CONTENTS
1. So You Want To Be a Relief Teacher
2. The Ins & Outs of a Day: Starting the Day
3. The Ins & Outs of the Day: Closing the Day.
4. Make a Note
5. Professionalism
6. Clear Expectations for Great Expectations.
7. Bag of Tricks
8. Attention Please, Class!
9. Enlighten the Soul
10. Class Brain Breaks
11. Out & About
12 Spice It Up!
13. DON'T make ASSUMPTIONS!
The following chapters and their contents were primarily generated to give you ,the reader "insight" into some the key aspects of a relief teaching day. There are already so many fantastic resources at your finger tips for lesson content. These humble ideas are like the glue that can hold your teaching day together; the strategies that teachers develop over a lifetime of constant refinement and re-evaluation.
The half-day workshop held in conjunction with this handbook is designed to make the ideas come alive! If you live in Brisbane, feel free to contact me regarding the next workshop date. However, if you don't, it doesn't matter! I can't tell you how often I have teachers contact me (word of mouth) for a handbook unable to attend the workshop due to distance. At first, I was reluctant; however, feedback is so positive that I am more than delighted if these ideas inspire you to move forward, doing more and being more for the betterment of the students in our care.
On a closing note, being able to access the book through the blog is a real advantage! I had always seen my work as "a living document!" By this I mean that you should be able to add to the ideas to make the book your own very valuable teaching resource. Whether you do this electronically or as a hard copy, here are my suggestions for the chapters that would be wonderful to expand and explore in your own style! Chapters 2,3,6,7,8,9,10, and 12. Happy collecting!
" Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid of standing still." (Chinese Proverb)
Blessings for the journey...
Live,laugh and learn,
Carmel
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