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• Teaching Skills For Dummies
• About the Author
• Dedication
• Acknowledgements
• Contents at a Glance
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Conventions Used in This Book
• What You’re Not to Read
• Foolish Assumptions
• How This Book Is Organised
• Part I: Developing Your Teaching Style
• Part II: Teaching a Class
• Part III: Managing a Class
• Part IV: Dealing with Different Kinds of People
• Part V: Succeeding Beyond the Classroom
• Part VI: The Part of Tens
• Icons Used in This Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Part I Developing Your Teaching Style
• Chapter 1 Building Your Teaching Skills
• Developing Your Teaching Style
• Understanding your teaching style
• Becoming a confident teacher
• Improving how you communicate
• Managing and Teaching Your Class
• Creating fantastic lessons
• Being a brilliant teacher
• Taking control of your classroom
• Using structures to develop effective learning
• Handling behaviour in a positive way
• Creating a positive classroom climate
• Getting to Know the Main Characters
• Building relationships with your students
• Playing your part in the staff team
• Handling parents
• Building Your Skills Beyond the Classroom
• Dealing with paperwork
• Balancing your marking
• Working with your students beyond the classroom
• Reflecting on and developing your skills
• Chapter 2 Understanding Teaching Styles – and Developing One That Works for You
• Putting on Your Teaching Character with Confidence
• Picking the right character
• Appearing confident – even when you’re not
• Exploring Different Teaching Styles
• ‘Old-school’ style – strict and scary
• ‘Modern’ style – firm, fair and fun
• Examining Your Own Teaching Style
• What works for me?
• What works in my setting?
• What works with my students?
• Reflecting on your challenges
• Developing Your Teaching Style
• Playing around with verbal and non-verbal communication
• Varying your lessons
• Chapter 3 Making the Most of Your Communication Skills
• Examining What You Say and Do
• Communication’s all about perception
• Understanding the subconscious messages you send
• Making Magic with Your Mouth
• Benefiting from volume
• Getting to the truth about tone
• Playing with pace
• Picking the right words
• Keeping to the point
• Letting Your Body Do the Talking
• The eyes have it
• Facing the facts
• Helping hands
• Perfecting posture and body position
• Taking Control of the Space
• Part II Teaching a Class
• Chapter 4 Preparing and Teaching High-Quality Lessons
• Remembering Your Own Teachers
• Planning for Success
• The components of an effective plan
• The three Rs of lesson planning: Reduce, reuse, recycle
• No plan, no problem?
• Structuring a Quality Lesson
• Sharing the lesson’s structure with your students
• Formats for success
• When to let your lessons develop organically
• Delivering a Brilliant Lesson
• Getting their attention
• Passion and inspiration
• Getting the content right
• Personalising the learning to the learners
• Making lessons topical
• Dealing with differentiation
• Keeping lessons interactive
• Don’t forget the fun!
• Chapter 5 Getting (and Keeping) a Class Engaged
• The Keys to Engaging Your Students
• Creating connections
• Creating engaging lessons for modern students
• Creating a sense of curiosity
• Looking at Learning Styles
• Teaching for different learning styles in the classroom
• Getting hands-on for learning
• Developing activities for different learning styles
• Creating Multisensory Lessons
• Why the senses are key
• Using the five senses
• Playing with the senses
• Chapter 6 Getting the Most Out of Your Students
• Keeping a Class On Task
• Introducing the activity
• Using targets and time limits
• Incorporating rewards
• Creating a sense of pace
• Fostering Focused Learning
• Developing focus and concentration
• Developing good listening skills
• Managing noise levels
• Using a Variety of Tasks
• Hallmarks of a nicely varied lesson
• Achieving variety across different subjects
• Making the Most of Resources
• Different kinds of resource
• Getting hands-on with resources
• Unusual ideas for resources
• Creating Fantastic Displays
• Exploring how displays contribute to learning
• Understanding what makes a good display
• Finding interesting places for displays
• Getting Assessment Right
• Different kinds of assessment
• The balancing act of marking
• Part III Managing a Class
• Chapter 7 Structuring Your Teaching and Your Teaching Space
• Establishing Your Routines
• Understanding why routines are so vital
• Creating routines that work for you
• Creating routines to suit different age groups
• Maintaining your routines
• Managing Your Lesson Time
• Predicting how long activities should take
• Pacing a lesson to fill the time allotted
• Working with Groups
• Understanding why group work matters
• Organising your groups
• Getting the most out of every group member
• Setting Up Your Space
• Understanding the importance of layout
• Developing layouts for learning
• Managing the learners in the space
• Using a seating plan
• The teacher in the space
• Chapter 8 Building Better Behaviour
• Establishing Your Expectations
• Defining what’s inside the box
• Picking the right time
• Sharing your expectations with your class
• Helping students mind the rules of the road
• Making a Class Come to You
• Getting silent attention
• Maintaining focus
• Maximising Your Strengths
• The power of personality
• Creating a powerful relationship
• Establishing empathy
• Overcoming Your Obstacles
• Dealing with nerves
• Staying calm
• Being consistent
• Maintaining a distance
• Staying on track
• Avoiding aggression
• Finding Strategies that Work for You
• Matching the strategies to the situation
• Matching the strategies to your style
