A Guide to Supply Teaching in Secondary Schools

Subject: Deputy Head / Curriculum Planning / Administration
Level: Secondary
Age Group: 11 - 14
Order Number: 3012

This guide will be invaluable both to teachers in charge of supply and to supply teachers who come to your school. The first part deals with the issue of supply from the point of view of the Deputy Head who has to arrange it. It includes:

1. Dealing with agencies
2. Attending to the supply teacher
3. What schools should expect from a supply teacher
4. What supply teachers should expect from schools

The second part deals with the issues from the view of the supply teacher and may be copied and given to teachers who come to your school. It is also useful material to give to PGCE students on teaching practice in your school.

It covers:

1. Basic kit and dress
2. Organising each session or lesson
3. What information to find out
4. Discipline and control
5. Arriving at the school
6. Marking
7. In the staff room
8. The end of the day

Overall, the guide will help you get the best out of supply teachers for your school.