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Remembering names is never easy. On an average school day, one secondary teacher may have taught anywhere between 120 to 180 students, depending on school class sizes. Primary classes can be a little easier, as in most cases the students stay with one teacher throughout the year: but you may… Continue Reading…
Teaching isn’t the dream job for everyone who decides to give it a try. Although official figures are rather varied, general research in the field suggests that between 40 per cent and 60 per cent of teachers leave the profession within the first three years. This includes student teachers and… Continue Reading…
New teachers have to be observed to pass their QTS and NQT, but how about when the experienced teacher being observed by a student or professional is you?
Teacher observations are important as they allow for opportunities to:
Some teachers stay in the same school for so long they practically become a part of the decor. Others may stay for a considerable period of time before deciding to move onwards and upwards in their career. Yet more may jump from school to school every year until they find… Continue Reading…
Assemblies can be scary things, whether you have to organize them, speak in them or just patrol them: if something goes wrong it can be a terrible place to be when the entire school is watching you.
Assemblies don’t have to be religious: in fact, a lot of schools have… Continue Reading…
Most teachers have a ‘teacher voice’, which is a bit like having a telephone voice. The way teachers speak and the kinds of things they say are very particular to the occupation. There is a certain level of expectation surrounding a teacher’s vocabulary.
All teachers know that swearing in the… Continue Reading…
One of the most popular forms of sanction used in school is the detention. In order for this to work effectively, it must be followed up, which can be very time-consuming for a teacher.
Any sanction is only as effective as the result it achieves. If you find yourself handing… Continue Reading…
Some classes are truly awful; you hate the students, you’re bored by the lesson content and you’re stuck with them for a whole three terms. Unfortunately, you can’t just pick and choose the classes you want to teach, and ignore those that you don’t. However you feel about a particular… Continue Reading…
Your Head of Department is an important part of your working life — they oversee many important decisions within the department and act as part of the middle management in the school management structure.
In addition to managing departmental educational, they are also expected to manage people – the subject… Continue Reading…
Whenever the words ‘behaviour management’ are uttered, our thoughts invariably turn to how to approach poor behaviour, and how to punish those who don’t behave as we would wish. We frequently forget that good behaviour management is as much dependent on rewarding good behaviour as it is about tackling bad.… Continue Reading…