What is the most effective way of ensuring that the students’ work rate and behaviour is maintained when a cover teacher steps in?

When a subject teacher is absent there can sometimes be some concern as to whether the established standards of the students’ work rate and behaviour will remain under the cover teacher’s supervision.

In a small number of cases, students’ behaviour and work rate may slip as they test the boundaries, but for most, their lesson performance is decreased due to the often disruptive change to their work and lesson structure and routine.

Absent Teacher has created a worksheets series that cover teachers can use to maintain lesson structure. Thus maintaining the students’ work rate and behaviour.

The Absent Teacher worksheets series includes subjects as PSHE, Science, Maths, English, Resistant Materials, RE, ICT, Food Technology, History, Geography, German, Spanish, and French.

Worksheet activities have close links to the National Curriculum, making it possible to identify the worksheets that relate to the topic area the students are currently studying- further limiting disruption to their learning.

The activities in the worksheets series range from reading comprehension questions and ‘fill in the gaps’, to word searches and poster design.

The worksheets in the Absent Teacher books series are photocopiable, making it quick and easy to organise work for the students, which is particularly important when the subject teacher is absent at short notice.

What’s more is the worksheet activities have been designed so that it is not necessary for the cover teacher to have any knowledge of the subject they are covering.

Sample pages are available on request by emailing jane@hamilton-house.com – just let her know which subject book you would like to see sample pages from.

The Absent Teacher Worksheets series are available from Hamilton House and are priced at £30 each plus £2.95 delivery.

You can order the Absent Teacher worksheets series by filling in the order form and sending it by fax, email, or post (see contact details below). Alternatively, if you have a school order number, you can order by phone.

First and Best in Education, Earlstrees Court, Earlstrees Road, Corby, Northants, NN17 4HH

Telephone: 01536 399 011 Fax: 01536 399 012 Email: sales@firstandbest.co.uk