ABSTRACT

Teaching 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.

part I|51 pages

Making it

chapter 1|4 pages

What it means to be a teacher

chapter 2|11 pages

Meeting the standards

chapter 3|15 pages

The challenges of the career

chapter 4|19 pages

Staying in the profession

part II|111 pages

Surviving

chapter 5|14 pages

Setting up your classroom

chapter 6|19 pages

Lesson planning

chapter 7|19 pages

Differentiation and scaffolding

chapter 8|5 pages

Behaviour and classroom management

chapter 9|39 pages

Marking and feedback

chapter 10|13 pages

Work-life balance – less is more

part III|36 pages

Thriving

chapter 11|10 pages

Subject knowledge

chapter 12|5 pages

Progression

chapter 13|9 pages

CPD

chapter 14|10 pages

Networking

part IV|6 pages

Conclusion

chapter |4 pages

Conclusion