Teaching Skills For Dummies

Being a "good teacher" is a difficult goal to achieve, being largely dependent on a huge variety of skills outside of the main curriculum. Teaching Skills For Dummies focuses on these 'soft' skills of teaching, from maintaining discipline to creating engaging lesson plans and monitoring performance. This essential guide promises to help teachers gain the respect of their pupils, manage potential confrontations and ultimately get the best out of both their careers and their students.Teaching Skills For Dummies includes information on: Developing Your Teaching Style Teaching a Class Managing a Class Dealing with Different Kinds of People Succeeding Beyond the Classroom"Don't let the title fool you; this is an essential guide and resource for any aspiring teacher. Sue Cowley uses her experience and insight to provide a comprehensive and informative resource, packed with excellent advice and brilliant suggestions for making both teaching and learning effective. A must for any teacher's bookshelf!" - Peter Hadfield, Principal lecturer in Education, University of Bedfordshire

Sue Cowley is an experienced teacher, writer and presenter, whose particular expertise is in the area of behaviour management. Fantastically well connected in the education world, Sue writes regular articles for the TES, for a range of teacher publications and for parenting magazines.

Introduction.I Developing Your Teaching Style.1. Building Your Teaching Skills.2. Understanding Teaching Styles - and Developing One That Works for You.3. Making the Most of Your Communication Skills.II Teaching a Class.4. Preparing and Teaching High Quality Lessons.5. Getting (and Keeping) a Class Engaged.6. Getting the Most out of Your Students.III Managing a Class.7. Strucuring Your Teaching and Your Teaching Space.8. Building Better Behaviour.9. Creating a Positive Classroom Atmosphere.10. Handling Challenging Situations.IV. Dealing with Different Kinds of People.11. Getting to Know Your Students.12. Working as Part of a Team.13. Building Bonds with Parents.V Succeeding Beyond the Classroom.14. Climbing the Paper Mountain.15. Getting Involved in Extra-Curricular Activities.16. Evaluating and Furthering Your Teaching Skills.VI The Part of Tens.17. Ten Great Ways to Engage with a Group.18. Ten Key Strategies for Handling Difficult Behaviour.19. Ten Tips for Dealing with Stress.20. Ten Best Resources for Teachers and Trainers.