• Practical strategies for managing behaviour
• Chapter 9 Creating a Positive Classroom Atmosphere
• Understanding Why Positivity Is Important
• Establishing a Positive Atmosphere
• Put on a happy face
• Make your students feel worthwhile
• Use rewards and sanctions appropriately
• We’re in this together
• Manage your own moods
• Maintaining your positive atmosphere
• Getting Rewards Right
• Finding the right motivation
• Choosing and applying rewards
• Suiting rewards to the individual student
• Setting the Scene for Sanctions
• Understanding how punishment works
• Applying sanctions
• Sanctions in your setting
• Chapter 10 Handling Challenging Situations
• Dealing with Confrontation
• Understanding why confrontations happen
• Avoiding confrontation
• Dealing with confrontation
• Handling the aftermath
• Managing Challenging Individuals
• Handling the refuser
• Dealing with the aggressor
• Coping with the verbally abusive student
• Winning Back the ‘Lost’ Class
• Spotting the warning signs
• Getting a class back under control
• Coping with a lost class
• Managing Your Stress Levels
• Recognising signs of being over-stressed
• Strategies for dealing with stress
• Part IV Dealing with Different Kinds of People
• Chapter 11 Getting to Know Your Students
• Discovering How to Build Relationships
• Why good relationships are vital
• Building bonds with your students
• Using questions to ‘click’ with your class
• Buddy or boss – getting the balance right
• Treating them as people as well as students
• Names, names, names – knowing and using them
• Dealing with Different Types of Student
• Differentiating your approaches
• Handling students with special needs
• Managing the brightest learners
• Boosting self-esteem and confidence
• Dealing with those who opt out
• Developing Your Pastoral Role
• Understanding what your pastoral role is about
• Developing your pastoral role
• Chapter 12 Working as Part of a Team
• Building a Positive School Ethos
• Fostering a Team Environment
• Supporting other team members
• Taking a consistent approach
• Understanding different perspectives
• Valuing everyone’s contribution
• Trying not to pass on your problems
• Sharing your ideas and resources
• Rewarding and motivating others
• Understanding Who’s Who in Your Team
• Teaching staff
• Teaching support staff
• Non-teaching support staff
• Finding other sources of support
• Working with Teaching Support Staff
• Getting to know your support staff
• Making the most of your support staff
• Exploring useful roles for support staff
• Getting to Know the Right People
• Good acquaintances to make
• Staff you’re best to avoid
• Chapter 13 Building Bonds with Parents
• Understanding Parents
• What parents really want from teachers
• Looking for the perfect parent
• Working with the difficult or indifferent parent
• Getting to Know Parents
• Building lines of communication
• Getting parents involved
• Using parent volunteers
• Reporting to Parents
• Handling the parents’ meeting
• Writing effective reports
• Part V Succeeding Beyond the Classroom
• Chapter 14 Climbing the Paper Mountain
• Dealing with Paperwork
• Determining what’s essential and what’s not
• Bin it, deal with it, pass it on: The three rules for managing paperwork
• Your ‘To Do’ List: A Lifesaver during Busy Times
• Marking Papers and Writing Reports: Achieving the Impossible
• Handling your marking load
• Dealing with report writing
• Learning the Art of Filing
• Creating an effective filing system
• Maintaining your filing system
• Chapter 15 Getting Involved in Extra-Curricular Activities
• Inspiring Beyond the Classroom
• Just how involved can you be?
• Why extra-curricular activities matter
• Different types of extra-curricular activities
• The ups and downs of getting involved
• Taking Time Out for a Trip
• Deciding to take a trip
• The technicalities of trips
• Handling behaviour on school trips
• Getting the most out of a trip
• Chapter 16 Evaluating and Furthering Your Teaching Skills
• Taking Stock of Your Situation
• Understanding your strengths and weaknesses
• Considering where you go next
• Getting the Most Out of Observations
• Preparing for an observation
• During the observation
• Getting feedback after an observation
• Dealing with inspection and inspectors
• Furthering Your Personal Development
• Taking additional qualifications
• Doing something just for yourself
• Part VI The Part of Tens
• Chapter 17 Ten Great Ways to Engage with a Group
• Build a Relationship
• Use Inclusive Language
• Create Imaginative Scenarios
• Remember Their Names
• Give a Little of Yourself
• Find Out What They Love
• Use Imaginative Rewards
• Take Them Outdoors
• Use the Power of the Peer Group
• Give ’em a Surprise
• Chapter 18 Ten Key Strategies for Handling Difficult Behaviour
• Stay Calm
• Ignore Attention Seekers
• Be Reasonable, But Don’t Reason with Them
• Give Troublemakers a Choice
• Stick to Your Guns
• Know When to Be Flexible
• Turn on a Penny
• Apply Lateral Thinking
• React from Your Head, Not from Your Heart
• Put Yourself in Their Shoes
• Chapter 19 Ten Tips for Dealing with Stress
• Keep a Sense of Perspective
• Don’t Take Things Personally
• Build a Support Network
• Create a Home/Work Divide
• Put Up a Wall
• Maintain a Sense of Humour
• Feel Pity, not Anger
• Learn to Forgive Yourself
• A Fresh Start Every Time
• Give Yourself a Pat on the Back
• Chapter 20 Ten Best Book and Website Resources for Teachers and Trainers
• Books
• Cracking the Hard Class
• The Craft of the Classroom
• Getting the Buggers to Behave
• Surviving and Succeeding in Difficult Classrooms
• The Teacher’s Toolkit
• Useful Web Sites
• Primary Resources
• Teachernet
• Teachers TV
• The Times Educational Supplement (TES)
• Woodlands Junior School
• Index
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