Teaching Tip #38 Revision Clocks

Are you running out of ideas when it comes to revision? Do you find re-cap lessons lengthy to plan and very teacher lead? Well, this exercise is the answer to all of the above. I tried it today and I was blown away at the results. Essentially, you divide the time you have in your …

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 #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 …