Primary pedagogy and professional development resources

Host a TeacherS iDeA PaRtY for your peers! Use this fun format to get new ideas, feedback or advice. Perfect for new teachers. Learn from others experiences and access their wisdom. Whether it’s to guide your teaching career, or gain expert advice, let this book help direct your aspirations. This proven brainstorming method is easy and quick to implement. Do it on your lunch break or during teacher in-service days! ~ Get new ideas for student activities ~ Improve your lessons and curricula ~ Get input on handling classroom behaviors ~ The possibilities for this party format are endless!

Teaching is the dream profession of many young graduates. It gives them a chance to be heard and share their knowledge with others. It’s a great profession for those who have leadership skills and want to be social. If you have applied to a number of teaching positions and still haven’t become successful, here’s a checklist for you: Consider moving Instead of limiting your job search to your neighboring schools and colleges, send the applications to big schools even if they are far away. If you get selected, you can always move to another city. After all, a job at a premiere college or school will be a great move for your career. Get your paperwork ready Make sure you have your resume, cover letter, and other documents ready. Proofread your resume several times to make sure it does not have any mistakes. Be available on social networks Your presence on social media networks like LinkedIn can help you build connections. If you are connected to administrators from colleges and schools, there are chances that they will prefer you over others when it’s time to hire. Attend job fairs Attend the job fairs held at your alma mater along with those at the neighboring colleges and universities. You have better chances of being selected at your alma mater than the others. Prepare for the interview There are some questions that are asked frequently. For example, “what can you bring to this school” and “how do you plan to influence the students”. Come up with witty and professional answers for these questions. Share vignettes Be open during the interview and share some positive vignettes about your previous experiences. These could include student achievements, classroom management, and unique teaching methodologies that you follow. Follow-up Sometimes the college or school might take extra time in hiring. If you follow up using emails, there are higher chances of you being hired. When you email them, state again that you would love to work with them. Stay positive It’s a tough economy but teaching positions keep opening every now and then in various schools and colleges. Don’t give up hope and you’ll soon bag a great teaching job. That’s it for now Busy Educator. Until next time, Talk to each other, support each other, take care of each other.’ Marjan

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Very Fun - So Easy - Over 75 Morale Boosting Care Cards for: Personnel & Supervisors ~ one a day reminders for your crew. Schools & Workplaces ~ for moral pick me ups. Parents, Mentors & Guardians ~ to share & lead by example. Employers ~ seasonal ideas & to inspire workplace fun. Groups ~ use and share as great empathy reminders. ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Communicate That YOU CARE Includes 4 Care Card Sections: Around School & in the Work Place Around the Community Inexpensive Seasonal Ideas & Just 4 Fun Templates to Write Your Own Daily Affirmations Use your imagination! Anytime & Anywhere the Occasion Fits! EVERYONE NEEDS A PICK-ME-UP EVERY DAY !!!

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An hour long, fully resourced PSHE lesson with a focus on the type of bullying called body shaming (making fun of someone’s physical appearance). The lesson is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities and is useful for PSHE or Citizenship. The pack includes an hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes). This lesson could be used for PSHE, Citizenship or Life Skills. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE PSHE RESOURCES

30 Etiquette Cards printed 6-up to copy, cut out, and share. There are extra templates to print your own cards as well! This is an excellent tool for teachers, parents, employers and peers to use in the workplace or at school. These simple care cards are an effective no fuss alternative for giving reminders. Or, use as training aids for help with understanding proper social conduct.

This power packed PowerPoint is a great aid for your students who are expected to do a stand up presentation. And for just beginning to advanced presenters, put yourself at ease. The knowledge found here will show you how to present and address your audiences with confidence. Presentation Skills will teach anyone how to make a presentation that is clear, effective and easy to follow. This product is an asset to students, faculty, business execs, and anyone needing how-to guidance for making oral reports. Look at the Highlights: ~ Preparing Steps for an Oral Presentation ~ Learn 9 Ways to Captivate Your Audience ~ Using Visuals & Graphics in Presentations ~ Formatting Your Speech for Understanding & Flow ~ Choosing Complimenting Media ~ Presentation Enhancers, Tips & Pointers ~ A Special Section Just for Overcoming Stage Fright! Use as a PowerPoint or as Handouts!

