Teacher at Last!

Content : The Essential Guide to a Successful Start as a Secondary School Teacher.

This book is aimed at anyone who is about to teach in secondary school for the first time.

Whether they are a supply teacher, a newly qualified teacher or a trainee, readers will find in this guide all the tools they need to approach their first year of teaching with confidence.

Structured around 13 chapters reflecting the situations teachers may face when starting a new post, the author provides practical advice and useful tips to support new teachers and encourage them to reflect on the challenges ahead.

Comic-strip illustrations bring each situation to life, offering a realistic insight into the challenges young teachers may encounter: taking their first steps in a new school, making a successful first impression on pupils, establishing classroom rules, responding to mobile phone use in class, managing aggressive pupils, teaching in mixed-ability classes, and more.

Thanks to this practical and educational guide, readers will gain the tools they need to develop their professional identity and teaching approach.

At the end of the book, a fold-out mind map allows readers to note down the teaching strategies they wish to adopt in order to shape their own approach as a teacher and successfully begin their new role.