Teaching Skills for Dummies

Sue Cowley

For Dummies

For anyone who is new to the teaching profession their first year can be notoriously difficult. This book contains tried-and-tested strategies and solutions to help new teachers of children of all ages to cope and excel in their career. This new edition includes more examples for primary teachers, advice on making use of ICT to save valuable time in planning and paperwork, a new, clear text design with diagrams to illustrate Sue's advice, as well as downloadable checklists and templates on the bespoke companion website.

How to Survive Your First Year in Teaching

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Continuum

In A Step-by-Step Guide to Mark Making in the Early Years, internationally renowned teacher trainer Sue Cowley takes practitioners on a journey: the journey young children embark upon when they learn their first words and make their first marks. Filled with practical activities and honest advice, this must-have guide presents a wide range of creative approaches to developing mark making and building language skills in the Early Years. With ideas to build finger strength and eye-to-hand coordination, activities for understanding the concept of symbols and signs and strategies for building confidence in reading and writing including talk and drama, you'll find a variety of techniques to develop children's key skills and motivation. Sue also includes full-colour photographs and examples of early marks to illustrate how young children's communication skills develop. There are tips for getting boys engaged in writing and a companion website with downloadable resources and useful links. A Step-by-Step Guide to Mark Making in the Early Years is an invaluable source of inspiration for all those working with children aged three to seven.

A Guide to Mark Making in the Early Years

Children's Books

Education & Reference

Featherstone

The Artful Educator Creative, Imaginative and Innovative Approaches to Teaching

Crown House Publishing Ltd

So you've finished your teacher training and found yourself a job . . . the hard bit is over right? But, hold on, how do you actually survive your FIRST YEAR in teaching?!\nThe NQT year is notoriously difficult and hard work. Challenges include meeting your new colleagues and making the right first impression, preparing and planning your lessons, managing the mountain of marking and most 
scary of all . . . being in charge of a whole class by yourself for the first time!\nBut don't panic - help is at hand from expert teacher and education writer Sue Cowley. In this new edition of her bestselling book, she supports new teachers through the stresses and strains, and the highs and lows of their 
first year in teaching.\nShe's there to guide you right from the start of day one, lesson one, with the acknowledgement that "your stomach feels like lead and your mouth feels as dry as the Sahara desert". She's there through each term advising on time-saving lesson plans, easy to implement behavior management tips and how to help children who have special educational needs. She's there right until the end of the year when she ensures that you feel triumphantly on top of report writing and your first parents' evening. All of her methods are tried-and-tested and real life case studies exemplify how (and how not) to put them in to practice.\nThis new edition has been fully updated with new diagrams and checklists to boost your organisational and time management skills. It also includes refreshed and up-to-date case studies and extra examples for primary school teachers.\nWritten in Sue Cowley's honest, accessible and down to earth style, How to Survive your First Year in Teaching is a must have for all new teachers embarking on their NQT year.

How to Survive Your First Year in Teaching: Fourth edition, fully updated for the Early Career Framework

Bloomsbury Education

Getting Your Class to Behave

Bloomsbury UK

Getting Your Class to Behave: The must-have behaviour management bible

This revised editionexplains the 'why' and 'how' of adaptive teaching and offers creative strategies for supporting all learners in early years, schools and further education.\nThis fully updated edition of The Ultimate Guide to Differentiation offers creative strategies for supporting all learners. Sue Cowley shows that we need to understand, acknowledge and celebrate the variety of approaches that teachers already use, as well as support them to develop additional strategies. The book takes the reader through the different methods and approaches to adaptive teaching, providing a step-by-step guide to each. It is broken down into five core areas – planning, resources, learners, teaching and assessment – and readers can dip in and out to find practical, time-saving strategies as and when they need them. This fully updated edition features a brand new chapter explaining the 'why' behind adaptive teaching and features additional strategies for supporting learners with SEND, EAL and both lower and higher attainment.\nWritten in Sue's much-loved realistic, honest and practical style, The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching will help teachers, practitioners and support staff to feel confident that they are meeting the needs of every learner.

The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching: Confidently meeting the needs of every learner

Guerilla Guide to Teaching

VIVA BOOKS PRIVATE LIMITED

Learning Behaviours: A Practical Guide to Self-Regulation in the Early Years

Science & Math

John Catt Educational Ltd

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