The Essential Guide to Secondary Teaching is the complete guidebook for the secondary school teacher. Including practical guidance on planning lessons, writing reports, formative assessment, being a good form tutor and using learning support assistants effectively, this book will also provide information on the school as an effective organisation and the teacher’s part within it to help you become an excellent classroom practitioner.

The Essential Guide to Teaching is invaluable reading for all ITT students and NQTs, tackling the practical issues they are likely to face in their first role as a teacher. This book offers tried-and tested advice on a wide range of topics, from lesson planning to behaviour management, assessment for learning, writing reports and dealing with parents' evenings.

This indispensable book is also supported by a website offering a wide range of case studies showing best practice in a variety of school settings, downloadable templates for use in the classroom and sources of further advice and information.

All in all, the Essential Guide to Teaching offers a comprehensive package for teachers at the outset of their professional lives.


Training to teach or a newly qualified teacher in a primary school?

The Essential Guide to Primary Teaching contains everything you need to help you become an effective and confident teaching professional.

The highly practical focus, coupled with an insight into the theory and thinking behind the practices you find in schools today, make this an invaluable resource, not just in your first few years in the post, but as a companion guide long into your teaching career.

Written by an award-winning teacher with over 30 years' experience, this guide provides an insight into new educational initiatives and theories, bringing you up-to-date with current educational thinking. It is packed with practical information, teaching tips and tried and tested advice on issues such as:

- How to plan differentiated lessons

- How to manage the behaviour of your pupils

- How to use data effectively to track the progress of your pupils and set meaningful targets

- How to mark effectively and manage your time

- How to manage an area of responsibility in your school

- How to apply for jobs and manage your own professional development