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[email protected] Also available from Continuum The Trainee Primary Teacher’s Handbook, Janet Bell and Gererd Dixie The Trainee Secondary Teacher’s Handbook, Gererd Dixie Managing your Classroom, Gererd Dixie THE ULTIMATE TEACHING MANUAL A ROUTE TO SUCCESS FOR BEGINNING TEACHERS Gererd Dixie Continuum International Publishing Group The Tower Building 11 York Road London SE1 7NX 80 Maiden Lane Suite 704 New York NY 10038 www.continuumbooks.com © Gererd Dixie 2011 The parrot, cowboy, bomb, fisherman, mushroom, toucan and two-can images were kindly provided by Peter Rennoldson. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. Gererd Dixie has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Author of this work. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: 978-1-4411-8886-1 (paperback) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dixie, Gererd. The ultimate teaching manual : a route to success for beginning teachers / Gererd Dixie. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 978-1-4411-8886-1 (alk. paper) 1. First year teachers--Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Teacher orientation--Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Teaching--Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title. LB2844.1.N4D59 2011 371.1--dc22 2010038583 Typeset by Saxon Graphics Ltd, Derby Printed and bound in India Contents Preface Introduction vi 1 Section 1: Studying the map and planning your route 5 1 Your legal and professional requirements 2 Researching your pupils’ and the school’s backgrounds 7 13 3 Preparing your classroom 4 Exploring the OfSTED report 31 39 5 Lesson planning and preparing your resources 6 Getting your subject knowledge up to date 43 75 Section 2: Reading and responding to the signs 7 Avoiding conflict 8 Achieving consistency in behaviour management 79 81 85 9 Introducing pace and purpose into lessons without leaving students behind 10 Working collaboratively with teaching assistants 97 105 11 Making the school environment a positive and safe place to be 12 Personalizing learning and multiple intelligences 109 111 13 Creating a broad and balanced curriculum 131 Section 3: Travelling safely and avoiding the hazards 137 14 Integrating new pupils into the class 15 Reacting to unexpected behaviour and events 139 143 16 The challenging class 17 Establishing and retaining good pupil–teacher relations and moral development of pupils 147 151 18 Repair and rebuild 165 19 Regulating noise levels 175 Section 4: Direction, information and road works 179 20 Making your learning journey transparent 21 Communicating the aims and objectives of the lesson and setting targets 1