Teaching Tip #37: Being an effective tutor/mentor

Can I begin by asking you a question; what kind of tutor/mentor are you? Are you the one who deems form groups an 'additional task' or are you someone who sees this important post as vital to the performance and well-being of your students? If it's the former, then you're clearly the inflatable teacher in …

Teaching Tip #36 Behaviour Mentality

You can probably guess the kind of week I've had at school by looking at the title of this tip. As Head of Department, one of the most important things you have to deal with is the behaviour of students (and sometimes teachers and T.A.s) during lessons. You have to be seen to be swift, …

Teaching Tip #33: How to win the confidence of parents

One of the things that always makes me apprehensive is dealing with parents who I feel will be difficult or will  question the way in which I interact with their child. Whilst there will always be parents who will always be challenging (but is this any different to any other line of work?) there are …

Teaching Tip #32: Becoming a better teacher

We all want to be the best, otherwise why are we even bothering? So how do we go about achieving this? We all begin at different points but there is no doubt that however naturally gifted you are at something, anyone can become a superb teacher, who helps students achieve outstanding results simply by working …