The Newly Qualified Teacher’s Handbook

The Newly Qualified Teacher’s Handbook is an essential companion for all new teachers. Practical, comprehensive and lively this invaluable guide covers all aspects of your first crucial months and years, and will set your teaching career off on the right track. Updated and expanded, this new edition gives NQTs tried and tested advice on everything they need to know, from induction to inspection, from getting your first job to continuing development. New features include a revised first chapter covering key areas of concern for trainees and NQTs, the updated statement of professional values and a comprehensive appendix detailing the code of conduct for teachers and further reading and references. Areas covered include: finding jobs and coping with them the interview process easing stresses and difficulties staffroom politics and etiquette what makes lessons effective the latest legislative requirements looking after the future. The Newly Qualified Teacher’s Handbook is an indispensable survival guide for all NQTs and trainees who want to sail swiftly and successfully through the first years of their teaching career.