ABSTRACT

As a teacher, the more efficient you are, the less stressful work becomes, and the more effective you are, the more you can focus on teaching those in front of you. Teach Smarter is an essential guide that helps early career teachers reduce their unnecessary workload by offering practical classroom strategies that can save you, and those you work with, time.

With a focus on keeping teaching simple and ensuring everything has a meaningful purpose, this book offers guidance on reducing workload through careful reflection and evaluation of your teaching practice. Offering ways to adjust your pedagogy and streamline your approaches in the classroom, Teach Smarter gives you more time to focus on what is important: helping your students progress. Questioning what it means to "teach smart", the chapters explore topics including:

  • Planning
  • Feedback
  • Classroom space
  • Expectations
  • Reflecting on your teaching and managing stress

Written by an experienced classroom teacher, coach and mentor, this book is essential reading for trainee teachers, NQTs and RQTs.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|8 pages

What does it mean to teach smart?

chapter 2|16 pages

Smart theory (and wider ideas)

chapter 3|16 pages

Classroom space

chapter 4|14 pages

Planning

chapter 5|16 pages

Expectations

chapter 6|16 pages

Feedback

chapter 7|18 pages

Questioning

chapter 8|6 pages

Reflecting