Effective Supply Teaching: Behaviour Management, Classroom Discipline and Colleague Support

Supply teachers do not always receive adequate support and recognition in their ′temporary′ but crucial role. In this book, Bill Rogers addresses the issues important to supply teachers and identifies the skills necessary for handling the demands they face.

He tackles the challenges of:

• Working with new students and colleagues
• Managing challenging student behavior
• Developing essential skills of discipline, assertion, and positive behavior leadership
• Making a fresh start with difficult classes
• Enhancing the professional role and status of supply teachers

Bill Rogers shows how supply teachers can access colleague support and develop the essential skills of behavior management and classroom discipline. Also included are numerous ideas for schools to support supply teachers and case studies of the author′s work with supply teachers.

This practical and timely book is essential for supply teachers, newly qualified teachers, and for all those who manage and work with supply teachers.