Help your students learn how to effectively communicate early in life. Essential Communication Skills and participating in the Talking Points will pave their way to successful relationships. Communicating with others–even with those who are close to you can–at times, be challenging. However, this guidebook will teach your students many practical principles for connecting verbally with others. Help students to open their mind and heart to learning exciting skills that will make their life less complicated and their relationships more rewarding. This guidebook has many practical, how-to examples that will direct your class through understanding communication concepts and skills. Enrich your own knowledge and learn many different perspectives from the information offered in this book. Learn how to negotiate conflict in an easy non-confrontational way. Learn what good listening habits are and how it affects any interaction. Understand how body language influences communication climates. Learn about passive-aggressive behaviors and how to effectively handle this conduct. Also covered in this guide is a section on written communication. Take a look at the highlights in Essential Communication Skills: What is Communication? Why Communication Goes Astray Nonverbal Communication Perceptions in Communication Perception Checks Listening is Challenging Develop Good Listening Habits Creating Positive Communication Climates Types of Messages Passive-Aggressive Behavior Coping with Conflict Communication in Relationships Making Relationships Work Written Communication

BUNDLED UP 2 SAVE! 5 EASY NO FUSS WORD DOC TEMPLATES 4 those first few harried days of back to school. No prep school starter templates. Included are: A Grading Policy Outline - Customize It! A Syllabus Outline - Make Additions! 3 Open House Templates that includes: -Parent Sign In Sheets -Comment/Suggestion Sheet -Requests & Questions Form All templates are in WORD docs for easy substitutions for your own information. Add more school information to it.

Fun activities for the end of another busy year! Colouring, a word search, outdoor art activity, summer images for inspiration and much more.

Coping with anxiety PSHE resource lesson bundle. Three hours of PSHE or Tutor Time sessions to help your class deal with anxiety. This pack teaches students what anxiety is, why and how it affects us, the best ways to deal with it and the best relaxation techniques. It is fully differentiated, suitable for KS3 or KS4 and contains three fully resourced lessons. Please leave me a review and I’ll send you any other resource of your choice for free. Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: (http://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources) Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)

CiViCs for KiDs is suitable for Ages 5 -10. This introductory PDF PowerPoint presents the concept of what it means to be a citizen, and conveys the message of what good citizen conduct entails. Includes 8 Q&A points for discussion! Here is What’s Included: Explains WHO is a Citizen Who are Special Types of Citizens Citizens Who Do Government Jobs Instills Social Responsibility Guidance Embedded Morality for Citizen Ethics NO PREP- 8 Integrated Q&A Points Simple, Fun and Engaging Awareness!

A word search puzzle worksheet featuring vocabulary words based on the end of the school year. Use this as a special treat for early finishers or something fun. This resource includes 3 different levels of difficulty. Each includes an answer key.

As teachers and as people, we ask questions everyday. Not all questions are on the same level. Some questions are easy to answer where other questions may require a great deal of thinking. Bloom has provided us with his taxonomy to help us to compose questions on different levels of thinking. This taxonomy ranges from lower to higher levels of cognitive thinking. This resource includes: Detailed charts, both colored and black & white (use as handouts or posters) 2 Styles of single page handouts Key rings, laminate, hole punch at the top and put on a key ring for fast and easy access to questions

Award certificates your students will love. This resource includes 3 style: congratulations awards, most likely awards and academic awards. You can edit and add your students name digitally. Then print them out on standard paper size. Additionally, you can just print out the ones you want from the PDF and hand write the students name, your name and the date. This resource is all in color! There are 100 awards to choose from as well as blanks for your own ideas!

