How to be an Outstanding Primary School Teacher (Outstanding Teaching) - Softcover

"'David Dunn has written a highly challenging and yet supportive text for primary school professionals. His book surveys all the essential elements of high quality professional practice and explores, in a practical and purposeful way, strategies to help move teachers to the highest levels of professional practice. This book will be a powerful resource for personal reflection and planning, as a support for performance management and as the basis of shared professional learning and development.' John West-Burnham"

This is a clear and concise guide to becoming an outstanding primary teacher in the true Ofsted meaning of the word. All of the time. Every lesson. This book contains lots of easy-to-introduce activities and techniques that will propel satisfactory and good lessons into the outstanding category - not just when being observed, but all the time. And the best news? This book tells you how to do it without spending lots more time planning, researching and preparing 'out of this world' lessons. All of the activities have been tried-and-tested in the classroom and are divided into three areas: ideas for embedding or preparing 'by this time tomorrow', 'by this time next month' and 'by this time next term' so you can choose the activity you have time for. Each chapter focuses on a perennial issue in teaching and in inspection, such as differentiation, working with your Teaching Assistant and Assessment for Learning. There are dozens of starters and plenaries and useful websites, and the author's own website offers resources to save you even more time. It is a must for all primary school teachers who want to become outstanding, not just for the inspectors but for every child they teach. "Books in the Outstanding Teaching" series contain lots of easy-to-introduce ideas and techniques to propel satisfactory and good teaching professionals into the outstanding category - not just when being observed, but all the time. And the best news? These books explain how to do it without spending lots more time planning, researching and preparing. Edited by the Deputy Head of an Ofsted-rated Outstanding school, all the activities have been tried-and-tested in schools. Each chapter focuses on a different perennial issue in teaching and in inspection, such as differentiation, Assessment for Learning and self-evaluation, and are divided into ideas that are quick and easy to set up, a bit more time needed and more preparation required, so the reader can choose the activity they have time for. As well as starters and plenaries, there are templates and other resources online to save practitioners even more time. It is a must for all teachers and leaders who want to become outstanding, not just for the inspectors but for every child they teach.