Starting to Teach in the Secondary School

Seventy per cent of newly qualified secondary teachers say that they are well-prepared for certain aspects of teaching their specialist subject - such as planning, selecting resources and assessing their own teaching - and yet feel very much less prepared in other professional areas. This second edition tackles all the issuesnbsp;that new teachers find difficult. It builds on the skills and knowledgenbsp;they will have learned onnbsp;their initial teacher education or PGCE...
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Seventy per cent of newly qualified secondary teachers say that they are well-prepared for certain aspects of teaching their specialist subject - such as planning, selecting resources and assessing their own teaching - and yet feel very much less prepared in other professional areas.
This second edition tackles all the issuesnbsp;that new teachers find difficult. It builds on the skills and knowledgenbsp;they will have learned onnbsp;their initial teacher education or PGCE course and offers a planned process of professional development and includes chapters on:

• managing yourself and your workload
• working as part of a team
• developing teaching and learning strategies
• challenging behaviour in the classroom
• assessing, recording and reporting
• values and Citizenship Education
• the school sixth form and the growth of vocational qualifications
• continuing professional development.

The book can be used either as a stand alone companion for newly qualified teachers, or as a follow-on from the editors' successful text book, Learning to Teach in the Secondary School, also published by Routledge.