This resource provides a cover page as well as writing pages where students reflect on their achieved goals and accomplishments. Allow your students to show off all their hard work from the school year! This resource includes the following pages: Goals My Work Writing Math Remember

Students are to come up with relevant vocabulary terms related to a central topic. This Google Slide is great for student collaboration. Alternatively, you can provide each student a copy of this Google Slide, so they can add to it individually throughout your topic. The bottom of every slide has quick links to letters. This resource is great for: student’s prior knowledge about a topic, exams tests, quizzes and review

Designed for use by teachers as professional development, this interview unpacks objects which align with content in the Australian Curriculum. Teachers understanding of these objects will be enriched further, preparing them to use the objects in classroom discussions with their students. The first of our series looks at Senator Neville Bonner, our first Indigenous Federal Parliamentarian, and a selection of his personal objects which are currently on display in the Finders Keepers Exhibition at MoAD. MoAD Learning staff interview Senior Historian Libby Stewart and discover some interesting personal stories, showing how an object can reveal but also hide a lot of information. This interview supports the cross-curriculum priorities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures. This resource is also supported by a teacher pdf resource for use in the classroom - please see our other resources on TES.

5 Assorted Rubrics Templates with adjoining explanations and matching criteria. In a a ZIP file the 19 page PDF is in color, plus black and white to conserve printing ink. The 9 page EDITABLE WORD DOC, only in black/white, is fully customizeable for your specific needs. 5 Rubrics Include: ~ Written Expression ~ Oral Presentations ~ Career Reports ~ Generic Grading Criteria ~ Website Performance (Checklist) Simple to use. Easy to understand. Effortless to fill out! Share the Rubrics with your class to set assignment expectations and goals upfront. Rubric grading is NOW made easy!

Lists are handy reminders. They are great to organize and prioritize. Do your students make use of making lists for their school studies? Take 30-minutes to show students this handy skill! Lists are here to stay . . . Use this easy list lesson to help your students integrate the steps of Think-Write-Prioritize to do their list making as well as show them how to use this concept for managing their daily assignments–and life tasks! Included is a short intro on making effective lists, plus lots of list templates. Put this one on your wish list > then enjoy the outcomes!

CLEAN-UP TASK CARDS are a must have for every classroom. Use at the end of the day- week- month- or school year. Cards are great for occupying that last ten minutes of class. ~ Generic Cards Appropriate for Middle- to High School ~ No Teacher Explaining Needed – Self Directed ~ 2 Printing Sets Included: Color and Black/White for Ink Savings ~ 34 All Purpose Clean-up Cards for ANY Classroom ~ Bonus! 18 Task Card for Vocational Education ~ Teacher Tips and Helpful Hints

This product includes an EDITABLE Word Doc along with the ORIGINAL PDF. You may change this ticket to suit your classroom needs. Ticket 2 Go > Admit 1 are Generic Passes for all Occasions. Copy, cut out and fill out according to your class needs. Keep a stack handy in your desk! Great for: ~ Bathroom & Hall Passes ~ Any and ALL Purposes ~ Excused from Class or Assignments! Use as a: ~ Reward ~ Class Giveaway ~ For Good Behavior ~ For Class Participation Thank YOU & Enjoy!

These 3 Open House templates save time! Presented in a Word Doc ALL three templates can be customized for your school open houses. Just replace the red text with your name and information, print out, and you are ready to go! Templates Include: Parent Sign In Sheets Suggestion & Comments Form Requests & Questions Template All 3 forms can be used for ANY OCCASION as well! Just edit to suit your purpose!

This Grading Criteria template is provided as an EDITABLE Word Doc. Suitable for Middle and High Schools. CHANGE IT to suit your needs. Highlights Include: ~ Late Assignment Guidelines ~ Full, Half and Zero Credit Policies ~ Makeup Assignments & Extra Credit ~ Grading Scales + More A BIG TIME SAVER > Just customize this comprehensive Grading Criteria Template and it’s ready to use!

