningIV. Personal Learning and Thinking SkillsV. Assessing Pupil ProgressThis book debates the main theories AND provides hands-on advice and strategies.
This book is a limited compendium edition of 'A Teacher's Guide To...Outstanding Lessons' and 'A Teacher's Guide To...Assessment'. ABOUT THE SERIES 'A Teacher's Guide To...' is a series of short books ideal for new teachers as well as those about to embark on teacher training programmes. Written in a friendly and fluent style, these books provide perfect synopses of the key ideas and issues affecting teachers today. All the books in this series are practical handbooks for busy teachers - books of ideas which can be put into practice and which can be dipped into when help and advice are needed most. The author is not a university professor; he is a teacher who has worked in schools for over a decade. He has worked at senior leader level in two secondary schools and has, at one time or another, managed every aspect of a school's organisation.
"Provides readers with a compelling rationale for the process, offers experience-tested tools, and suggests ways to address commonly-occurring challenges. This book will assist teachers, and those who support them, in understanding and implementing all phases of lesson study, from initial planning through sharing with others what was learned." —Dennis Sparks, Executive Director National Staff Development Council "A powerful teacher professional development process that focuses collaborative teams directly on the classroom, and the perfect tool for teachers, professional developers, and team leaders. Gives you everything you need to use lesson study to support teachers in thinking deeply about practice." —Roberta Jaffe, Science Education Coordinator, New Teacher Center, University of California, Santa Cruz Use this team-centered approach to directly enhance teaching and learning in your school! First introduced in Japan, lesson study has gained enthusiastic advocates in US educational circles as a powerful, collaborative approach that brings teachers together as researchers into the science and craft of teaching and learning in their classrooms. Teachers work as teams to develop a lesson plan, teach and observe the lesson to collect data on student learning, and use their observations to refine their lesson. Participants build their sense of professional authority while discovering effective practices that result in improved learning outcomes for their students. This "how-to" guide provides teachers, administrators, and team leaders with practical strategies, models, and tools. The book leads a beginning team through the phases of the lesson study cycle and provides an experienced team with new perspectives. Using examples from U.S. classrooms, this handbook: Encourages educators to generate and share knowledge Inspires a teacher-researcher stance Illustrates both the process and substance of lesson study Encourages collaboration Provides guidelines for avoiding common pitfalls Leading Lesson Study is an excellent resource for both experienced and novice lesson study teams, administrators who want to start a lesson study program, and lesson study team facilitators such as instructional coaches and professional development providers.
A road map for teachers who strive to be highly effective leaders in our nation's classrooms Teach For America has fought the daunting battle of educational equity for the last twenty years. Based on evidence from classrooms across the country, they've discovered much about effective teaching practice, and distilled these findings into the six principles presented in this book. The Teaching As Leadership framework inspires teachers to: Set Big Goals; Invest Students and Their Families; Plan Purposefully; Execute Effectively; Continuously Increase Effectiveness; Work Relentlessly. The results are better educational outcomes for our nation's children, particularly those who live in low-income communities. Inspires educators to be leaders in their classrooms and schools Demystifies what it means to be an effective teacher, describes key elements of practice and provides a clear vision of success Addresses the challenges every teacher, in every classroom, faces on a daily basis An accompanying website includes a wealth of tools, videos, sample lessons, discussion boards, and case studies.
"In A Teacher's Guide to Excellence in Every Classroom: Creating Support Systems for Student Success, author John R. Wink acknowledges the unique and significant role that educators play in the lives of their students both as role models and guides. Teachers in the 21st century are far more than simple educators in the lives of their students. As such, this book acts as a guide for educators who wish to maximize their impact in their students' lives and unlock their students' full potential. Readers will not only learn how to increase their effectiveness as educators, but how to push all their students toward academic excellence"--
This book is a limited compendium edition of 'A Teacher's Guide To...Outstanding Lessons' and 'A Teacher's Guide To...Assessment for Learning'. Praise for 'A Teacher's Guide To Outstanding Lessons': "A must buy" ... "A superbly practical guide to a successful lesson" ... "Creative and interesting suggestions" ABOUT THIS SERIES 'A Teacher's Guide To...' is a series of short books ideal for new teachers as well as those about to embark on teacher training programmes. Written in a friendly and fluent style, these books provide perfect synopses of the key ideas and issues affecting teachers today. All the books in this series are practical handbooks for busy teachers - books of ideas which can be put into practice and which can be dipped into when help and advice are needed most. The author is not a university professor; he is a teacher who has worked in schools for over a decade. He has worked at senior leader level in two secondary schools and has, at one time or another, managed every aspect of a school's organisation. ABOUT THIS BOOK 'A Teacher's Guide to Outstanding Lessons' contains: Introduction: What is outstanding? 1. The Ofsted context 2. What is outstanding teaching? 3. What is outstanding behaviour? 4. What is personalised learning? 5. What is learning to learn? 6. What is connected learning? 7. How do you engage students in their learning? Appendices: I. Assessment for Learning II. Learning to learn III. Social and emotional aspects of learning IV. Personal Learning and Thinking Skills V. Assessing Pupil Progress 'A Teacher's Guide to Behaviour Management' contains: 1. Practical strategies for managing behaviour 2. The three pillars of behaviour management 3. Behaviour management in practice 4. Differentiating behaviour management 5. Using EQ to improve behaviour 6. Rewards and sanctions 7. If they're learning, they're behaving
