The NQTeachers' Survival Guide 2nd Edition: How to pass your induction year with flying colours - Tapa blanda

The NQTeachers´ Survival Guide is a step-by-step manual on how to face the induction year which, for many teachers can be the most challenging of their career. It aims to smooth the teachers´ paths through a daunting list of tasks so that they persevere until the end of the year, pass with flying colours and confidently go on to enjoy satisfying and successful careers. It is written in a jargon-free language and packed with practical tips on how to cope with every issue from starting off on the right foot to establish constructive relationships with pupils, colleagues, non-teaching staff, the head and parents, right through each step to the end of the year. There a list of positive, practical strategies for coping with behaviour management of even the least enthusiastic classes of pupils. It gives tips on lesson planning and how to cope the paper mountain, which teachers say increases every year. Even experienced teachers say that they are nervous taking assembly. There is a list of topics to make assemblies interesting for the pupils listening and the pupils performing, and tips on how to make each one run smoothly. Teaching is an absorbing occupation. The NQTeachers´ Survival Guide reminds teachers to keep their eyes on the big picture so that they stay fresh and able to approach their work enthusiastically and go on to be confident teachers and an asset to their profession.

Hazel Bennett has enjoyed her working life as a teacher, mostly in primary schools, with some time in secondary and special schools. She has also taught abroad as a volunteer in a charitable school in Cambodia. She has been a class teacher in every year in the primary school and a support teacher in every year from Nursery to Year 8, as well as being a supply and peripatetic teacher. Hazel has combined her teaching with post-graduate study, childrearing and writing. She has appeared on the Teachers TV Channel in the series, ´They didn’t teach me that´, and written features for educational publications. She has also had short stories and travel pieces published and won prizes in writing competitions. Hazel is the author of:- The Trainee Teachers' Survival Guide, Class Assemblies for Primary Schools, Teaching Children to Write Great Poetry, The Ultimate Teachers' Handbook, Playscripts for Britain in the 40s, Henry the Explorer, You can find out more about Hazel's books on www.hazelbennett.co.uk and www.edgware–books.co.uk