144 pages
216mm x 138mm
ISBN-10: 1 85856 281 3
ISBN-13: 978 1 85856 281 0
February 2003

All you need to know about working as a supply teacher is in this book. Experienced supply teacher Glen Segell tells you everything he wished he'd been told before embarking on supply teaching and had instead to learn for himself.

The handbook provides full and up to date information on:

the qualifications you need to be a supply teacher, whether or not UK-trained
supply and supply agencies
securing work and your legal status as a supply teacher
supply teaching as a career - short or long term
educational provision in England, Wales and Scotland
government, local authority and school initiatives such as Excellence in Cities

It tells you:

what to do when you first arrive at a school
how to fit in with the way the school works - including the staff-room
how to operate in the classroom and keep the students learning
what you need to know about the curriculum
your position regarding homework

There is a guide to terminology, a list of useful organisations such as the GTC and even guidance on remuneration for your work.
This constructive and accessible book will make life more enjoyable for supply teachers and their work more effective. It will be of value to supply agencies and the schools which regularly buy in supply. And no supply teacher can afford to be without it.

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