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Jacquie Turnbull's practical and thoughtful handbook guides teachers through the 9 strategies that will help them to achieve professional effectiveness.This book is a guide to personal development in the teaching profession. In order to negotiate a fast-changing world, teachers need to be creative, able to respond flexibly to new situations ans be adept at finding innovative solutions to difficult problems; and they need to be able to teach these skills to their students. This book encourages teachers to become actively involved in their professional development and to strive to become model learners, able to inspire learning in others.This new edition has an increased emphasis on helping teachers to understand themselves as learners, additional reflective exercises to enhance continuous professional development and a wealth of new case studies from Jacquie Turnbull's extensive experience. The strategies include taking action on stress, creating rapport and influencing leadership behaviours. This inspirational book will also encourage teachers to look beyond the classroom and develop the skills and attitudes to be leaders of learning in the wider community. Well-written and accessible, this book makes essential reading for ambitious teachers everywhere.

Teaching is often perceived by the public as being one of the hardest jobs of all. This book looks at this area.

Focussing on the role of creativity in teaching and learning, this book contains over 200 strategies, tools and tips to enhance the creative thinking, case studies, and a CD containing electronic versions of a range of key documents from the book.

Contains an array of entries dealing with various aspects of managing behaviour, from minor classroom incidents to full scale riots. Each letter in this work contains one detailed entry and several shorter ones, ranging from assertiveness to boredom, to self-esteem and warnings.

Intended for teachers who support the learning of other teachers. This title offers advice on the following: designing effective programmes to support teacher learning; planning and preparing your training session; facilitating the mentoring process; assessing teachers and their learning; and your own personal development as a teacher of teachers.

Mr Read survives the nightmare of planning, Ofsted and an incompetent head... He also takes the class to Ireland, the House of Commons and wins a film award. This guide is useful for teachers.

Creates a picture of how teachers can make learning easier and more enjoyable for their pupils, including activity ideas, self-evaluation exercises and adaptable action plans for improving both classroom and whole-school ethos.