Supply Teachers' Survival Guide

by Segell, Glen

• ISBN13: 9781858562810
• ISBN10: 1858562813
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Stylus Pub Llc

Summary

Supply,or substitute teachers are increasingly essential to the education system, yet they all too rarely receive adequate support or specific training. Here, experienced British substitute teacher Glen Segell provides a practical handbook covering all those things that he wished he'd been told and has had to learn for himself. This constructive and accessible book will make life more enjoyable for substitute teachers and their work more effective.

Author Biography

Dr Glen Segell has taught in over 60 schools over the past four years

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
The difference between supply teaching and a regular post	p. 1
New Labour, the Third Way and supply teachers	p. 3
Why you would want to be a supply teacher and why a school needs you	p. 5
What it means to become a supply teacher	p. 6
How many supply teachers are there?	p. 8
Availability and frequency of supply work	p. 9
Long term or short term assignments?	p. 10
Permanent and newly qualified teacher positions	p. 11
Government expectations of supply teachers	p. 12
Quality control of supply teachers	p. 13
Keeping up with curriculum changes and professional development	p. 13
Keys skills needed to be a supply teacher	p. 14
What do others think of supply teachers?	p. 16
Making the Jump	p. 17
How to become a supply teacher	p. 18
Qualified Teacher Status	p. 19
Non-UK trained teacher	p. 19
Alternative routes to attaining teacher status to become a supply teacher	p. 20
Employment criteria for UK newly qualified teachers (NQTs)	p. 21
Employment checks	p. 22
Work permits for overseas trained teachers	p. 23
Employment options	p. 25
Employment in England	p. 26
Supply teaching in Wales and Northern Ireland	p. 26
Supply teaching in Scotland	p. 27
Threshold payments for supply teachers	p. 28
Employment through a supply teacher agency	p. 29
Your own supply teacher agency	p. 31
Local Education Authority supply teacher agencies	p. 32
Dealing with a supply teacher agency consultant	p. 35
The Nomadic Lifestyle: your position as a supply teacher	p. 37
Questions to ask before taking an assignment	p. 38
Obligations on accepting an assignment	p. 43
Termination of a supply teaching assignment	p. 44
Entry to the school premises	p. 45
Returns on efforts--wages	p. 45
Tax issues for travel expenditure and other work-based claims	p. 47
Keeping employment records	p. 48
How much should you be paid?	p. 48
Pensions and retirement	p. 49
Restriction on future employment	p. 50
Your personal insurance, and various liability insurances	p. 50
Registration with the General Teaching Council	p. 51
Warning--the worst case scenario of the nomadic lifestyle	p. 51
The staff-room--your sanctuary, your office, your home away from home	p. 54
Dos and don'ts in the staff-room	p. 55
Traits of a supply teacher	p. 56
What makes a good supply teacher?	p. 57
The Education System	p. 59
Terms, teaching days, INSET and holidays	p. 60
Nursery schools and childcare centres	p. 61
Primary and secondary schools	p. 62
The range of schools	p. 63
Bilingual children	p. 64
Special educational needs schools (SEN)	p. 64
Beacon schools	p. 65
Education Action Zones (EAZ)	p. 65
Excellence in Cities (EiC)	p. 66
Specialist schools and colleges	p. 69
Other situations	p. 69
Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)	p. 71
The Syllabus	p. 73
The National Curriculum	p. 74
Exceptions to the National Curriculum	p. 74
A whole school policy for homework	p. 76
Health and safety	p. 76
The National Literacy Strategy and the National Numeracy Strategy	p. 77
Key Stages 1 and 2 planning	p. 77
Key Stages 1 and 2 reporting	p. 78
Key Stages 1 and 2 target setting	p. 78
Key Stages 1 and 2 Religious education	p. 79
Sex and drug education	p. 80
Homework	p. 81
Key Stages 3 and 4 planning	p. 82
Key Stages 3 and 4 reporting and target setting	p. 82
Secondary school Religious education	p. 83
Secondary school Careers education	p. 84
Possible modifications at Key Stage 4	p. 84
The School and the Classroom	p. 87
Who is in charge when you arrive and what do you do	p. 89
The school administrator--success starts at the top	p. 89
Encouraging best practice in the school: am I wanted back, do I get feedback?	p. 90
The substance of supply teaching	p. 91
The students' perspective on supply teachers	p. 93
Classroom survival tips	p. 94
Build a school checklist	p. 100
Classroom checklist	p. 103
Postscript	p. 105
Terminology and Acronyms	p. 107
Contacts	p. 119
Supply Teaching Agencies of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation	p. 120
North West	p. 120
East	p. 120
North East	p. 121
South West	p. 122
Midlands	p. 122
South	p. 123
London	p. 124
Index	p. 127
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