10 Things Every Teaching Assistant Needs in Their Bag
Working as a teaching assistant is an incredibly rewarding job where you get the opportunity to make a difference to children’s lives every day....
Classroom Management Strategies: How to Control Your Noisy Classroom
You’re stood at the front of the classroom, ready to begin your lesson that you spent hours preparing, making resources for and differentiating materials....
How to Ace Your Teaching Assistant Interview
So you’ve been invited to an interview for a job as a teaching assistant- congratulations! Working as a teaching assistant can be very rewarding...
Why Supply Teaching is Better Than Going Permanent
With the current pressures facing teachers including mounting workloads, accountability measures and reforms, many are turning to other professions or considering supply teaching. And...
How to Discuss Sensitive Topics at School
We live in a world that is overwhelming for many young people and this can often lead to students asking difficult questions. It is...
What’s in My Bag: The Essential Supply Teaching Tools
Supply teachers are a diverse bunch and have varying approaches to entering a new school. Some supply teachers need no more than a strong...
Three ways to strengthen your relationship with teaching assistants
Amidst the marking, the planning, and the preparation, I have been known to struggle with planning for my teaching assistant. Especially in light of...
Most able: rethinking how we identify exceptional students
A bit about me: in the 1990’s in Ontario, Canada, at the age of ten, I was identified as being gifted. This identification was...
Supply Teaching Tips: The Supply Teacher’s Survival Guide
Whether you’re a new or aspiring teacher looking to expand your experience or an experienced teacher fed up with the admin of permanent teaching,...
Teacher Training and Tiredness
As a PGCE student, you are prepared for every type of teaching eventuality; from behaviour management, collecting evidence in order to meet Teaching Standards,...