Everything You Need to Know to Survive Teaching

The Ranting Teacher founded the brilliant www .rantingteacher.com site last year. She is also an English and History teacher at a Secondary School in Lampeter, Wales.

Introduction; On your marks: The Trials of Training; Get Set: Theory into Practice; Go: The Art of Teaching; Children Can be the Most Irritating Things; In Addition to Teaching; Money's Too Tight to Mention; Dealing with Colleagues; Dealing with Parents; Conclusion; Full Contents; Introduction: Why do you want to be a teacher? 1. On your marks: The trials of training; - The peculiar process of interviewing; - Incentives to train; - The mentor - make or break time; 2. Get set: Theory into practice; - Firm but fair; - Preventing misbehaviour; - Mixed abilities; - Impressing the inspectors; 3. Go: The art of teaching; - The lesson introduction; - The lesson in progress; - The lesson plenary; - irritating interruptions; - Learning Support Assistants; - Incorporating ICT; - Incorporating communication skills; 4. Children can be the most irritating things; - Playing truant; - Language matters; - Well versed in the art of lying; - Classroom banter; 5. In addition to teaching; - Form time; - Covering for a colleague; - The school production; - Training courses; - Holidays; - The last boy scout; - Have a break before you have a break down; - Sports day; - In the exam hall; - Marking madness; - Surviving a hangover; 6. Money's too tight to mention; - Money mis-management; - Day-tripping - or lack of it; - Extra-curricula spending; 7. Dealing with colleagues; - Gossip; - Being sporty; - When your classroom is used and abused; 8. Dealing with parents; - Parents' evening; - Letters from parents; - The school run; Conclusion