Product Description

School placements can be anxious and uncertain experiences for trainee teachers, and even for those with previous classroom experience, a new school environment can be intimidating. This book is full of invaluable advice and practical suggestions that will help trainees prepare for, enjoy, and make the most of this experience. It deals with the full range of issues, from finding out about the placement school to managing difficult behaviour on placement. This second edition has been fully revised and updated to include the new Standards for QTS and reflects recent documents and initiatives.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46270 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 149 pages

Review
An eminently practical book full of good advice. --Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton

This is a comprehensive guide to the teaching placement and should do much to allay trainees' anxieties and instil confidence. --Director - Undergraduate Studies, School of Education, University of Durham

Very comprehensive coverage of an important aspect of the teacher training programme. --Senior Lecturer, University of Gloucestershire

From the Inside Flap
This practical handbook is aimed at all those on Primary and Early Years teacher training courses. Professional teaching placements are an important part of training, and this text will help all trainees fully prepare for their placements and make the most of their school-based experience. It is full of invaluable advice and practical suggestions, with clear links throughout the text to the Professional Standards for the Award of QTS. It will help trainees to:

1) gather and analyse key information about their schools and class;
2) observe, plan for and evaluate lessons;
3) gradually widen their role within the school setting;
4) deal with key assessment experiences including target setting, levelling work and record keeping;
5) understand the role of their mentor and manage their own personal assessment;
6) cope with challenges such as working with others, behaviour and child protection issues;
7) review progress and maximise the benefits of the placement going forward.

The Achieving QTS Practical Handbooks series.
The Achieving QTS series provides trainees with core knowledge and understanding for a range of subjects and topics. The Practical Handbooks help trainees use and demonstrate this knowledge more actively in planning and implementing lessons. The series covers both specific subject areas and particular issues and skills.

Each book:
1) provides a bridge between studying teaching and putting it into practice;
2) clearly focuses on classroom practice and effective teaching;
3) extends and deepens knowledge and understanding through practical examples and contextualisation.

About the Author
Jane Medwell is a Lecturer at the Institute of Education, University of Warwick.

Customer Reviews

nervous about your school placements?
I was absolutely terrified about starting my first school placement last year. One of my lecturers told me about this book and it helped me feel so much more relaxed about my first few days in school. It gives you advice on how to deal with difficult kids as well as activity suggestions which the children really enjoyed. I'd highly recommend this book if you're going into your first placement soon.

Final year teaching student review
This is a very good book to support learning that takes place whilst on teaching placement. It was recommended to me by my tutor and I have found it very useful to back up what I have been doing in placement.