Mind Tools

The mind tools website is a nice resource for articles regarding leadership, time management, problem solving, decision making, memory tips, using creativity, stress management, information skills, etc.

Some example articles:

How good are your motivation skills?
Weighing the pros and cons of a decision.
DO IT - A simple creativity process
The Golden Rules of Goal Setting
Mind Maps
Active Listening
Using Mind Maps as a memory tool

More Time Management

Feeling the pressure of a busy timetable? See if you can squeeze a few spare moments out of your hectic day to check out some of these resources regarding time management.

Teacher's TV has several videos about time management and teaching:

Video 1 - (Aimed at new teachers)
Video 2 - (Aimed at Admin staff)
Video 3
Video 4 - (Aimed at trainee teachers)
Video 5 - (John Bayley advises a teacher)

You can download some articles about time management in PDF format from Mind Tools

History of English

The British Library website has some interesting stuff on the way English has changed.

British Library

The site includes a timeline of the English language.

Tefl News

Keep updated with TEFL news via The Guardian's TEFL page.

Discourse Analysis

If you're interested in discourse analysis, have a look at this article.

Teaching with Bayley: Discipline

Behaviour management guru, John Bayley, visits school and helps teachers improve their classroom management techniques. There are lots of videos featuring John Bayley on Teachers' TV.

Some of the highlights:



MOTIVATION

Making pupils feel special and important - Video
Different learning styles - Video
Being more dynamic - Video
Giving praise - Video

GREAT TEACHERS

Motivating science teacher - Video
The Children's Champion - Video
Outstanding New Teacher - Video

STRUCTURING LESSONS

Time management - Video
Lesson structure - Video

DISCIPLINE

Dealing with disruptive pupils - Video
Dealing with short attention spans - Video
Controlling difficult pupils - Video
Dealing with unresponsive pupils - Video
Being assertive - Video Video 2
Dealing with attention seekers - Video

Best Practice

There is a series of videos on Teachers' TV that follows a team of experts attempting to turn good teachers into outstanding teachers. Have a look at the first episode by clicking on the link below -

From Good to Outstanding

SEAL

What's seal? SEAL is an approach that examines the Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning.

The five touchstones of SEAL are -

Self-awareness
Empathy
Managing feelings
Motivations
Social Skills

For an in-depth look at SEAL in UK secondary schools look at the SEAL website. You can download a huge amount of material from this site - PDF guides, slides, videos, training guides, etc., etc. Information for primary level is also available on the SEAL website.

Have a look at this video from the William Howard school to see SEAL in action:

Teachers' TV:Seal