An independent-study workbook designed for newly qualified teachers (NQTs). This text will lead the teacher through a range of activities which have been designed to help them to get to know and understand all the important school systems, the children and themselves as teachers. The materials can be used throughout the first and/or second years of teaching.

Neil Kitson

Chapter 1 Standards for the Award of Qualified Teacher Status Questionnaire; Chapter 2 Assimilation and your new school; Chapter 3 Handling acute situations; Chapter 4 Follow my leader; Chapter 5 Resources and their management; Chapter 6 Information and communication systems; Chapter 7 Consideration Of the behaviour policy; Chapter 8 Your school and inspection; Chapter 9 Special educational needs within schools; Chapter 10 Preparing for assemblies; Chapter 11 Examining the school ethos; Chapter 12 Working with parents and carers; Chapter 13 Preparing for parents' Evening; Chapter 14 Assessing your aims as a teacher; Chapter 15 Teaching; Chapter 16 Responding to your class; Chapter 17 Teaching constructs and you as a teacher; Chapter 18 Assessment, recording and reporting; Chapter 19 Propelling learning; Chapter 20 Extending learning through planning; Chapter 21 Assessment in action; Chapter 22 Co-ordination; Chapter 23 The role of the co-ordinator, John O'Neill; Chapter 24 The role of the co-ordinator auditing for development, Tom Whiteside; Chapter 25 Evaluating your own progress - the induction standards;