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Supply teaching provides a great work/life balance, including great pay, choosing your own hours and having lots of variety. However, it’s worth pointing out that a first supply teaching assignment can occasionally feel stressful for the less well-prepared. A little supply teacher preparation can go a long way though, alleviating most, if not all, of the stress of teaching as a supply teacher.
Change has been cited by many as a catalyst for revitalising our lives and the lives of others. Change such as taking up a new supply teaching job often leads to a new sense of purpose, creates an opportunity to meet new acquaintances, evaluate new ideas, and provides opportunities to grow- both personally and professionally. Having a purpose which nourishes others, inevitably leads to personal nourishment.
Supply teacher behaviour management - a quick reminder for teachers returning to the classroom. If you’ve been out of school for a while and you are considering a return to the classroom, then, our quick reminder of classroom behaviour management is for you! Here we bring together 7 top tips for effective behaviour management in class.
The Airsupply leadership team looks deeper at the impact of rising living costs within the broader economic picture. With recent government teacher pay announcements, inflationary pressures and tighter school budgets - what does all this mean for supply teachers? This one is not to be missed!
Managing a stammer as a teacher can be a challenge. Some days are better than others and you’re not always sure why. Over the past four years the challenges of teaching, and specifically the varied challenges supply teaching offers, have helped me to not only better manage my speech but have also improved my stammer overall. Having a stammer can be unpredictable – you may find yourself less fluent than usual for a myriad of reasons such as speaking in an unfamiliar setting, speaking to certain people you’re familiar/unfamiliar with, a particular combination of sounds in a word, talking over the phone or speaking in a certain language.
Following the announcement this week from the National Education Union the largest teaching union in the UK, teachers strike action by its members is looking extremely likely.
As a supply teacher, it is always handy to have a few extra activities up your sleeve just in case a lesson runs short. Having a few fun but purposeful activities which help consolidate children’s literacy or numeracy skills, or promote discussion, is a practical way to use additional time. If you ever find yourself with time to spare, here are some activities you could try with your classes.
What to take on a day of supply? There are a few things some teachers take along which we think are pretty clever. There are some essentials which you’ll need to bring. A form of identification, A DBS and other things which a school may have asked you to prepare. Below we list some of the more unusual items which some of our teachers take with them.
At Airsupply, we’re lucky enough to read lots of CVs. As schools might also catch a glimpse of your CV, we consider what you can do to make yours stand out from the crowd.
With schools facing another year without a funding increase, we look at some of the strategies being used to save money. "It has not been possible to fund additional pressures facing schools in 2018-19.” The news delivered by the DfE is sure to be frustrating for school leaders. Making additional savings on top of the huge job of running a school is no easy task. Here, we list some ideas used by schools we work with to try to tackle the funding challenge.
