Coping Strategies

For target-language teaching to be successful, it depends on at least two things: that the teacher knows how to do it and that the teacher trains the pupils in how to cope in a lesson where their native language is not used.  If either of these ingredients is missing or botched, it just won’t work! [...]

To Get You Started… NQT Day #4

Things you need to find out today: Homework  How is homework to be marked?  And how is that marking to be recorded?  One of the things that you will be assessed on as part of your NQT programme is that you keep proper records and that you can use that assessment information in your planning [...]

To Get You Started… NQT Day #3

Things you need to find out today: Designated person  Who is the designated person in your school who you have to inform if a pupil discloses something to you which needs passing on?  Remember never to guarantee confidentiality to a pupil. Things you need to do today: If you touch it, deal with it   Paperwork [...]

To Get You Started… NQT Day #2

Things you need to find out today: Staff absence  What’s the procedure for setting cover work if you’re off sick?  What exactly is expected of you?  Find out now – it’s not the sort of thing you want to have to find out at 7 o’clock one morning.  And who do you have to phone?  [...]

Learning Names

How’s it going with learning all those names?!  If you’re in a single-sex school it’s even harder – 10 Jessicas in one room?!  How on earth do you distinguish between them all?  Here are a few tips to help you: Tent cards  Bit of  an obvious one this one, but here goes anyway: A4 paper [...]