This is a Google Slides editable Jeopardy game template. Jeopardy is great for a fun and interactive way to review information. You can insert all your own information and all the slides are linked for you, ready to go. If you click the question the student wants to answer it will go directly to that slide. If you click “answer” you will go directly to the answer. Other Google Slide Games: Jeopardy Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Baseball Review Basketball Review Wheel of Fortune Tic Tac Toe Review Connect 4 Review -Review Racer

This is a Google Slides editable Baseball Review game template. This review game is generic and works with any subject area. On each “Single”, “Double”, “Triple” and “Home Run” slide, simply type in your question. Keep the answers to your questions jotted down, as they do not go on the Slide. Everything is already hyperlinked to go to the correct slides, so no links need to be added. Your students will have fun while revewing content. Other Google Slide Games: Jeopardy Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Baseball Review Basketball Review Wheel of Fortune Tic Tac Toe Review Connect 4 Review -Review Racer

This is a Google Slides editable Who Wants to Be a Millionaire game template. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is great for a fun and interactive way to review information. You can insert all your own information and all the slides are linked for you, ready to go. Other Google Slide Games: Jeopardy Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Baseball Review Basketball Review Wheel of Fortune Tic Tac Toe Review Connect 4 Review -Review Racer

This is an easy to use Tic Tac Toe Review game template. This game is great to review before quizzes and tests! This game is generic and works with any subject area such as English, history, math, science, social studies, etc. 11 slides and easy to follow. Other Google Slide Games: Jeopardy Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Baseball Review Basketball Review Wheel of Fortune Tic Tac Toe Review Connect 4 Review -Review Racer

This is an easy to use Connect 4 Review game template. This game is great to review before quizzes and tests! This game is generic and works with any subject area such as English, history, math, science, social studies, etc. Easy to follow. Other Google Slide Games: Jeopardy Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Baseball Review Basketball Review Wheel of Fortune Tic Tac Toe Review Connect 4 Review -Review Racer

This is an easy to use Review Racer game template. This game is great to review before quizzes and tests! This game is generic and works with any subject area such as English, history, math, science, social studies, etc. Easy to follow. Other Google Slide Games: Jeopardy Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Baseball Review Basketball Review Wheel of Fortune Tic Tac Toe Review Connect 4 Review -Review Racer

This is a Google Slides editable weekly planning page. Plans are fully editable to suit your needs. Type your weekly lessons and print it out. Or you can just print the template and fill it out by hand. Whatever you prefer! This will help you stay organized!

A science exercise book insert that all my students have stuck in the front of their books. It states the expectations of how I expect them to present their classwork using visual aids rather than as prose text.

This is a super simple unit plan template. It is setup for 15 lesson plans and you can easily add more. Each lesson plan includes the essentials: Activities: Materials: Accommodations/Modifications: Student goals Expectations

Project Based Learning (PBL) resources are great as it motivates students to gain knowledge, and they remember content longer. Use this PBL letter to send to your student’s parents. It is a great way to introduce a PBL assessment. This resource is a printable PDF file. It is as well an editable Google Doc. Since it is editable in Google Docs, you can make changes that best suits your students and your PBL.

This one-page “Quick IEP” document. It is great for your students general education and resource teachers. It allows teachers to easily see what accommodations your IEP students have. Included is a printable PDF file as well as an editable Google Doc. You can easily change the accommodations to fit your student’s IEP.

