The Teacher S Body

Clearly illustrated, this book aims to show new teachers how to use gesture, posture, facial expression and tone of voice effectively to establish a good relationship with the classes that they teach.

The School Teachers' Review Body makes recommendations for the level of pay and conditions of employment for teachers in England and Wales. The Review Body's 14th report contains recommendations to reform the way teachers' pay is set and reviewed, including the introduction of a new framework of allowances from September 2005 to cover specific additional responsibilities for teaching and learning (TLRs) in place of the current management allowance system, ranging from a minimum of £2,250 to a maximum of £11,000; and the introduction of an Excellent Teacher Scheme from September 2006 designed to reward high standards in classroom teaching and promote professional development, with four baseline rates based on geographical bands.

Make your body language effective, and learn to how support your verbal messages. Miller provides a concise look at the nonverbal messages that take place in the classroom.

The School Teachers' Review Body makes recommendations for the level of pay and conditions of employment for teachers in England and Wales. This report, divided into 9 chapters, and an appendix, covers the following areas: teachers' pay: consultees' analysis; Review Body's analysis; teachers' pay in the current period; teachers' pay from September 2008; starting salaries and the four pay bands. It also examines further pay matters, looking into pay for: leadership groups; excellent teachers; advanced skills teachers; TLR payments; SEN allowances, and provides recommendations. Also one chapter focuses on Unqualified teachers.

Dated March 2010

In this report the Review Body considers wide-ranging changes to the teacher pay framework, focussing on three issues: pay for the leadership group; allowances and safeguarding; and non-pay conditions. The report builds on principles set out in its 21st Report on pay for classroom teachers: increased autonomy for schools to respond to local circumstances within a broad national framework; appropriate reward allied to accountability; and simplification of the existing pay system so governing bodies can use it effectively and with confidence. School-led improvement is creating a variety of new roles, including leadership of multiple schools; and encouraging wider collaboration to spread best practice. The impact of academies is beginning to shape the market for able leaders. The recommendations in this report: (a) provide a clear and usable framework for setting the pay of school leaders, enabling governing bodies to match pay to accountabilities and the local needs of the school as well as offering appropriate reward to high quality leaders who are so crucial to raising standards; (b) provide greater freedom in setting the level of Teaching and Learning Responsibility payments; whilst retaining the main allowances used by schools and the existing safeguarding provisions; (c) remove unnecessary detailed guidance on non-pay conditions whilst retaining the core statutory protections on teachers' working hours and time for planning, preparation and assessment. These proposals will enable substantial simplification of the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document so it provides an accessible handbook for governing bodies, leadership teams and teachers to exercise professional judgement at local level.

The Review Body was asked to consider wide ranging changes to the teacher pay framework, focusing on three issues: market facing pay; more effectively linking pay progression and performance; and wider reforms to support the recruitment and retention of high quality teachers. The package of recommendations propose: (i) a pay framework that seeks to raise the status of the profession, support professional development and reward individuals in line with their contribution to improving pupil outcomes; (ii) greater autonomy for schools to set teachers pay, and (iii) recognised career stages for teachers alongside increased accountability for high professional standards and contribution to pupil progress. These changes are designed to encourage high calibre graduates and career changers to come into teaching and to help schools facing the greatest challenges. They are also intended to enable existing teachers to develop and improve their teaching skills. Among the key recommendations for change are: replacement of increments based on length of service by differentiated progression through the main scale to reward excellence and performance improvement; extension to all teachers of pay progression linked to annual appraisal (already established for senior teachers); abolition of mandatory pay points with the pay scales for classroom teachers to enable individual pay decisions but retaining present of points for reference only in the main scale to guide career expectations for entrants; retention of a broad national framework; local flexibility to pay salaries above the upper pay scale; more discretion in the use of allowances; a simplified pay and conditions document.

The School Teachers' Review Body makes recommendations for the level of pay and conditions of employment for teachers in England and Wales. This report, the second for 2008, covers: teachers' professional responsibilities; leadership group; short notice (supply) teachers; "unattached" teachers. It also reports on the Secretary of State's responses to the recommendations in the first part of the 2008 report (Cm. 7252, ISBN 9780101725224).