Primary Supply Teachers - Covering the Basics
- Duration: 15:00 minutes
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- Published: 28 04 2006
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Summary
Glen Segell is the author of the "Supply Teacher's Survival Guide" and has been teaching since 1984. He has been a supply teacher for the last six years and has taught in over 80 schools.
In this programme, he gives his thoughts on the basics needed to be an effective supply teacher in a primary school.
Glen demonstrates some of his advice in action as he takes a Year 3 class for numeracy and literacy.
His first piece of advice is to "arrive early". Supply teachers need to give themselves ample time to get familiar with the resources in the classroom before the pupils come in.
Another tip is to use the most eager students to help with classroom management.
Glen also advises on the kit of key resources that a supply teacher should always bring to every job, and what not to forget at the end of the day.
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Comments (2)
Thank you Glen for an interesting and informative film. I like your approach to the supply teaching job and thank you for a reassuring 15 minutes! The children seem to echo this.
I disagree with you on two counts though;
1) A supply teacher can and sometimes should give instructions from the offset. This obviously depends on the nature of the class but the teacher will have a certain amount of time to ascertain that they indeed do have a place in their new surroundings and should make the most to fill the essential part of 'teacher' for the new pupils.
2) When responding with an incorrect answer the child will gain a great deal more encouragement from a straight 'no' and then a discussion with the teacher about alternatives than 'interesting answer' etc. I feel this is a more human, direct and lifelong way of tackling things. I have developed my opinion here through EAL reasoning as EAL pupils have difficulty understanding the politesse and subtlety of language such as this and even the most eloquent English speaker will take a correctly delivered 'no' with a reasoned explanation without offense.
This is just my opinion and I would not dream of criticising a job which you obviously have down to a fine art.
I have recently started to supply teach and in fact watched this video just before starting my first day as a supply teacher. Although what a watched was nothing that I had not already thought about it did wonders to quell those nerves that come about when venturing into a new phase of my teaching career.