Description
Since 1989 initial teacher training courses in England and Wales have included teacher preparation for taking a lead in a school subject area in their first appointment. There is no longer a place for a teacher newly qualified or not in primary schools whose sole responsibility is for his or her own class. A teacher must have specific specialist knowledge and expertise in particular subjects which must be shared with all staff.; This text contains the latest curriculum and assessment changes. It aims to help students and newly qualified teachers to understand the complexities of being a co-ordinator of the National Curriculum subjects in the early years of schooling and reports on best practice.
Table of Contents
Developing Skills to Become an Effective Key Stage Subject Coordinator, Mike Harrison; Developing a Key Stage One Policy for Your Subject Area, Mike Harrison; Reading at Key Stage One, Rita Ray; Coorindating English at Key Stage One, Jane Birch; Directions in Mathematics: The Coordinator Effect, Barbara Stewart and Ian Hocking; The New Science Coordinator, Kathryn Bowe; Geography in the Early Years: The Role of the Curriculum Manager, Rosemary Rodger; Starting Off On the Right Note, Rita Walker; Developing a Curriculum Leadership Role at Key Stage One - Physical Education, Sue Chedzoy; Not Sunflowers Again! Coordinating Art at Key Stage One, Rita Ray; Developing the Role of the Key Stage One IT Coordinator: A Case of the Hare or the Tortoise, Tony Birch; Tackling Technology in the Early Years, Deborah Boekesteinm; The History Coordinator at Key Stage One, Julie Davies; The Religious Education Coordinator in the Early Years, Gwen Mattock and Geoff Preston.
