SO YOU WANT TO BE A TEACHER?: A guide for current and prospective students in Australia

So you want to be a teacher? is designed to assist current and prospective teaching students to make the right decision about their future career. Drawing on their substantial experience in education, Phil Ridden and Tracey Gray delineate with engaging candour the path to becoming a teacher.

The book explores why you might want to be a teacher, why you might not, and the personal qualities required. It describes what teachers actually do, the pay and the conditions, and looks at how you will train to be a teacher. The many options a teaching qualification proffers and the areas of specialisation available are also provided.

The authors discuss the professional teaching standards within a national curriculum framework, and offer a peek into the future, as you make it to graduation and start out on your career. Throughout the book, the realities of teaching across all educational sectors are captured through the voices of successful teachers, finalists in the National Excellence in Teaching Awards (NEiTA). In addition, the account of one teacher's journey from struggling student to educational leader provides an inspirational tale.

Fully referenced, with an appendix listing teaching courses throughout each state and territory, So you want to be a teacher? will ensure that if you do pursue a career in teaching, it will be with true conviction and the passion to thrive.


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SO YOU WANT TO BE A TEACHER?: A guide for current and prospective students in Australia

So you want to be a teacher? is designed to assist current and prospective teaching students to make the right decision about their future career. Drawing on their substantial experience in education, Phil Ridden and Tracey Gray delineate with engaging candour the path to becoming a teacher.

The book explores why you might want to be a teacher, why you might not, and the personal qualities required. It describes what teachers actually do, the pay and the conditions, and looks at how you will train to be a teacher. The many options a teaching qualification proffers and the areas of specialisation available are also provided.

The authors discuss the professional teaching standards within a national curriculum framework, and offer a peek into the future, as you make it to graduation and start out on your career. Throughout the book, the realities of teaching across all educational sectors are captured through the voices of successful teachers, finalists in the National Excellence in Teaching Awards (NEiTA). In addition, the account of one teacher's journey from struggling student to educational leader provides an inspirational tale.

Fully referenced, with an appendix listing teaching courses throughout each state and territory, So you want to be a teacher? will ensure that if you do pursue a career in teaching, it will be with true conviction and the passion to thrive.


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SO YOU WANT TO BE A TEACHER?: A guide for current and prospective students in Australia

SO YOU WANT TO BE A TEACHER?: A guide for current and prospective students in Australia

SO YOU WANT TO BE A TEACHER?: A guide for current and prospective students in Australia

SO YOU WANT TO BE A TEACHER?: A guide for current and prospective students in Australia

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So you want to be a teacher? is designed to assist current and prospective teaching students to make the right decision about their future career. Drawing on their substantial experience in education, Phil Ridden and Tracey Gray delineate with engaging candour the path to becoming a teacher.

The book explores why you might want to be a teacher, why you might not, and the personal qualities required. It describes what teachers actually do, the pay and the conditions, and looks at how you will train to be a teacher. The many options a teaching qualification proffers and the areas of specialisation available are also provided.

The authors discuss the professional teaching standards within a national curriculum framework, and offer a peek into the future, as you make it to graduation and start out on your career. Throughout the book, the realities of teaching across all educational sectors are captured through the voices of successful teachers, finalists in the National Excellence in Teaching Awards (NEiTA). In addition, the account of one teacher's journey from struggling student to educational leader provides an inspirational tale.

Fully referenced, with an appendix listing teaching courses throughout each state and territory, So you want to be a teacher? will ensure that if you do pursue a career in teaching, it will be with true conviction and the passion to thrive.



Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780648915126
Publisher: Edwest Publishing
Publication date: 08/14/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 157
File size: 3 MB
Age Range: 13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Dr Phil Ridden and Ms Tracey Gray have extensive experience in education. Their roles include primary and secondary teacher, principal, curriculum writer and consultant, professional learning consultant, board member, author and conference speaker - and parent. They understand the realities of teaching.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

WHY WOULD I WANT TO BE A TEACHER?

WOULD I MAKE A GOOD TEACHER?

THE REALITIES OF TEACHING

PAY AND CONDITIONS

TRAINING TO BE A TEACHER

CAREER CHOICES

EMPLOYER EXPECTATIONS

SECRETS OF SUCCESS

THE FUTURE OF TEACHING

STARTING OUT

ONE TEACHER'S STORY

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX 1: AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION COURSES

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