Editable Teacher Planner 2018-2019 (black and white) binder. This planner that will keep you prepared for all your daily, weekly and monthly classroom planning. Have all of your important records in one place. For the inside pages of the planner, it has either chevron or striped pastel colors at the top of each page as a fixed image. All text, tables, and calendars are fully ✍ editable. You can type directly into it, save your changes, and print. Please make sure that you have Microsoft PowerPoint (not PowerPoint viewer). 60 Pages. This file will be updated each year (including the calendars), so if you own it, you will enjoy a new version for each school year (by following me, you will get notifications to download the new set for the following school year). This binder has: Editable cover sheets/page dividers Spine Covers in 1”, 1½” and 2” widths Birthday List for each month 2018 Yearly calendar 2019 Yearly calendar 2018 – 2019 Editable Monthly calendar pages Daily Schedule Weekly Lesson Plan Template Weekly Schedule Parents’ Phone Numbers Parents’ Contact Info Subject Performance Subject Stars Class Timetable Parent Teacher Conference Log Passwords List Notes Class Lists Blank Student Lists Field Trip Lists RTI Logs Student Information Sheet To do List (checklist) and more…

Two planning sheets I have created to help compile my thoughts, research and notes in preparation for an interview. Sheet 1: teacher - is for the classroom teacher Sheet 2: leader - an extra sheet for those applying for middle and senior leadership

Magnificent March Activity Bundle

Back to School : TEMPLATE BUNDLE This Bundle includes: AFL Pie Chart: An AFL activity sheet using a numeracy activity for use in all subject areas. Customisable to any topic. Based on a hierarchy activity. There are three differentiated sheets Higher, Mid and Lower. Check out our ‘How to drawer Graphs’ PPT for the instruction sheet on how to create Pie Charts as an instruction tool for pupils to go with this activity. Fact File Template: A template for pupils to use based on an organisation they are studying. Marking Codes Doodles: Here are 15 marking codes that will prove invaluable for you when marking your pupils’ digital work. Included in this bundle are the red, green and off white/grey codes. Simply drag the doodle into the document you are marking, right click the item and select the wrap text option, ensure that it is placed ‘In front of text’. You will be able to place this anywhere in the document with ease! Included in this resource is a PowerPoint with the explanation of the marking codes. Gone are the days when you have to print out pupils work and make short comments by hand! Reward Bingo: This resource is meant to be printed out onto A3 paper and displays in the classroom. This can be used as a reward for excellent work. We usually allow pupils to choose their own number and write their name in the space provided. Once the two sheets are full numbers are chosen at random and rewards are issued to the lucky winners. Teacher Feedback Sheet: For use when marking books as a summative feedback for pupils and parents. Think, Pair, Share: Template for pupils to work as individuals, pairs and groups on a task of your choosing. Random Name Generator: This is a fun way to ensure pupil participation in lessons. The PowerPoint is completely editable. It has space to up to 35 pupil names. Pupils names can be added to each slide and once in presentation mode, click anywhere on slide two and a name will be generated. N.B. the same pupil can be selected more than once on this presentation. Please visit and like our page: TeachElite Visit our TeachElite shop!

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10 hours of new PSHE lessons on some of the most pertinent and pressing issues facing students in 2018/19. These topics have been identified by the PSHE Association as essentials for the coming year and so this bundle has been planned following their recommendations. This is part two of a two part pack. PART ONE All 10 lesson packs are complete with at least one hour-long powerpoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs, starters and engaging, varied main task activities.All are well differentiated to three levels throughout to enable clear evidence of progress for all students. These lessons have been selected to be in this bundle as they all focus on relatively new issues or ones which need further awareness amongst young people in an ever-changing world full of mental health issues, new technology, crime and potentially tough futures which lie ahead. These resources have been highly-rated individually by TES users, follow the same consistent format and are easy to follow. There is zero extra work required, although each lesson is still completely editable too. I use all of these myself as a Head of PSHE and Citizenship and I really hope you find them excellent value. I’ve put literally months of time into this to make these lessons top quality for my own school team. I have ‘One Year of PSHE’ Packs for Years 7, 8, 9 and KS4. You can check them out at the shop link below. Please leave me a review and I’ll send you any other resource of your choice for free. Many more inexpensive or free resources at my shop: EC_Resources