1st Edition

Primary School People Getting to Know Your Colleagues

186 Pages

by Routledge

186 Pages

by Routledge

192 Pages

by Routledge

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Beginning to teach in a primary school means establishing a whole new set of relationships - with your class of course, but also with the other adults who work in the school. These include teachers and teaching assistants, support staff of various kinds from the visiting educational psychologist to the essential school secretary and parents, both as helpers in the school and as the major... Read more

List of contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Part I New encounters 1 Getting to know you Section I: Adults Section II: Children 2 Help is at hand Section I: Views of newly qualified teachers Section II: A Headteacher's perspective Section III: Mentor to the rescue Appendix 1: Resources Appendix 2: A mentor-NQT agreement Appendix 3: Lunch-time supervisors Part II Other teachers as colleagues 3 The role of a post holder Section I: An overview Section II: In the hot seat Appendix 1: How important are they? Appendix 2: Maths, a number of roles 4 Special needs Section I: The teacher Section II: The educational psychologist Appendix 1: Establishing a profile Appendix 2: Making a statement Appendix 3: Identification and assessment of special needs 5 The work of a home-school liaison teacher Part III Other adults as colleagues 6 A classroom assistant Appendix 1: Guidelines for working with a classroom assistant Appendix 2: Job description: classroom assistant 7 A school secretary Appendix 1: Marking the register Appendix 2: Educational visits 8 Good health to a school nurse Appendix 1: Some responsibilities 9 Meet a governor Appendix 1: Job description for a newly qualified teacher Appendix 2: Job description for a Headteacher Index