Description
Book SynopsisLaurence French has over thirty years' teaching experience, specialising in teaching English, Media Studies and Film Studies in Key Stages 3, 4 and 5. He was Head of Language and Communications Faculty, Head of English and Head of Sixth Form (twice) in his teaching career.
For the past four years Laurence has been working as a supply teacher in the secondary sector, and more recently as a one-to-one tutor for GCSE English candidates, as well as being a freelance writer.
Laurence has written a number of articles over the years, the most recent being Are You a Real Teacher?' which was published in The Teacher magazine and Breaktime magazine.
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Table of Contents1 What are supply teachers and who becomes one?
2 Finding work and getting started
3 The life of a supply teacher
4 It’s just a phase I’m going through
5 Lesson planning
6 Make friends with the internet
7 Survival in the classroom
8 'Would you mind leaving the staffroom …?'
9 The future of supply teaching
