This book is written by a teacher who has been in the classroom for 20 years. Want to learn how to survive? Read this book, it is full of ideas.
A collection of teaching strategies, ideas, and tips designed to motivate, comfort, entertain, and most importantly, reduce your workload, by bestselling author Ross Morrison McGill, also known as @TeacherToolkit.
Teacher Toolkit is essential reading for newly qualified teachers and those at the beginning of their careers. It will support you throughout your first five years in primary or secondary education.
It contains advice, tips, and ideas for all aspects of teaching practice, from lesson planning to assessment, behavior management, and differentiation.
Ross believes that choosing to become a teacher is one of the best decisions you'll make, but after more than twenty years in the classroom, he knows it’s not an easy journey! He shares countless memories from his personal experience and offers a multitude of strategies to become a true Vitruvian Teacher: resilient, smart, innovative, collaborative, and ambitious.
With a customized Five-Minute Plan at the start of each chapter, photocopiable templates, QR codes, and beautiful illustrations by the familiar artist Polly Nor, the Teacher Toolkit is everything you need to ensure you're the best teacher you can be, no matter what new policies or frameworks are introduced.
Ross is the bestselling author of books such as Mark. Plan. Teach., Just Great Teaching, and 100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Outstanding Lessons.
Vitruvian Teaching will help you survive your first five years:
- Year 1: Be resilient (surviving your NQT year)
- Year 2: Be smart (improving your teaching)
- Year 3: Be innovative (taking risks)
- Year 4: Be collaborative (working with others)
- Year 5: Be ambitious (moving towards middle leadership)
Start working towards becoming a Vitruvian Teacher today.
