Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers: Teaching Early Years

By (author) Lorna Williams, Colin Howard Edited by Emma Hollis

Publication date:

17 October 2022

Publisher

Critical Publishing

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781915080134

Aimed at all beginning teachers involved in early years teaching.

This text looks at the unique role of the early years teacher and outlines how you can support the development of children as unique individuals through an enabling environment, building success through effective relationships, outstanding provision and purposeful assessment. It encourages you to think about your own development in a holistic sense in order to promote outstanding professional practice.

The Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers provide accessible, carefully researched, quick reads for early career teachers, covering the key topics you will encounter during your training year and first two years of teaching. They complement and are fully in line with the new Early Career Framework and are intended to assist ongoing professional development by bringing together current information and thinking on each area in one convenient place.

Introduction

What is it like to be an early years teacher?
How to promote outstanding provision and purposeful assessment
The who, why and how of fostering effective relationships
How to create a successful enabling learning environment
Where will the journey lead? Supporting children as unique individuals
What next? Ongoing development as an early years professional

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Index

"...offers a comprehensive, insightful, and engaging exploration of what it means to be an Early Years teacher. The passion for Early Years learning and teaching, including the unique elements of working with young child, are captured well through each chapter. There is a helpful balance of exploration of EYFS documentation and expectation, alongside developing practitioner skills, knowledge and disposition such as building relationships, creating an effective learning environment and nurturing each individual."

"A strength of the book is the range of reflective activities, which have been creatively constructed to enable the reader’s engagement in thinking carefully about the topics explored. The top tips are an excellent way to help get any ECT started in their Early Years career!"