This book covers the key issues that may be encountered in day-to-day practice of teaching in the secondary school. With evidence-based practice, this volume allows new teachers to avoid the common pitfalls of teaching and will help provide a new-found confidence within the classroom.

ContentsList of illustrationsList of tasksList of contributorsINTRODUCTIONChapter 1 Beyond your initial teacher education: staying in teachingKate ReynoldsCulture and context; building relationships; building time for yourself; social media; subject associations; inspectionsChapter 2 Managing constant changeLizana OberholzerWhy change; managing and responding to change; strategies for implementing change Chapter 3 Mentoring and being mentoredTrevor WrightSome mentoring challenges; Competence, apprenticeship and reflection; The mentoring relationshipChapter 4 Thriving in your subject departmentSteve Puttick and Nick GeeWhat makes a subject department; Organiation; Culture; Psychological safety.Chapter 5 Working with teaching assistants and other adults in the classroom to support subject teachingFiona Hall and Maxine Pountney Defining roles; Qualifications, Training experiences; Deployment, preparedness and practice; Classroom leadership and realtionships with other adults.Chapter 6 Role of the form tutorAlexandra TitchmarshGrouping pupils for pastoral care; The role of a form tutor; What does a form tutor do?; Preparation and organisation for, and running of, your form time; attributes and skills of a good form tutor Chapter 7 Every teacher is a teacher of EnglishPaul GardnerText types; expectations at KS2; describing language; oral language; readingChapter 8 Every student counts: learning mathematics across the curriculumJennie Golding, Rosalyn Hyde and Alison Clark-Wilson Nature of mathematics; curriculum; conceptions and misconceptions; representing mathematics; concrete – visual – abstract pedagogy; digital technologies; language for mathematicsChapter 9 Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE)Natasha Bye-BrookesDefining PSHE education; Programme of Study; Delivering PSHE education; Planning for PSHE education.Chapter 10 Becoming an inclusive educator: developing your practice as a mainstream teacher of pupils with SENDMark Pulsford and Sana RizviBuilding your knowledge base; Development of SEND in the UK; Definitions and areas of SEND; Models of disability; Understanding self and others; Inclusive practiceChapter 11 Working to improve classroom climate and pupil behaviour Terry HaydnLearner behaviour; Classroom climate; Characteristics of teachers with excellence in behaviour managementChapter 12 Understanding learners’ primary experiences and transitionBrian Matthews and Lyn MatthewsFundamentals of Primary Education; Transition; Teaching year 7; Implications for teachingChapter 13 Learning beyond the classroom Mark Chidler and Elizabeth Plummer Defining learning beyond the classroom; LBtC and the curriculum; LBtC and developing everyday classroom practice; Museums to support teaching and learning; Planning for LBtC; Professional DevelopmentChapter 14 Improving pupil progress through quality questioning and talkNikki BoothUsing formative assessment to enhance the quality of teacher-learner talk; Taxonomies for higher-level thinking and talking: Bloom’s and SOLO; Effective questioning; Chapter 15 Assessment, homework and markingHelen Cassady and Barry Harwood Accountability measures; Progress 8; Assessment 8; Marking; HomeworkChapter 16 Making the curriculum your ownChris Shelton and Julia O’KellyUnderstanding the school curriculum; How a subject curriculum is made; Designing the curriculum; The curriculum and your professional autonomyChapter 17 Digital technologies: pedagogies and classroom practiceAndrew Csizmadia and Jon AudainDigital technologies; Digital pedagogies; ICT competence framework; Flipped learning; Gamification; Professional Learning.Chapter 18 Leadership and managementRachel Peckover School structures; Types of Leadership; Preparing for leadership: Competencies; Leadership developmentChapter 19 Researching your teachingEira Wyn PattersonDeveloping your research design; Developing questions; Literature review; Research methodology; research methods and tools; ethics; data analysisChapter 20 Looking after yourself and your professional developmentDerek BoyleSurviving; Wellbeing and the mentoring relationship; Self-realisation to actualisation; support networks; recognising your own indicators; coping strategies; mentoring moving to coaching; onwards and upwardsAppendix 1 Glossary of terms Appendix 2 Subject associations and teaching councils Appendix 3 Useful websites