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OverviewTeaching is a delightfully rewarding, wonderfully enlightening and diverse career. Yet, at present, teacher recruitment and retention are in crisis, with some of the most at risk of leaving the profession being those in their early years of teaching. Making it as a Teacher offers a variety of tips, anecdotes, real-life examples and practical advice to help new teachers survive and thrive through the first 5 years of teaching, from the first-hand experiences of a teacher and middle leader. Divided into thematic sections, Making It, Surviving and Thriving, the book explores the issues and challenges teachers may face, including: Lesson planning, marking and feedback Behaviour and classroom management Work-life balance Progression, CPD and networking With the voices of teaching professionals woven throughout, this is essential reading for new teachers, those undertaking initial teacher training, QT mentors and other teaching staff that support new teachers in the early stages of their career. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Victoria HewettPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 1.340kg ISBN: 9781138593596ISBN 10: 1138593591 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 20 May 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Figures Contributors Foreword Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Section 1 – Making It 1.1 What it means to be a teacher 1.2 Meeting the standards 1.3 The challenges of the career 1.4 Staying in the profession Section 2 – Surviving 2.1 Setting up your classroom 2.2 Lesson Planning 2.3 Differentiation and Scaffolding 2.4 Behaviour and classroom management 2.5 Marking and Feedback 2.6 Work life balance - Less is More Section 3 – Thriving 3.1 Subject Knowledge 3.2 Progression 3.3 CPD 3.4 Networking Section 4 - Conclusion IndexReviewsMaking it as a Teacher doesn't deny or shy away from the problems we are facing in the profession; it acknowledges them and agrees that it is a challenge to avoid being part of that one-in-three statistic of teachers leaving the profession in the first five years. But, through its human approach, helpful structure and real-life case studies, it offers a positive message: you can do it. It's a cathartic read - therapy in paperback form. - Haili Hughes, TES Author InformationVictoria Hewett is Subject Leader for Geography and Environmental Systems and Societies at Tonbridge Grammar School, Tonbridge, UK. Victoria tweets as @MrsHumanities, blogs at www.mrshumanities.com, and has been a UK Blog Award Education Finalist for three years running. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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